one semester down

Ok, so just one class, but still.  Pretty big step forward.  The last assignment had me on the ropes, this morning I was rushing to get it looking a little more finished, until I was ten minutes late for class.  I've never done something like that before.  I'm not usually one to be late for anything.  If I couldn't arrive right on time, at a nice calm and leisurely pace, ah screw it, I'm going back to bed.

I considered it, I considered the possibility that I can't do this, but I'd already done it.  I'd thrown together this half-assed presentation at the last minute, and now all I had to do was stand up there and wing it.   Easy, right?  To do well, no.  All sorts of shit could go wrong, but still, not doing it at all would be dumb.  I can do something.  I don't know if it will be any good, but even if I don't find it in me to do my best, per se, I can do something.

In the end, I got A's in everything.  So, yeah.  Now I've got until September before starting full time.  The silver lining to which being that all four classes will probably be easier for me than this one.  All straight forward subjects that I chose for wanting to learn.  Well, except English Comp I, another general requirement, but somehow, I think I might be able to handle that one.  All very basic though.  I might get through it.

Afterwards BJJ again.  MMA yesterday.  I hate that my two favorite MA classes are back to back like that.  I need more time to recover between them.  I thought I might be ready to try both anyhow, so now I'm feeling rather beat up.  My lower back is particularly sore, but I'm pretty sure it's just stressed, nothing out of place, torn, or broken.

This one guy I keep getting paired with, because he's about my height.  He's new, but with prior experience of some sort.  Yay, right?  He's really aggressive, and honestly built way stronger than I am.  Might have been great ten years ago, but I'm struggling to keep up now.  I'll have to see if I can still move tomorrow, but I think I might be ok.  A little beat up, but ok.  No actual injuries.

Plus I've been riding my bike out to this farm once a week, where I get random produce from a free produce for poor people program.  Life does seem to be more interesting lately.