"you've gotta take care of yourself."
This seems to be a common theme for me lately. It started when I was contemplating whether I should go to Japan or not. Part of my reasoning was that the time I wanted to go was the same time as our Ryuei Ryu tournament. Duty called louder than Nihon. But sensei told me, "you gotta take care of yourself, britt, because no one else will." In this whole car decision, my Jiminy Cricket practicality is battling with the fun-loving veins that course through me, and the resulting indecision provides plenty of opportunity for my family to tell me to take care of myself. El Chiro was discouraging me from participating in the tournament this weekend, overruling the various reasons I cited for wanting to participate (very little of them having to do with karate at all), and all he could say was "it might be more important to take care of yourself." Okay, okay. I hear you. Not making any promises that I will treat myself any better, but I definitely won't treat myself (or any of you, for that matter) and worse, deal?