Last week we went to the dojo, but there was no class because of rain. I froze my feet in wet tabi and got a hypothermia lesson instead. Apparently proper ninjas are supposed to know to wear wool socks. This week, there was dojo, and we went, and it was great fun. Ben, Celeste, and Jess were there. Apparently there’re some new people who weren’t present. We spent a while on Walk Like a Ninja drills (yoko aruki, step around, try not to trip over your own heels), then a while flinging Kyoketsu-shogei around. (Training versions, of course, made of cutting boards and dog toys.) I’m really happy to be back, and there’s more sense of family there than I’d really felt before in Ben’s dojo, which I’m very happy with. For about a third of class, we had a cat sitting in the dojo with us watching and playing. Apparently, this cat is so humanized that it goes for walks with its people, without even spending all its time on a leash. Very fun class. And this time, no frozen feet! *grins*
We got an AeroGarden just over a week ago, which is now growing happily in the kitchen. Wasteful or not, it is something that may get more plant experience into my head and more plants into my body, which makes it worth while. Separately from that, I’ve been eating more plants. Yesterday I had fruit, fruit, leaves, fruit, fruit, and a little cheese. It’s a welcome conclusion that there is no such thing as too much fruit. Cooked vegetables are unpleasant in quantity, I’m off most grains, but I can happily eat pretty much as much fruit as I have room for, and greens are feasible if I stay off the plain lettuces. The plants I put into plastic pots post-holiday are improving in their new environs, so I’m thinking that replacing most or all of my clay pots may be a good idea. I’m also, apparently, back to being able to eat mangos with caution. Yay!
Programming progress on Deske is moving along slowly but effectively. I’m starting to grasp a bit of JavaScript, XUL makes sense, DOM isn’t incomprehensible, I’ve used its CSS and Locale stuff before. Apparently now I need to learn AJAX techniques. Ok, I can do that. And once I do, I can start busting this out of the mockup stage. *grins* I’ve gotten enough assurances regarding my visual layout that I’m not too nervous about it anymore. And we’re starting to get the little Asus laptop in good enough shape for actually working on the go, which might increase my available coding time once I find my USB keychain so I can shuffle files sans network.
