Only when we act without judgment can we truly flourish in our lives.
(Meditations from the Mat)
sweaty saturday.
-yoga class this morning was incredibly difficult and pushed me way beyond my comfort zone. the room was filled to capacity at 80 people. there were people waiting outside the class to fill any vacant spots. let me tell you… there were no empty spots. in fact, you had to be real 
comfortable with your neighbor. i can’t tell you how much sweat people shared this morning. 86 degree room and less than a half an inch between 80 mats can get real gross, real fast. there were a few times where i had to take childs pose. i felt so sick to my stomach. i really should have eaten breakfast this morning. it’s not as if i avoided eating breakfast. i actually left for class really early this morning so i could stop at trader joes or whole foods for a healthy breakfast. both were closed. wtf whole foods. wtf. so i skipped breakfast and got starbucks coffee instead… for those of you counting the error of my ways, yes, this is number 2… first was skipping breakfast, the 2nd was loading up on espresso and then going in to an eighty-six degree room full of eighty 98.6-degree bodies. the class was pretty awesome though. practically all of the cleveland yoga teachers were there practicing with kinndli. candy and tami were both assisting. kinndli had us partner up with a stranger to do some headstand/crow partner poses. it was also nice because in regular yoga classes, people are extremely quiet. but this was more of a workshop type of class, so i actually met some people. it was nice. overall i’m very happy i decided to sign up for the master class!
-the rest of my afternoon will be spent at work. i’m here til three, so my working day is almost over. sooo close!
-dinner with BFs family later. 🙂
-still feeling quite weird about anything and everything that isn’t related to yoga right now. so uncertain about the direction in which i’m headed and any potential decisions, including the decisions i’m making about my personal life right now.
-reminding myself of the things i promised i would do for me this weekend. one down, a few more to go!
big weekend of… ME!
I really have a lot planned for myself this weekend. Maybe if I write them down, I will hold myself accountable for getting to these things. So they aren’t really ‘urgent,’ but I would really like to spend a weekend focusing on ME. I always say I’m going to do this, but I never really do.
So tonight I’m supposed to hang out with the BF, but I’m not really sure if that will happen or not. I think I want it to happen because he said it would more than I want it to happen because I really need it to (not sure if this really makes sense to anyone…).
Tomorrow morning I have my Master Yoga Class with Kinndli (yay!). Very excited. I had planned to go to Spirit of Clay (by myself) afterwards but I got a call that someone needs me to cover for them at the yoga studio. It’s a semi-bummer, but I really need the money so I’ll probably go in for a few hours.
I really want to finish this book, Naked, before the weekend is over. I spent a good deal of time reading it last night (and it’s REALLY good), but I fell asleep. Oops! Overtired.
I also want to hit up a yoga class or two on Sunday.
So no one is really included on my big plans, but we’ll see what happens! 🙂
Friday 5 questions.
trying to break the monotony of a friday afternoon with mindless question and half-mindless answers.
What is your favorite fizzy, bubbly drink? Cherry Coke Zero! I’m so glad I was introduced to it.
What is your favorite deep-fried food? Chimichangas! The one thing I will splurge on a couple times a year!
What is your favorite hot beverage? Tea. I don’t like my coffee hot. I only drink Iced Coffee…. and I HATE iced tea. Yuck!
What is your favorite really messy food? I am a messy person, so usually whatever I eat, it’s a mess.
What is your favorite recipe for a blended or mixed beverage? I love White Russians! YUM!
hey there cupcake!
-went to a new yoga class. it was ok. different.
-but also stopped at my favorite cupcake shop. look at the beautiful crispy coconut double chocolate goodness! i have a weakness for fancy desserts!
-talked with my friend jeff tonight. it’s been a while since we’ve caught up. i really miss him and jen.
– i’m really excited. i’m not sure why. just prospects. the future.
-my friends rock. i hope they know that.
-doing a lot of reading tonight. i love david sedaris.
-going to focus on ME and yoga for the next few days. master yoga class saturday morning an perhaps a music and yogi class tomorrow night. if not, maybe some pottery painting!
an attempt to organize (thoughts).
1. finish this gosh darn training! grr! i’m tired of talking about telecom crap!
2. go to the bank. gotta finally do this. (so there’s really no reason that i’m avoiding this other than i’m lazy)
3. check out a new yoga class at the Yoga Lounge in Hudson. pretty excited to check out a new teacher.
4. very excited about my yoga masters class with Kinndli McCullom on saturday. should be different and challenging!
5. debating whether or not to go to the krishna das performance on monday.
6. having trouble concentrating on things of value (ie. life, money, ME). not sure why. i’m just really dazed. i blame it on stress.
7. did i mention i’m really looking forward to the yoga practices i have planned? seriously. very excited.
8. wanting to organize. big time. when i’m stressed or under pressure or need to relax, i have an urge to organize everything. if i had to self-analyze, i’d say that this probably comes from an urge to control the things that i can have some control over… or, in other words, i have an urge to control everything, but since i can’t control certain things in my life, i will control everything else.
9. i have an itch to get outside and enjoy this beautiful weather.