thursday thursday thursday!!

Today was fun. busy. but fun! The fun part was getting to show off for the big-wigs at the YMCA with my one arm snatching...  There were a lot of non-believers and doubters... even after i lifted in front of them some of the dumb boys didn't think i was impressive. psssh. what do they know?? 

It was weird lifting in the Y.. in a different spot.. with different people (ellyn was still there though!)  lifting with 10 strangers watching me, in my space, in a different place, with different weights... a lot of different and new and potentially distracting factors to overcome.. oh ya and the 5min warmup.. that was another thing that could have caused some problems.. but none of it did.. I had to put myself in the same mind-frame I'm in when I'm lifting and with the team.  I had to focus on me and not what anyone or anything else was doing or where it was.. i had my focal point and i had my routine. 

Today I had to recall the focus and purpose i work on during practice and put it to work when I was at the Y.  The warm-ups were probably worse than the actual 'attempts' or whatever you want to call my performance today.. it was nice to have the support of the Y with my lifting.  it's nice to have people outside of lifting be interested and supportive of my adventures.  it helps give me a new and re-newed commitment to myself and what i'm doing.. realizing that not everyone has or is given the opportunity i have to chase my dream.  

With that said, I've got a lot of work to do.. lots of things I need to get better at.. lots of things I need to keep track of.. lots of things to get organized... lots and lots and lots.. i need to make a list and start checking things off.. a lot more discipline is needed.. one day at a time..