And it's all over! The happiness is crazy and the thankfulness is huge.
Went down with Husband, picking up Daughter on the way.
Beautiful, beautiful morning....
Monday, February 15, 2010
Grunt Work
In our martial arts class we are encouraged to make a lot of "noise". It not only helps us remember to breathe, but it can intimidate an attacker or draw attention to us if we are being attacked. A grunt, a growl, a yell, a kiai, whatever. As a woman, it was really hard for me to do this at first. After all, ladies are expected to be quiet and polite, demure, etc.
Now that I've been training for a few years, it has become more natural. Perhaps a little too natural. I've noticed that I make noise whenever I'm doing something physically challenging or at all exerting. This isn't an issue at home or in class, but when I'm at the grocery store, lifting a heavy bag of cat food, I get a few strange looks. The other day I was trying to plug in the coffee maker at church and the cord didn't want to cooperate. I gave it a good push, along with a loud grunt, and it wisely gave up. Perhaps that's why the other ladies in the kitchen stopped making eye contact. At a fancy Italian restaurant, a little piece of bruschetta took a bit of convincing and a noisy "unh!" to break in half. I didn't look around but I'm sure lots of people heard me. At least I didn't go "Hi-Yah!".
Yet. :)
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4 comments:
As a fellow grunter, I can feel your consternation of happening to make a sound where you really had not intended too.
I laughed out loud at this post. I can relate. I tend to be a little vocal when I'm home, especially alone. Sometimes I think I scare the dog.
You may get strange looks but the upside is people are probably saying to themselves, "I'm not messing with her!"
I'm glad, and a little surprised, to learn that I'm not alone in my grunty world.
That's hilarious! My husband and I do martial arts and at our school, we bow when we walk in. My husband has actually bowed walking into a store before. I guess its just hard to break the habit...
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