Morrigu

I FINALLY found my German Language CDs. Yesterday I began listening to them, starting from Disc 1. It’s a bit like being back in German 1 in highschool again! Except, I remember more and am thus able to skip some parts.

On to Disc 2 later this evening, hopefully.

:D I had forgotten all about the word verheiratet, meaning married. And other words. Oh, the German words! So fun to hear them again!

This is doing well, slowly up surely. At first towards the start of this semester I felt like my capoeira was really crappy. I was slow and not remembering stuff from last semester, even though technically I am intermediate, aka know my stuff more than the beginners, I guess.

But lately I have been getting into this. My teacher suggested to the class practicing outside of class and I decided, if I REALLY want to improve, which I do, then I must make time to practice outside of class.

So outside of class I “played” capoeira with my computer chair on Thursday. XD I practiced some kicks and rolls and defenses and wahtnot. It felt really good, and I know I am improving on a couple of my kicks, and learning new moves, too.

Also, I think my reflexes are getting faster as a result of capoeira. I move faster, have more stamina and strength, and can dodge friends’ attempt to pinch my nose (lol) or block, more easily. It’s awesome.

The songs are getting easier, too. I just have to listen, and I can catch the Portuguese pronunciation and sing along. Yay!

Now I just need to practice even more, and get braver. That way when my teacher says “next two!” I will be brave enough to be play in the circle against an opponent. I need to be more aggresive and brave, more confident, so I can do this. I believe that the more you play capoeira, the better you get, so I must practice so that I can be confident and in the playing circle more.

:D

In the final week of this challenge to myself, I was able to do this! I wrote EVERY DAY of this week, including today, starting on Monday.

It was really nice to write every day. Sometimes I only wrote a little, like one paragraph, but still, I WROTE. And other days I wrote pages and pages of stuff, like on Monday and Tuesday.

Mostly it has been work on my YA novel for my college fiction class, but also I have done a little bit of work on my outside-of-class fiction works.

It feels really good.

I’m so happy to have completed this goal! I just hope that I can continue it and that this habit won’t die next week. I still don’t have a firm schedule for it, i.e. writing at 5 pm every day or some such, but I hope to sit down to write every day. :)

Thanks for the cheers and everything!