I'm feeling pretty good right now. I just finished my semi-annual "level test" which my master requires for black belts to continue progressing up the ranks. This was the best level test I've done in a couple years. It's nice to be in one piece physically and emotionally for a change! Props to the great trainers at my gym (ADAPT Training, Beaverton, Oregon) for kicking my butt every morning for the last eight months.
In about eighteen months I'll be doing The Big Test: fourth dan. I'll be just shy of 51 years old then. C'mon, knees, just a year and a half; you can do it!