Almost snapped my neck

As you can tell by my joyous tone, I'm alive and well... so far anyways.

Another typical day at work -- we had an assembly in the afternoon where a police corporal came to talk to the students about self control. I thought it was a powerful message and I hope that it got through with some of my students.

As it was Thursday, it was leg day. My goal was to get five sets of five reps for 225 lbs today. First two sets were rough, but the third and fourth set felt pretty smooth. On my fifth set however, I somehow lost my balance and tipped forward. I wasn't able to regain my balance so I had to bail.

Unfortunately I couldn't drop the weight behind me so I had to have the bar roll off my head as I bent forward. As some of you may have guessed, that meant having 225 lbs on my neck for a brief moment. I don't feel any soreness at the moment, but I'll have to wait and see tomorrow... =/

That was the first I ever failed leaning forward. Usually when I fail, it's due to not being able to push the bar up, thus dropping it behind me.

I guess the bright side is, it's not another lower body injury. =P

Volume Back Day

For those who didn't hear, there has been a breach with certain routers and bank accounts. A list of affected routers can be found here: https://globalnews.ca/news/4237529/fbi-reboot-router-russian-malware/

Also, if you have a Simplii (CIBC) or I believe a BMO bank account, there's a chance that it might be hacked as well.

Since I have both (my router wasn't on the list, but I thought I might as well update the firmware), it was time to change some settings.

As for the gym today, it was Back-day Wednesdays. Last week was weighted pull-ups so today was volume pull-ups. I have trouble going past six normally, but the weighted pull ups seem to be helping with the volume.

22 more days to go! I'm not sure if I can finish 8 review booklet answer keys in the span of a week though... on top of making notes for my grade 9s and the upcoming marking this weekend for the grade 8 unit tests. I regret not starting earlier with the answer keys.

Day 2 of Field Tests

Today went a lot smoother than yesterday: the math test was on paper and we had experience from yesterday for social studies. During the morning, I managed to finish some marking and get a reference letter written up for a volunteer. I was surprised it took four hours to get all of that done, but it's better than not getting anything done.

I saw one of my grade 8 classes today; we managed to finish two sets of notes. It's hard to believe there's only two more weeks before their final exam... and I pretty much got 75% of their last unit to cover in time for their exam. It's going to be an interesting few weeks.

Other than that, I skipped working out today to work on more work.

23 more days to go!

Day 1 of Field Tests

As noted in my previous posts, I was supposed to have a field trip with my grade 8s today. Unfortunately, environmental conditions led to the cancellation of said trip. With that in mind, we had to make some changes to the schedule since my grade 9 homeroom had their field tests (Science and LA) while I had grade 8s and 7s in the morning as well. Rough coverage was made, and it seemingly went without a hitch.

The field test... was interesting.

Other than that, it was just work, work and more work. Almost done! There's only 24 more days to go.

Go through a stop sign and signal me as crazy... whatever floats your boat!

Karate was the normal affair, besides me being late by nearly 20 minutes. I forgot that the Scotiabank Marathon was taking place today, so I had to take a detour and park underground.

After karate, I went out for some bowling at Chinook Bowladrome. I believe the last time I went there was in university with a few cousins, thus making me a complete noob. We managed to put in two games, and I was pleased to say that I got one strike and a few spares to boot. I think my highest score was 142 points, which is the first time for me to break the 100 point barrier!

As for the title for today, when I dropped off a friend after bowling, I approached a four-way stop intersection. I see a silver car to the left of me slow down -- I stopped and proceeded to go because the silver car did not stop before I did.

I assumed that it'll stop... but instead, after slowing down, it sped up and went through the intersection. The driver of the car was staring at me and made looping circles around their ear. For those of you that are not familiar with that gesture, it meant that the driver of the car thought I was crazy.

I in turn just stared at the driver and raised my palm up in exasperation. I guess you need all sorts of people to make the world go 'round.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

There's not a lot of anime series that evokes belly-splitting laughs from me. The only one I can think from the top of my head is Gintama.

Just recently, I stumbled upon this anime series on Netflix: Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan or otherwise known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. The protagonist is a high school student born with psychic powers. His powers varies from being able to teleport, exchange items, tremendous strength, telekinesis, and pretty much being overpowered. Saiki Kusuo tries to live an ordinary high school life by hiding his powers from people, only to use it if necessary to avoid situations that he does not like. A very light hearted comedy with ongoing gags.

Lucky for me that there's a second season right now, so I have something to watch after finishing the first season!

Other than that, today was quite the ordinary day. Finally finished some marking...

Calaway 2018

Another year, another Calaway park trip for the grade 8s. We were blessed with hot weather and clear skies. Unlike previous years, I gave the grade 8s permission to roam on their own. Majority of them showed up on time to leave for buses at the end of the trip, save for two students who were ten minutes late.

Other than that, I spent most of it walking around and relaxing. Just one more field trip to go!

Other than Calaway, it was chest day at the gym. I've been having troubles with pushing 205 lbs consistently as of late. I was only able to muster five sets of three reps, but I'm getting used to these temporary plateaus.

Another typical Friday, but a good one nonetheless. Five more weeks of school left! I better get my review booklets ready for exams...