Palespyder’s Web

So I have decided after some very wise counsel that I am not ready for the level of competition that is Crown Tournament. I am not financially, emotionally, or physically ready for something of that magnitude. There are so many things to consider in being Sovreign that I don’t believe that 1/2 the people who enter ever think about. You are responsible for so much stuff and in that so much money that I don’t know that I will ever want that responsibility.

I restarted Power90X (again) and I am on Day 3, I am sore but happy. Kindra and I are really motivated to get fit and get back to the bodies that we should have. I am looking forward to the first cycle and even more to the end of the second cycle. I hope in 6 months to have the body I have always wanted and look the way I should have always looked. Only I can make that happen! I want this and need this!

I am also working up a workout for the pell and for the boy to work on. I really want him to succeed, I just am not comfortable being made to feel like a father figure, I said I would help him get his armour together and help him learn to fight. Putting me in the situation of hollering at him for one thing or another is not really within my comfort zone.

I start school tonight. I am still a bit apprehensive, but that is just my nature. I have never been one for new situations, but I always seem to get through them okay and end up making friends along the way. This semester is is easy, just one math class. Next semester I will probably do two, depends on how the load affects me. Should not be to bad though. I have been thinking that Psychology may be the way for me to go. Nothing says I have to do it all at once, I can start with a BA and then go for a MA if I decide to persue that path. Only time will tell.

Other then that, Kindra got her cast off, she is still pretty irritated that she cannot immediately move it and make it do her bidding, but that will just take time.

After sitting and watching Calontir’s 53rd Crown Tournament and seeing Ostwald best Anton on the field winning the Crown for Kaye, I decided it is my duty to fight in the next one. I started training today with Couch 2 5K week 1 and over the next 6 months I will work myself out. I also started doing the Warrior Diet and so far I am not hungry, but we are taking about only having been up for 2 hours, it’s a long way to 6pm tonight.

I will be working on the pell when I get home tonight and will be going back to Cai’s practices and taking Dan with me. I will work with him to get his stuff together and will start trying to get him in some armour so we can determine whether he enjoys it or not.

Anywho, today is the first day of the rest of my life, it is time to get strong, get smart, and get my ass in gear on everything I have planned.

The more I read about the warrior diet the more sense it seems to make to me. You eat one big meal at the end of the day, and by big I mean 80-90% of your daily calories in one meal. The reason this makes sense to me is that our ancestors did exactly this. They would spend the entire day sometimes hunting and gathering and would sit at the end of the day and enjoy the fruits of their labors (no pun intended). I think this is something that though tough, once I got used to it would work really well for me.

The reason this appeals to me is because of events. During SCA events, I can fight all day, never having had anything to eat and then once I eat I night I feel really fantastic, my food tastes better, I don’t feel as bloated, and my body feels like it is getting the nutrients it needs to survive.