Frustration

It seems like a lot of things in my life at the moment are a tad frustrating. I've got the Aikido test coming up in late march.. and I still constantly feel that I don't know anything about Aikido. It is very very hard at times.. especially training in a different style. The more advanced stuff that I learn, the more that it is quite different from the style I originally trained in. I'll get through it of course but at the moment I feel very beaten down by Aikido.

With the economy the way it is, work is also quite annoying at the moment. Trying to sell high end bikes when people are losing their jobs is sort of trail in futility. We aren't doing that badly... just the owner has certain high expectations for things. Granted he has always not understood how the world works, it is annoying none the less.

My body doesn't always respond the way that I want it to. Working out, aikido, swimming, etc constantly can really drag me down. And for some reason, last night my ankle was doing really strange things. I've not experienced anything like it before... and someone did fall on my foot pretty hard on Sunday during Aikido training... so I hope it is just a tweaked nerve. I've skipped working out the last two days (gym stuff, not aikido stuff) in hopes that things will return to normal. But I'll be hitting the gym this afternoon/evening no matter what. Maybe the ankle just needs a good swim or lift to make it right.

Ok, I'm off.

-Later