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Snack Table at the ABD Cook Out

Snack table at ABD Cook Out
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Today was the annual ABD (America’s Best Defense) cook out at Colt State Park. I have never been to Colt State Park before but Allison and the kids have for the annual Sheep Shearing Festival. It is a nice place and there are so many camp sites or activity sties all around the park. We got there and there were birthday parties, family reunions and even a wedding. We found the ABD site and sat with some friends said hello to a bunch of people and got some food. There was a ton of food. Allison made blueberry lemon hand pies and they were a huge hit. I was talking to Sensei Howard who told me about them and how good they were. He had had a couple of them.

Even though this was right in the middle of the day and it was hard to sleep for 3 hours, get up and drive for an hour to get there, stay for 2 and drive home to sleep for 3 more before work it was worth attending. Andrew got to see his friends outside of the regular classes. I got to see the people I train with outside of the dojo too. It was nice to see everyone just having a good time. One of our friends brought his drone and was flying it around and all the little kids were chasing after it. I bet he got some great video of that. He even took a big picture of the whole group. I am looking forward to seeing that.

Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone

At ABD
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This year I decided to really step outside my comfort zone. I got an 8 week intro to Krav Maga at America’s Best Defense in North Attleboro. Andrew has been training there for a while in his Little Dragons class. I’ve wanted to try this for a long time but just didn’t either have time or the money. I’ve been at it 2 weeks now. I am enjoying it so much. The issue is now, how to earn enough each month to continue and to buy all the gear. Our Sensei talked about Goal Setting and I now have to set a goal to earn the amount needed each month to continue to train. I want to keep the momentum of this class going.