So, I forgot to do any updating after the fast and meditation. The meditation went well for the first 6 hours. The second 6 went by more slowly and by the end it was a struggle to sit still. But, I did it and now it's done.

The second pretest is this Thursday. I guess I'm ready but things have been busy with track, so I haven't made it to class much. I am still doing the Sunday morning workouts, though, so I feel I'm in pretty good shape as far as the forms go.

Steve only has a couple weeks until the marathon. He's already done his 20 mile run and is now backing off on mileage until the actual marathon. After the marathon he will start doing the sunday workouts with me to start getting caught up on TKD training. He'd like to be ready to test for his black belt in November. Considering he's training for a marathon, I don't think preparing for the test will be a problem.

My student teacher is done on Friday, so I actually have to start doing plans for CP again. Of more concern is the fact that the AP test is in less than 3 weeks. We finished the body systems today and we'll start the crash course on the kingdoms before we get into full review mode. We have started doing some review whenever we have some extra time and we're meeting after school at least one day during the week. Hopefully everyone will be ready and confident by the time May 12 rolls around.

I'm definitely feeling the effects of not eating today. Yesterday morning I felt pretty bad but once I had water I felt better. Standing out in the cold and rain at track meets two nights in a row probably didn't help, but I feel like it could have been worse. All in all the fast isn't going that bad. I haven't been moving around at all today. I find that I can deal with the occasional hunger (which hasn't been bad since Wed) but I just really enjoy eating. I miss tasting food. I like brushing my teeth because I get flavor in my mouth. Steve's cooking a simple dinner tomorrow. I don't want to eat anything too involved right away, as my system may not respond well to that. I foresee a long evening of grazing tomorrow.

The fast officially started today. It's one of those things that if you're doing it for "detoxifying" and all that, it's best to go water only. However, since I have to go to work and coach track, including a two day meet, I'm going to plan on starting the day out with a little juice and having some almonds since I'll need the energy. I'll try going water only on Saturday since I don't have to do anything that day. And, obviously Sunday I'll be meditating so that will only involve some water.