The Real Karate Kid

This weekend my nephew Daniel, won a world class championship karate tournament in Missouri, I don’t know all of the particulars but he has just started the sixth grade and he defeated his opponent that out weighed him by 20 pounds. He has been taking karate here in Muskogee for a few years now and has defeated most everyone around him and the biggest part of the time he has to go outside his weight class to get a fight. He he is a nice calm young man but takes to karate like a fish to water, he is a natural at it but also works very hard at it. We are all very proud of him and I am sure that you will be hearing about him some day. I think the highlight of his day was when he was signing autographs and the “Hooter Girls” asked him to take a photo with them. As soon as I get it I’ll be posting a picture of him and his championship belt.

Yesterday I had another doctor’s appointment, my blood sugar was ok, my potassium level was in range, my blood pressure was a little high so we adjusted my medication some, not more just taking it earlier in the day. She upped my happy pill to two a day instead of one, I had a CT scan on my left hip, knee, and ankle to try and see why it does not work very well, I met with the Benefit Coordinator for the Cherokee Nation and we finished my appeal for Disability (I’m glad to get that out of the way) and I have lost 14 more pounds, that’s 54 pounds total since June 19th. Kind of helps on the dieting when you know it’s working, it still sucks though, all I ever think about is money and eating. Emily has been dieting with me and she has lost 10 pounds in the last month. We celebrated by having pizza last night, it was like heaven. She also started school today, her first day in High School (9th grade) she said everything went well and she likes most of her teachers. She has never gone to a school this big, there is more people in the 9th grade class here than there was at her old school all together. She is a little tired now and taking a nap, she probably won’t have any troubles going to sleep early tonight, I missed her today, I even woke up once and called for her before I remembered that she wasn’t here, I’ll get used to it though. I hope everyone has a good week. Peace and take care.