{"id":591,"date":"2011-06-04T14:02:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T20:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2011-06-04T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T20:18:03","slug":"under-the-bubbling-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2011\/06\/04\/under-the-bubbling-water\/","title":{"rendered":"under the bubbling water"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a busy day, mentally, physically, and emotionally. At work, I was handing off students and giving students to co-workers, so I couldn’t prepare in the normal way. I had to make little notes to myself about a few students, and shuffle books around at the last minute. I also had a kid’s review lesson smack dab in the middle of the morning between other adult’s lessons. She’s sweet, but the material is hard for her age, so it’s a challenge to teach. When I went in the classroom, her Dad was like, “HI! :D” GFAH I’d forgotten it was Open House (even though it was written on my schedule) and I should have prepared a better game.<\/p>\n

He took notes on the lesson. But it went well. I’m glad. I made him speak English by having her ask him questions. XD <\/p>\n

The afternoon was busy, and the rooms were hot. People were complaining, but it’s not even over 27 degrees celsius outside~! ;_; Wait’ll it gets to be 35. That’s why there’s COOL BIZ (the dress code of not wearing suit jackets or ties). Our manager brought in popsicles for us teachers. That was nice.<\/p>\n

I had a few issues that preoccupied me all day.<\/p>\n

After work, I finished on a high note with a super smilie customer (yay smiles!) and went to the gym. <\/p>\n

I met Hiroko Yamanaka <\/a>in the lockerroom! She lifts weights there.
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\n(great, the one time I wear a creepy skull shirt, it gets in the way of a cool picture, lol)<\/p>\n

Abe-san got Masa-san to hold mits for me. Masa-san is SO good at that, and explaining small details. I really enjoyed working with him, even though I don’t like mits. \ud83d\ude41 Then I did grappling technique with Tama-chan, a round of sparring, and split. I’m pretty sore and kind of hurting. I really pushed myself today. It was good for me.<\/p>\n

After training, the issues of the day came right back to me as soon as I stepped off the mat. I hated leaving early before sparring a lot, but it couldn’t be helped. It was 9:30 and I had a bit of time, so I hopped in the hot tub\/jacuzzi. I was the only one in there. The hot water felt so good. I hyperventilated for a second to enrich my blood with oxygen, exhaled all the air from my lungs, and slid under the bubbling water.<\/p>\n

Heat. Completly enveloping warmth. Pounding thumping of the jacuzzi filled my ears, reverberated through my skull. I lay there, suspended, floating not quite touching the ground, not quite coming up to the surface. Blue. Behind my eye-lids, I could see blue and yellow. But there was nothing. Nothing at all down there. Just me and the heat, under the bubbling water.<\/p>\n

I came up from my dive and took a breath. The world had gotten quieter. The ruckus in my life had gotten a little farther away. I breathed deeply a few times and then went under again. The swirling water thudded loudly, filling me with a sense of peace. Peace and mental quiet.<\/p>\n

I came up again, fascinated. I got dressed and went home. My mind was practically numb for the next fifteen minutes. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I went to bed kind of late- 11:30, and woke up at 3:30. I’m relapsing into bad sleep again. \ud83d\ude41 Well, it was a nice 4 days of normal sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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