Snow Day

Southeastern Wisconsin - Forecasts call for 10 to 14 inches of snow over the next 24 hours in Southeastern Wisconsin, from the state line up to Milwaukee. Most school districts have canceled school for the day.
My dojo has also canceled tonight's class.

Five weeks until my 3rd Kyu test. I have a fleeting knowledge of all the test techniques, but do not yet feel solid with too many of them. I am not sure if I am supposed to feel all that solid on these techniques, or, if I correctly remember my education psychology classes, the act of testing will solidify them in my brain.

I look at the list of required techniques, and with the exception of the suwari-waza katatetori kaitennage uchi and soto styles, they all feel pretty darn good. This much is a relief.
After a twenty-odd year layoff from practicing Aikido, many of the "additional MAF ttechniques" are hazy.

• Jujinage (3 ways). I feel good about doing an ushiro jujinage. I can do two more from yokomenuchi and shomenuchi, I suppose.
• Ushiro ryokatatori (3 ways) I got nothing except what I can make up - so not real techniques
• Yokamenuchi (3 ways, not shihonage) Ikkyo, Nikkyo, Sankyo - got 'em
  
• Ryokatatori (3 ways) I've got the low and high posts down with iriminage. Don't have a third yet.
• Shomenuchi yonko (omote and ura) - know it, but very rusty, hard to get my hand to hit the nerve
  
• Ushiro ryotetori (tekubitori, 3 ways) - sankyo, jujinage and shihonage
• Suwari waza shomenuchi ikkyo, nikkyo, yonkyo - bad feet and arthritic hips make these very tough
• Hanmi-Handachi ryotetori shihonage - Okay. Omote stay down, ura stand up. I think I have it.
  

The worst is that I only feel solid on a few techniques, so for all of these listed above, I feel like I'm just repeating the same techniques again and again from different attacks. I hope that is going to be acceptable.

Five weeks. That's all.