Competition pt2, wedding plans, New Years resolution update

Competition Update:
Nope, still not excited yet.

Yesterday, Overboard and I did something I don't think we've done since we've started dating; we did karate together. Surprising that I don't take advantage of having a Nidan at my disposal, but honestly, we just don't have time. It was fun and the experience kinda made me reminisce on my days as a yellow belt receiving one-on-one instruction. It's hard to believe that the tournament is less than a week away. I'm still not excited per se, but I have a feeling that "CM" isn't going to show up, but Hangtime...in other words, someone's going to get a run for their monies.

We point sparred in class last week and I had a blast. It was a change of pace leaving class after having sparred and not feeling like I just got pounded on. As much fun as it was, I'm not looking forward to "tournament tag" because I feel like I could take someone's head off with my best "tag" techniques. Picklez and I talked about it, I still don't have a warm and fuzzy. I just don't want to spar with someone I really like (which is probably a 99% guarantee at our tournament) and pop em one really good and turn something fun into warnings about attitude and contact. Semi-knockdown I have mixed feelings about.

Wedding Plans:
I really think I am in the worst stage of it all right now; groomsmen gifts. I hate gift buying. While I know that no one is going to say "You idiot, this is the worst give ever!"....wait, my mom *has* done that before --not using those same words-- but she did eventually give the gift back to me), but I digress. I hate shopping for other people. That and the point/meaning is a small token of appreciation and every time I look it turns into a "Christmas-esque" experience. I set a price limit, and it seems like the items that I say "...well, that would be a good gift...", it's way more than the set price limit, which I refuse to stray from by more than $5.

Otherwise, the next thing is tuxedo fitting. I don't need to get all of the guys together for this, but I think it might be kinda nice to turn it into a "manly" event. Overboard and the girls are having a "Bridesmaid Luncheon", which I don't really want to do, but if I could do a "Groomsman Kegger" I think it'd be fun...at least until the hangover kicks in. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do.

New Year's Resolution
One of my resolutions was to be able to do a few pushups (I think 5) with Overboard on my back. I think I am pretty close. The first step was to lose a little weight myself and not feel like my arms are going to separate from my body while doing one...

<tangent> I for the life of me could never figure out why I can lift weights etc with no problems but then feel like crap doing a push up. It's terrible....</tangent>

I've made 50 push ups and 100 ab reps my workout warm up. I have a hope to someday take on Mr. Tu's challenge of 300 a day...not very likely however. For grins and giggles, I did a few "modified" push-ups this morning, above my normal 50, to put a little more bodyweight onto my arms. I did about 25 in just under 30 seconds, not too bad. I think I could probably bang out five...I just might give it a shot.

Stay Fly,
Hangtime