so, yesterday was pretty uneventful. i did go to kickboxing and had a great time. it's still pretty tough - i guess it will take a while for me to get back into it. one thing that makes it hard is that all the kickboxing instructors apparently want to be kung fu action stars. at least once a session they pull out some incredibly ridiculous kick that you know they got from a jackie chan movie. the other day, one of my instructors actually started a sentence with, "hey, this is a really cool move that jean claude vandamme (how do you spell that guy's name anyway?) will do sometimes..." we all look at each other and then obediently begin the humiliation of actually trying to do the latest "vandamme move." oh well, i'm sure i'll pick some of it up eventually.

this morning i got up around 6 (yes, i do wake up early sometimes) to meet two of my girls, rachel and jill for breakfast. we went to mcdonalds and talked a little while before they had to go to school. it was a blessing to be with them to start my day. after that, i went to starbucks to get some chai and read a little. i've realized that i'm spending a lot of money at starbucks so, i bought myself one of those prepaid cards to try to keep a tab on it. starbucks was running some deal where you get a free 1/2 lb of coffee when you buy a prepaid card, so i got some free coffee, too.