What in the world am I doing?

Hi. 

I'm Lydia.

You can call me Lydia

or Syd

or Louie

Syd is a perfectly unexplainable nickname. 

I don't ever remember from whence it came but I like it. 

Alot. 

I think I may have given it to myself. 

Its short for Sydnee. So you could call me that too...if you really wanted to.

Louie is perfectly explainable. 

I have 2 sisters and my Dad started calling us Screwie, Dewey and Louie. 

But mine was the only one that stuck. 

I like Louie alot too but my Dad's the only one that calls me that. 

So nevermind... You can't call me Louie. 

I am training a puppy to be a service dog. 

His name is Shasta.

He is a 4 month-old yellow lab. 

That's all I can think to say about that but I'm sure he'll show up in future posts. 

On Saturday, I attempted my first one-handed cartwheel. And I succeeded! 

I felt so athletic and awesome so I did it again yesterday with some handstands and Tang Soo Do forms thrown in. 

(Google Tang Soo Do because you probably don't know what it is)

Today, if I was punctuation I would look like this

.

That's all.

Because that's how I feel. 

SO INCREDIBLY SORE!!!!!

(Don't ask me how a dot represents soreness, because I really don't know. I mean, really this * or maybe even this # should be the universal sign for soreness. Probably this # more because it looks like a cartoon scratch....but I feel more like a dot today.)

But, doing all that showed me what I can do and just how much I miss Martial Arts.  

I miss it so much. 

I really feel like myself when I do all those kicks and stuff. 

(How's that for sounding impressive? "Kicks and stuff." HA!)

Its cold and rainy here which means that Shasta will not be going outside to play today. Which means that he will have alot of energy. Which means.... well actually he's been sleeping most of the morning so maybe rain makes him sleepy. 

Personally, rain makes me more awake. I feel exhausted on sunny days 

(which I why I need to move to Ireland). 

I think its because I have to squint my eyes so much...

And now I am rambling so I'm done. 

This is the end of the first real post of Me.