This month has been, and is, a little out of the ordinary.
I have only had one hockey game so far this month, and other than one this Monday, i don't believe there are any more before the
Vegas tournament. Oh yeah, I'm playing in a hockey tournament in Vegas at the end of this month. I've never been to Vegas, and honestly haven't really given it a thought. There's nothing in me that wants to gamble, and chances are there won't be too much time for much else. But I've declined this tournament a few times already, and this year it occurred to me that i'm not exactly getting younger, and I really ought to stop putting things like this off. I'm really looking forward to it.
I have also made the possibly foolish decision to try to test for my 3rd degree black belt in October. Despite my own warnings to myself, I let the past six months pass without really focusing on my training -- my thought had been, "I'm not going to wait until the last six weeks". So the test is in fact six weeks from now. And while I'm nervous, I do know my material well, and I'm prepared for the physical demands. My main concern all along has been about being able to find, and commit, the time this will take. But I can do that, I have done so before and sure can do it again. The point is to
do it. To that end, tonight it occurred to me that i had about a 35-minute window available to me to get to the dojo....so i went.
And yesterday I got to spend time with some very great people from my company. If you haven't heard me mention it before, the
company I work for is incredible. When you hear people talk about the
culture some companies have -- genuine ambition, selflessness, integrity, and fun -- you may have pooh-pooh'd it; but I get to live it every day. And the proof's in the pudding: we're doing well, and we're working hard to make sure that always keeps happening. I'm constantly impressed, and humbled, and grateful.
