Backish?

So, I'm really going to try and update this thing more. I recently got a new job that's been pretty demanding of my time, and has me on a crazy schedule. I'm not going to mention exactly who they are (legal issues?), so let's just called them "Large Sports Company". So LSC has me working only around 25 hours a week, but those hours have ranged from 8 in the morning to working overnights from 9pm to 5am. Needless to say, both my sleep schedule and myself have been completely thrown off. Working out was of little concern compared to getting adequate shut eye in-between shifts and renovating my parent's kitchen (they waved a fat check in my face, I had to! I'm poor!). Not to say I'd given up, but my gym wasn't open later than 11pm, which is when I usually get off, and I usually work through my prime running hours of 6-8pm. Plus, I suffered a pretty emotional blow from when I came back home and saw my grandmaster, the man who saw me through my blackbelt years, had retired. I didn't know what to do, I had to give up on my other coach because there's about an hours distance between LSC and his school (my house is 30 mins away from both). So to say I was pretty distraught is an understatement.

But that's all gone now! I'm slowly adjusting to work, and am done with everything but painting for my parents kitchen. Plus, tonight I found a new school. No, it's not taekwondo. I think it's high time I resign myself to training myself for a while. But it is martial arts.

For a while I've played around with the idea of MMA. It's an...interesting phenomenon. I love boxing, I grew up watching it and MMA kind of gave off the boxing vibe to me at first, before it turned into a real version of Pro-Wrestling. The egos, the badmouthing opponents, the babes in short, tight shirts? None of it really screamed martial arts to me, and I was turned off even though the concept of a blended style all-out fight intrigued me. But ever since I read that (personal hero) Ronda Rousey had decided to delve into MMA, I've been determined to re-evaluate it and maybe give it a shot. Then, by luck, a great new MMA place led by a respectable instructor pops up right next to my house! So tonight, I checked it out.

I'll be there at 11am tomorrow to hand over my firsts month's check and get some training in.

Then I'm going on a long Week 4 run, before finally getting around to week 5.