Snickers summed me up best today when he said, "You never want to be normal." And this is true. Normal means settling, good is not good enough, and wasted talent is a shame. So yes, I never want to be labelled normal if it means me fitting in and blending in with the vast majority. Everyone may be different but not everyone flexes their potential, follows their dreams or makes their own path. Today we followed a random path -- a random road with no real destination or route but a CD popped into our car deck directing us how fast or slow to drive.
It was holiday today but we had decided to work -- 6pm to midnight. An out of town friend of mine had surprised me last night by showing up at our boxing club and then she slept over. She left just before 8am but I stayed sleeping at the club. Around 1pm Snickers came for me and told me he wanted to go out for lunch and then go for a drive, so that's what we did. It felt so good, so incredibly good, to do nothing but sit in the car with the windows down and our music blasting. Sade and Alicia Keys kept us company while we strolled along the country roads.
Getting out and taking in an overdose of countryside fresh air was definitely just what we needed. We had to go into work later but a good chunk of the day off of work felt super. This isn't to say it went without us talking about work or doing things for work, oh no. I've been approached about taking on an American female professional boxer and managing/coaching her. She'd be coming to Korea and possibly living out of our gym for a little over a month. I've been approached by three other female professional fighters actually -- two Filipinos and one South African. Two of the boxers I am somewhat familiar with but I don't quite know how the other two caught wind of me. Snickers and I aren't particularly interested in coaching or managing professional boxers. Being pro boxers ourselves we know all to well the knitty-gritty and behind the scenes stress. It's quite the commitment to take on a pro boxer, more than both he and I care to get into. We really want to keep our coaching to amateur boxers and those who simply do it for keeping fit. I am pondering taking on the one American female boxer though. She's one or two weight classes above me, I'd be able to possible help set up a fight for her and it'd be great to have another female pro boxer to train with. I think it'd be nothing but a positive experience for our club and our members.
Snickers and I talked about this situation, along with many other things, and we both agreed that life is so much better than we ever expected. We've worked so hard for what we have and our hard work mixed with that of fate and good karma has created a pretty wicked life. We're eager to see what new level we can take it but I must admit that being this happy is sometimes scary. I'm so happy I'm sometimes scared, scared that it'll end sooner than expected or it'll just stop all together, like I'll wake up from some kind of dream and it'll just be that, a dream.
Getting out and taking in an overdose of countryside fresh air was definitely just what we needed. We had to go into work later but a good chunk of the day off of work felt super. This isn't to say it went without us talking about work or doing things for work, oh no. I've been approached about taking on an American female professional boxer and managing/coaching her. She'd be coming to Korea and possibly living out of our gym for a little over a month. I've been approached by three other female professional fighters actually -- two Filipinos and one South African. Two of the boxers I am somewhat familiar with but I don't quite know how the other two caught wind of me. Snickers and I aren't particularly interested in coaching or managing professional boxers. Being pro boxers ourselves we know all to well the knitty-gritty and behind the scenes stress. It's quite the commitment to take on a pro boxer, more than both he and I care to get into. We really want to keep our coaching to amateur boxers and those who simply do it for keeping fit. I am pondering taking on the one American female boxer though. She's one or two weight classes above me, I'd be able to possible help set up a fight for her and it'd be great to have another female pro boxer to train with. I think it'd be nothing but a positive experience for our club and our members.
Snickers and I talked about this situation, along with many other things, and we both agreed that life is so much better than we ever expected. We've worked so hard for what we have and our hard work mixed with that of fate and good karma has created a pretty wicked life. We're eager to see what new level we can take it but I must admit that being this happy is sometimes scary. I'm so happy I'm sometimes scared, scared that it'll end sooner than expected or it'll just stop all together, like I'll wake up from some kind of dream and it'll just be that, a dream.
"Are you in Heaven?" I asked Snickers.
"No, but it is pretty close" he replied and then he went on to say that of this were Heaven he'd have a baby by his side. Leave it to me to joke and say it'd be physically impossible to stuff a child into the van's ash tray or cup holder. When he asked me why I didn't want a child, like he didn't already know one of my zillion-billion reasons, I responded by telling him, "I love my life so why would I want to push my luck and change it?!" "But you don't believe in luck," was his response and this is true, I don't believe in luck. I also don't believe a child will make my life better or happier. Happy is a state of mind not a collection of things (or people), plus I have everything I could possibly want. I love my life so why change it?! Exactly.
"Are you in Heaven? " he asked me.
"No, but it's pretty close" I responded. "If this were Heaven, this ice cream would be calorie-free." I thought my answer was cute but I think he was somewhat disappointed with my answer. I think he wanted a more in depth answer. Leave it to me to realize this but add "and you'd be driving naked" instead.
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