last night - karate practice

Well, I avoided the booze as a stress relief, and headed to karate instead.  Brilliant practice.  Stevie and Pat are great to train with, and since me and K were the only non black belts (last night was K's first time), then she got a one to one with one instructor, while I joined in the main practice, and got lots of good advice.

Definately going to keep going to the two clubs.

karate practice

Was at the lunchtime karate practice yesterday.  I really need to do two practices at week (at least), so with that in mind, I'm off to Pat's club in Whiteinch tonight.  Karen is supposedly coming along too, as she fancies seeing if she likes it.  I think she will.

I'm just back from lunch with my mum, which as usual is exhausting, as she talks talks talks.  It's either karate or drink.  I need some stress relief.

Can I go back to bed please?

Woke up this morning about 5:20am totally wide awake.  This wasn't good, as the alarm doesn't go off until 6:30am and I wasn't about to get up and sit around for an extra hour just because I woke up, so I forced myself to roll over and go back to sleep.
One hour later, I'm in the middle of a deep sleep, and a dream involving skateboards, waste water samplers, and cycling during a marathon (the details are hazy and fading fast), when the alarm goes off, and I have to get up, except now, I'm shattered.  I'm in work and on my second coffee, but it doesn't seem to be helping much.

Motivational issues

Struggling to get motivated today, which considering that I've been busy this morning, is a bit of a contradiction.  Basically, I'm getting through the stuff that needs done, but without any enthusiasm for it.  Think I'm still a bit knackered mentally, after yesterdays' jaunt to the borders and back.  Four hours driving is a bit meh to be honest.

Never mind, got a lunchtime karate class, so hopefully, that'll wake me up a bit.

Theatrical goodness

Last night we went to see The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Heart, by the National Theatre of Scotland, at the Tron in Glasgow.  It was excellent.  A story staged in a bar, about a lock in, or what happens after a lock in, in Kelso in the Borders.  It's also about the folkloric traditions, and is just brilliant.

It's touring now, and there's a wee trailer for it as well.  If you get a chance to check it out, I highly recommend you do.

9.00 for 9.30am

Had a 9.00am dentists appointment this morning.  I should know better, as I've never known my dentist to actually be in on time, but there I was half an hour later waiting for him to show up.  As it was, it was in, look, and out, with nothing needing done.  These are the type of dental appointments I like, even if he does turn up half an hour late.

Quiet weekend

Didn't get up to much this weekend.  Did a bit of a clear-out in the spare room and the shed.  Took a fair bit down to the recycling center.  Virtually nothing ended up in the bin.

On Sunday, we did a wee bit of a shop, and went to see the new film directed by Clint Eastwood - Hereafter.  Well worth a look.

Thinking about entering the BFS short story competition again. Entered last year for the first time, on a whim, and this time I've a wee ghost story that's been itching to get put on paper, running round my head.  I've started jotting it down already, so I think getting it typed up and sorted out might be an idea.  We'll see.

Comics re-visited

Picked up a couple of new comic titles this week.  Firstly, Daredevil: Reborn, a four part mini-series.  I never usually went in for supes, but DD was one of the few I occasionally read.  Ironically I love superhero movies, including the X-Men movies.

The other is called Scarlet, and is awesome.  Think female Punisher, without the costume, and going up against a corrupt system, and you're sort of almost there.  It's damn good.

Check them out, especially Scarlet.