So it was hump day again today. Another school day. Today was a pretty full day of classes. Out of the 6 class periods, I had 5 classes to teach today. So I was pretty busy! However, the day went by pretty quickly! The classes have been shortened to 45 minute periods the last couple weeks because they're allocating more time toward practice for the Bunkasai which is coming up this Saturday!
So that also means that it's getting closer until I perform the piano as well! Ahhhh! I've been going in and practicing pretty regularly, including today. I also went to Judo right after school, so I was pretty tired by the time I sat down at the piano...and I also had my eikaiwa class tonight!
Haha, so this is the first time I'm kind of resting today...at 9:30pm....
But, it was a full day which kept me busy. However, I'm actually exhausted right now because of Judo. It was fun because we did a training exercise with Tug-of-war. We split up into 2 teams, so there were 4 of us on each team. Then, each team would choose an order from 1-4. Depending on what the other team chose, each person would face the other in a face off Tug-of-war! Haha, so it was actually really fun! I almost felt like I was on a reality TV show like the "Gauntlet" or something, facing someone in an elimination round. Well, let's just say that I didn't do too well....haha. I lost the first match to a guy that was a similar size to me.
Of the 4 members, you had a to win a majority of the single faceoffs in order for your team to win. So our team lost the 1st and 2nd time. The 2nd match I had was against a guy who is nearly 180-200 pounds...so let's just say that he pretty much dragged me across the floor and to his side, haha. But the losing team had to do 10 squat things per person that's on the team (so 40 total). But these are squats that I had never done or seen before. It's pretty much continuous up and down jumping from a squatting position up to standing 40 times in a row. It doesn't sound too hard, but once you get to around 25, your thighs just start burning. And by the time you get to 31, your thighs are numb. And then there's still 32-40 to complete....so my thighs were on FIRE and I could barely feel them after the 1st loss! Haha. My thigh muscles were sooo shot! So I thought we were going to be done after the first round, but then came the 2nd round, and a 3rd round!
So our team ended up losing the 2nd round as well, so guess what.....we had to do another 40 of those damn squat press things!!!
After this set, I could barely stand up! I just fell to the ground and was stretching out my legs and yelling out in pain, haha! Finally after a minute of being on the ground, I got up to get a drink of water and sports drink. I tried kind of jogging, but that failed! Haha, my thighs were so shot that I could barely jog!! Man....and we still had a 3rd round of the tug-of-war!
Wow....so I was just exhausted at this point. But I had to give it my all for the 3rd match. Well, I faced the guy who I went up against in the 1st round...however, I was determined to win this one match because I did NOT want to do those squat things! So the 1st guy on my team went and he won! I was next. I was up and got ready to go....while my legs were trembling from fatigue and anxiousness waiting for the starting shot. As we started, I felt the force of the other guy starting to pull me back. We were struggling for a little bit because we were both tired and neither wanted to lose. Well, I was getting pulled further and further back until we were nearly 1 foot away from where my opponent had to touch in order to win. Then out of nowhere, I felt a burst of energy and determination so I wouldn't have to do those squats!!
I used all the force and energy I had and slowly started to pull my opponent back toward my end....and kept going, and going, and going...I was about 4-5 feet away from my end where I had to touch in order to win. I could see the light at the end of the tunnel!
Well, with a few last tugs and pulls, I finally made a sprint to the edge, pulling my opponent with me and claimed victory!!!!! Wooohoooo!! Haha, it felt good...and I was dead tired at this point!
All we needed was one more guy on our team to win and we wouldn't have to face the cruel squats. So the 3rd guy went and lost.
Wow, what a downer. But we still had our 4th guy to go and make things right. So he went up, and with ease, he won!!!!!
So we did NOT have to do those squats for a 3rd time in a row. I think I would have died and wouldn't have been able to make it home if I had to do those again! Seriously, my legs were burning, and they still are! Haha, it was hard to make it down the stairs from the Judo room to my car.
Well, that's my story for the day...I know that I'll have sore thighs tomorrow! Hopefully, I'll be able to stand while I'm teaching classes tomorrow!
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