Most people hate Mondays. They mean back to school, back to work, end of the weekend. For me, they mean new beginnings. New projects, new problems, new solutions. I actually look forward to Mondays.
Today I start going back to school. I've found a French class I can take after work. Every Monday and Wednesday night I'll be busing there and then busing back home again. I should be getting pretty tired throughout the week. I am really looking forward to learning French. I am really excited about going back to school.
This will be the first time going to school while I'm under the effects of Adderall. Since I've started taking it my mind has completely cleared up. Things make sense to me now. I remember things a lot better. Going to school, especially high school, with ADHD was a real challenge. Now I can try again. I'm very interested to see what happens.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Origami
So yesterday I got a number of house hold jobs done. I got black out curtains up, a small glass shelf and one really big shelf up above the bed. I've been trying to get these things done for so long that I am actually a little embarrassed as to how quickly it went. It is done! Several bonus points for me! Then I went on a Full Metal Alchemist anime marathon and wasted half the day. Oh well. :)
Throughout the day I indulged in one of my favourite hobbies, origami. A while a ago I made a new kind of flower. It was simple, strong yet pretty.
Then I decided it would be fun to make as a flower ball. Twelve flowers later I had this.
But it looked hollow inside so I wanted to create a special kind of three-d star inside called an omega star. I had to go over the instructions again to figure out how to make it. First attempt came out alright.
Then I found a modular version of the instructions and I tried that.
Then I decided to use some special paper.
That was too small so I made the next size up.
That was too big. Looking everything over I was surprised to find that the first star actually looked the best inside the flower ball. I didn't have the time to place it in. Maybe today. If so I'll post it on the next blog.
There are always so many different things I want to try. Youtube has so many different forms. I find that for every four or five I try I find one really worth while. Each of these takes time. If it is modular, then it takes a lot more time. It is so worth it! Origami is the gift meant to be given away. The reason for this is that the real gift is the look of surprise/amazement/wonder that flashes on everyone's face when they first see a new piece. I love origami!
Throughout the day I indulged in one of my favourite hobbies, origami. A while a ago I made a new kind of flower. It was simple, strong yet pretty.
Then I decided it would be fun to make as a flower ball. Twelve flowers later I had this.
But it looked hollow inside so I wanted to create a special kind of three-d star inside called an omega star. I had to go over the instructions again to figure out how to make it. First attempt came out alright.
Then I found a modular version of the instructions and I tried that.
Then I decided to use some special paper.
That was too small so I made the next size up.
That was too big. Looking everything over I was surprised to find that the first star actually looked the best inside the flower ball. I didn't have the time to place it in. Maybe today. If so I'll post it on the next blog.
There are always so many different things I want to try. Youtube has so many different forms. I find that for every four or five I try I find one really worth while. Each of these takes time. If it is modular, then it takes a lot more time. It is so worth it! Origami is the gift meant to be given away. The reason for this is that the real gift is the look of surprise/amazement/wonder that flashes on everyone's face when they first see a new piece. I love origami!
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Life Stuff
Today I went through the Kempo X routine of the P90X series and I am so glad I did. I successfully made it all the way through the video. No pauses, no doing simpler versions of the exercises. I made it! This is week six for me. The whole routine is thirteen weeks so I am nearly half way. Before the routine when I woke up I didn't want to do it and was seriously thinking about skipping it. Then a little statement that came from another part of the videos came to my mind. "Keep showing up, keep pressing play. It doesn't matter if you can keep up. Just keep pressing play." And they are right. Do what you can. Perfection will come with time. Today was my perfect Kempo X because I kept pressing play.
This is not the first time I've done the P90X routine. It's actually the fourth. Each time I do it I make it to the standard routine (weeks nine through thirteen). I might do the standard routine over a few times. Then I get sick or injured, I have to wait a week or two to recover. I find it so hard to get back into the routine that I end up quitting. There is something different this time around.
I found out about something called the Spartan Race. OMG, when I first saw this was, THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN! Everyone else who saw it thinks I'm crazy, and I think they might be right. It's a sort of crazy that I like. I now have a plan. Do P90X until January. If I can make it to that milestone, I'm going to sign up for the five K version (the easiest one, not that it is easy). It will happen in the summer so I will keep up with the P90X until the event. If I get through the five K version alright, I'm going to try the ten K, then the twenty K. I think I've got a better than average chance of succeeding. Even if I'm forty. ;)
This is not the first time I've done the P90X routine. It's actually the fourth. Each time I do it I make it to the standard routine (weeks nine through thirteen). I might do the standard routine over a few times. Then I get sick or injured, I have to wait a week or two to recover. I find it so hard to get back into the routine that I end up quitting. There is something different this time around.
I found out about something called the Spartan Race. OMG, when I first saw this was, THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN! Everyone else who saw it thinks I'm crazy, and I think they might be right. It's a sort of crazy that I like. I now have a plan. Do P90X until January. If I can make it to that milestone, I'm going to sign up for the five K version (the easiest one, not that it is easy). It will happen in the summer so I will keep up with the P90X until the event. If I get through the five K version alright, I'm going to try the ten K, then the twenty K. I think I've got a better than average chance of succeeding. Even if I'm forty. ;)
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