My poor, lonely, abused blog

It's been exactly one month since I've dedicated one singe post to my blog. I guess I got caught up in everything else and that made my blog my last priority. Well, now I'm here again, and hopefully I'll be able to contribute some more posts and make up for all the information that I've not posted yet.

Well, in the time being, my favorite kung-fu instructor left the dojo, and I was extremely sad at the parting. To me, the dojo is like a family, and when someone leaves, it feels like someone has just died. And, about a week later, I took my 2nd lohan test, and passed with very sore legs the next day.
I had to make a speech, in front of the entire lohan team, and I was actually proud of myself by the very end. It felt even better than finding out I got a 100 on my math test, I felt like I had matured, like I had grown older. I normally SUCK at speaking in front of people, and for once, it seemed like I had been doing it for years.
So now almost every week, Sifu makes lohan members speak in front of the class, about a topic that we have to choose that relates to kung-fu. I still hate getting up in front of people, and thinking about saying something off the top of my head can be hard for me sometimes. Especially without a warning in advance. No paper in front of me, just people. When it comes to reading allowed, I'm the first to volunteer. I love to read, so reading in front of people is fine with me. But when it comes to speaking, I feel anxious, and I start to get worried, no matter how hard I try to push those ideas out of my head. I'm just always happy when it's over.

In other news...
A week ago, Hannah and I went to Orlando. It was fun, and I got some color, I'm happy to say, instead of being the paper-white Michigander. The weather down there was PERFECT every day, and when I look at the weather here, I wish I was back down there. The weather people can't seem to get anything right anymore; they're normally about 20 degrees off. Instead of getting a high of 45 degrees, we get a high of 65 degrees, and then, suddenly, it'll drop down to 30. That's just insane.
Track season started up this week too, and it's quite enjoyable. I think I might request to run the 800 meter this year, or maybe even the 1600. I'm WAY better at running now then I was last year, since I've been doing kung-fu, and ever since I ran 50 laps at the lohan test (a person with asthma's worst nightmare).

This post is running kind of long...and I have a lot more to say...so I'll make a few more posts pursuing the topic.