http://minivanninja.wordpress.com Soccer mom by day, ninja at night Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:51:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not from me, but my eldest daughter. I'm getting increasingly frustrated with the fact that I can't motivate her to practice at home and she flat out refuses to learn any more moves of her poomsae. More irritating to me is I am in a position where I ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/lack-of-enthusiasm/ Blue: The color of the uniforms that the HVAC workers wear. I'm getting way to familiar with it this weekend. We had a new air conditioning system installed on Thursday along with a humidifier and hot water heater. The were here until midnight Thursday installing everything. ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/blue-and-brown/ Got this at Skwigg's. This is frighteningly close to how I feel when I'm over-caffeinated. OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/i-am-the-lizard-king/ After recovering from my hormonally induced haze I started thinking clearer.  I'm sticking with TKD for now without a break.  A few things have helped me decide this.  Firstly, I have pretty much given up jumping and running.  I can do a fast walk for warm up laps and I'm ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/just-call-me-waffle/ I probably shouldn't be making any decisions in my monthly hormonally induced insanity, but I've been doing a LOT of thinking the past few days and was searching for answers. I think I found one, but I seriously don't like it. I've done more weeping in the past ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/being-athletic-vs-being-an-athlete/ ...but it sure seems to be lately.   Was at therapy this morning and the tech, who happens to also be a personal trainer, tells me I need to find something other than tae kwon do to do.  Is she out of her ever-loving mind?  I can't imagine taking a break ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/i-swear-this-isnt-the-tendonitis-blog-despite-appearances/ I'm in the process of creating a personal mission statement for myself.  I think I've got a decent start on it, and I'm certain that it will evolve over time, but I was happy enough with what I have so far that I would like to share it with all ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/personal-mission-statement/ The good news is there is no stress fracture.  The bad news is there isn't a very definitive diagnosis.  Doc said that the MRI didn't show the tendons and ligaments very well, but it did show some inflammation and swelling.  So I will be partaking in physical therapy three times ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/ankle-answersort-of/ I got myself all twisted up with the diagnostic limbo.  Went to my coaching session today....begrudgingly, but was glad I went.  It gave me a chance to voice my frustrations at the limits my body seems to be imposing on me and Grandmaster reassured me that if the outcome of ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/untwisted/ And I still don't know anything.  I had three x-rays at the doctor's office and according to the good doc they were normal, I had a sinking feeling that I was just going to be dismissed when he started poking and prodding me around my ankle.  A few inches above ... http://minivanninja.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/three-x-rays-and-and-mri/