First Things First

Kevin came home last night and told me about the Tae Kwon Do class he takes (sometimes) over lunch. If he has meetings that go long he misses it, but he tries to make the classes which are x2 week. Well, yesterday he learned stick fighting which he's never done before. He really enjoyed learning something new, and it infused him with some much-needed energy and excitement.

Also cool: the guy who developed the stick-fighting technique he was learning is coming to Cedar Rapids to do a seminar. Usually the closest he comes is Chicago and that involves more travel and hotels etc., so this is a big deal and Kevin wants to go. I told him, of course, do it. The 2-day cost is $190 or so but that's probably and Sat & Sun, so he'll only go on Sat and pay half that.

So Kevin is all excited about stick-fighting and I'm happy to see him happy, and then we go about our evening, put the girls in bed, do this and that, then go to bed ourselves. The lights are out and we're getting sleepy, then Kevin says: Oh, I also got a good review at work today. His boss thinks he's awesome, he sees problems and fixes them without being asked, he does great work, everyone loves him, his boss is trying to get him an "adjustment" (not "raise") but probably won't go through because Aegon has no raises this year, but it's nice that he works for someone who thinks so highly of him.

But stick-fighting was the topic of the day.

**Edited: No stick-fighting seminar in Cedar Rapids. Bummer.