A few days ago I posted a note to myself on preparing for my upcoming 3rd kyu exam. My test is tomorrow morning. Here’s how things have really gone:
- Do laundry and cut your nails two or three days ahead. [check]
- Go to class on Friday night.
- Stay after to work out a few questions on some techniques.
- Pick out a jo and bokken to use, and put them where you can find them on the rack.
- Decide to burn off some nervous energy and get settled by cleaning a little.
- Put on music.
- Sweep the mat, vacuum, wipe down some stuff, clean up cobwebs.
- Take out the trash and recycling.
- Check out the jo, and discover a rough spot. Find another one you like better.
- Decide it’s important to remove the years-old “Made in Japan” sticker from the jo.
- Find the Goo Gone. Remove the sticker goo and create a little clean spot.
- Decide to clean the whole jo with a damp rag and a little soap.
- Notice that it’s not a slick as it should be. Find weapons repair kit in dojo bag.
- Oil jo. Run through the first 10 jo suburi just to be sure it still works OK.
- Close up and go home.
- Get confused about the start of yon no suburi while driving.
- Feed cats and donkeys.
- Review your Giant Spreadsheet of Technique Notes.
- Try a slow-mo in-motion technique on husband to be sure of how it goes.
- Set up the coffee maker for morning.
- Notice that it’s late.
- Decide to wash hair in the morning instead.
- Write a blog post.
- Go to bed.
Still working on that whole masakatsu agasu thing…
