At it Again

Stayed home from work again. No, it's not a habit. It was out of necesity. I have to finish a take-home final, reflection log, curriculum unit, and put the final touches on my PowerPoint presentation for Sunday. So, I felt so stressed for time that I decided to stay home and work on everything today. I got a lot done, AND I managed to show up to the studio for the 1pm adult class. The only "problem" was that no adults were there! Just ML...and me. How great is that, though? A one hour ATP with ML!
We went through all of my forms and he gave me advice on just about everything. I don't think I can remember it all...keep my wrists straight, make my overhead block higher, pull into chamber after my side kick, widen my stances in places...shall I go on? It was a lot of advice, but greatly appreciated..and needed! Oh, I must not forget to keep my thumb out of trouble, too! Details, details, details....I'd rather have details than him tell me that I'm doing something major wrong. At the end of class I felt really good about my forms. Believe it or not! His help is greatly appreciated.
So, I ALSO went to class this evening! Nothing like a stress reducer. Sensei Matt was there. Surprise, surprise. He kept us busy doing our higher combinations LEFTY. That was difficult. At the end of class he gave out stripes--guess who got their third stripe?!!! Me! I was surprised that Sensei Matt gave stripes out. I thought ML would be the only one to give them out. No complaints from me, though! April 1st, here I come!