Aviva's Blog

 On Sunday I went the red apple for the kinsmen toy drive and It was great. There were so many people willing to donate and that seemed interested in it. We got so many donations. One person stood out to me in particular. It was a man that came in to check his lotto ticket, we were right next to the lotto thing so he looked over and started asking questions. We explained the ways that you could donate. And then he went off into the store. 15 or 20 minutes passed so we assumed that he had left already and we just didn't see h im. Then he went to check out and the only thing he got was a toy to donate.  I think that this person stood out for me the most because he went out of his way to go look for a toy to donate even though he wasn't planning to buy anything before. 7,950 Push Ups 9,180 Sit Ups 997           Ks 1,046 Hand Form 1,090 Weapon 729           Sparring 1,749 Japanese 12,745 Reading Favorite w...

Me and my lion building team worked on our line after class tonight. I had a lot of fun working with them. Though it seemed like we did more laughing than lion building. I believe that it was extremely good for me. Sometimes it seems like it would be easier to do it on your own, and in some cases it is, but I think that doing it by yourself, stops you from experiencing things you would have if you did it with other people. I’m very happy that I got to work with my group and that they joked with me. 7,740 Push Ups 8,970 Sit Ups 981 Ks 1,026 Hand Form 1,072 Weapon 689 Sparring 1,728 Japanese 12,625     Reading Favourite word this week:  Conviction: firmly held belief or opinion. 

Today my cat past away in my arms. To me he wasn't just a cat he was my best friend, my everything. when ever I felt down he was there. I love him with everything I have. today I haven't done much of anything. But all day I felt the need to blog. Before I started writing my blog I looked at my numbers. One of my requirement for this year was to take care of him. His death kinda makes me feel like I failed. but Once I added up the minutes that I spent cuddling/petting him I realized that just this morning I reached my goal. And isn't that beautiful in its own way.  7,680 Push Ups  8,910 Sit Ups  973      Ks  1,016 Hand Form  1,072 Weapon  679      Sparring  1,717 Japanese  12,445 Reading 4,015 Pet Jasper My favorite word: Cherish: Protect and care for someone lovingly.

In class we were doing the butterfly sword form and was having a look of fun with it. It the start of it I was having some troubles with the flipping of the sword but I slowly started to figure it out as we went. I started to enjoy myself quite a bit. It’s strange to be able to see my progress in just one class but I felt like I made a lot of progress. I enjoyed it a lot and will keep on playing with it.  Numbers:  7,170 Push Ups 8,400 Sit Ups 905 Ks 965 Hand Form 1,021 Weapon 659 Sparring 1,666 Japanese 12,265 Reading Favourite word:  Volatile:  liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse.

I have been really struggling with putting myself back out there and starting to blog again. I keep on sitting down to write something and start writing something that is relevant to my journey and life but not necessarily something I want to share with everyone. It’s like the only things I want to write about are the things that I just want me to know. In a way it’s good because it’s like I’m talking to myself and figuring out what’s going on. It’s also not because I don’t know how to make what I wrote something that I’m comfortable with sharing without taking everything away from it and turning into a boneless paragraph. I’m not very good at writing and I think that previously I was writing for everyone else and not myself. But I think I’m going to try to write more for me. When I would write a blog I would always be to focused on the grammar or how I said it and I would lose my thought before I finished because I wasn’t thinking about why I was writing I was just thinking about how ...

Back to school week was fun, it was the first year I had a project that I was actually working on instead of just doing what I was told. this year. I was on the task of the dragon. I was doing repairs including, taking off the tape, fixing the body (tightening the skews, patching the holes in the fabric, as well as fixing the boning). At first glance it doesn't seem like a lot but it having to go through all of it ended up being a LOT of work. I believe it was a really successful back to school week for me as I got a lot done as well as having a tone of fun with the people around me.  4,940 Push Ups  6,170 Sit Ups  645           Ks  770      Hand Form  826      Weapon  545              Sparring  1,471 Japanese  11,185 Reading My favorite word this week: Convoluted: (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex ...