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Live out loud.

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“I am here to live out loud.”
-Emile Zola



This week is going to be a crazy one at work. I’m training 2 classes 8-5 through Friday, which leaves me practically no time to do other work that is required of me. In past training classes, I’ve really let this bring me down. But with new hopes on the horizon, I’m really trying to let all of the work nonsense roll off my back. We shall see…


So no, I still have not heard about the job. Which leaves me in a constant state of anxiety. Please continue to cross your fingers for me. But I have heard from other people that there is a hold up with the hiring process.


On a better note, I am really looking forward to the rest of this week (outside of work). BF has agreed to come to a beginners yoga class with me tomorrow at Cleveland Yoga. I’m SO excited. I’ve been trying to convince him to come with me for a while, so his agreeing to come is thrilling. Friday night I have my Margarita Girls Pottery Nite. I’m pretty pumped. Especially since BF has offered his place up to my girlfriends for our post-margarita hang fest. We are going to grab some dinner and drinks prior to our pottery girls nite. I’m not sure where yet, and it really depends on how much time we have. Ideally, I would like to go to the Barley House, if not, somewhere like Rockne’s or Aladdin’s perhaps. The girls and I have been pretty busy with work and other priorities, so I’m pretty pumped to get to spend some time with them.


Saturday BF and I have a packed day! We are walking in the Relay For Life Cancer Walk in remembrance of his grandmother that just passed away. We are walking with some other members of his family. It should be nice, if for nothing else than to spend some time with some great people and be outdoors. Later that afternoon we plan on going to an outdoor festival in a neighboring town. Our area is known for their maple syrup production so every year there is a festival… celebrating nothing… but… maple. Ha. Funny, I know. We are going to get some food and walk around. Nothing too exciting, but nonetheless, I’m looking forward to it.


With so much to look forward to, I’m starting to stress more and more about the future. It doesn’t help that I have family members breathing down my neck about my life and over things that will do nothing but stress me more in the meantime.


Oh dear, I need to hear something about the job. ASAP.

sweaty saturday.

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-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 Linkcomfortable 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!

I’m a busy little bee!

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Yoga last night was AMAZING. I am so glad I found Terri’s class @ Cleveland Yoga. I usually take classes taught by Amy, Tami, or Parker, so this class is a HUGE change of pace (as much as Power Vinyasa Yoga can ‘change’ between teachers). I love it!


After yoga I went out with my sister and a couple of friends for a beer. Wow. Haven’t really had a drink in a while. Who knew a couple beers would make me feel like that!? Not again for a while!

I woke up this morning, already having the intention of calling off of work to run some very important errands. I thought I would get up and go to a 6:15 yoga class (yes, on my day off I had every intention of getting up just as early). But that didn’t happen. And that’s ok! There’s always tomorrow. 🙂 I slept in until 10am! Woah! 🙂

Took the dog to the vet. Nothing major. He was just due for a rabies vaccination. I had the doc check his ears too (he’s a cocker spaniel and his ears get infected a LOT and stink!). I don’t mind taking him to the vet, but holy $100 vet bill! Outrageous! $18 just for the cotton swab to look at his infected ears? WTF. But oh well. It’s gotta be done.

Then I went to the one place I vowed NEVER to go to again. Wal-Mart. Yes. I had to go there. Why? Because it’s the ONLY place that sells Sabra Roasted Red Pepper Hummus. Seriously THE best hummus ever. Aaaaannnndddd it’s only sold at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club or Costco. All of the places that I hate. So I sucked it up and went to the place that I hate the most.
Then off to the Whole Foods Market — one of my favorite places in the whole world! Going to make pulled pork with the boyfriend tomorrow so we needed a couple things. BUT of course I also picked up a few other goodies (Morningstar Farms Veggie Buffalo Chicken Bites, cookies, pita–for the hummus, of course, fruit and some blackberry wine!). I had to convince myself to leave Whole Foods… I could stay there for hours.

After Whole Foods I ran to Starbucks (surprise, surprise). I think I get headaches if I don’t get my daily Starbucks fix… sad, I know. It was nice to drive down to CF and not be in a hurry. I knew the BF would still be working, so I wasn’t as worried about driving, which I usually dread. So when I got here, I started my good-girlfriend duties! Folded some laundry; put the groceries away; cleaned the bathroom; did the dishes; did some investigating for a new washer. These are actually all things I don’t mind at all doing anyways, so it isn’t a big deal. 🙂

So what does this all mean? All I’m really trying to say, is a GREAT day. Sometimes you just need to take a day off work to do the things that need to get done. AND to relax, which is what I will be doing for the rest of the night.

Hope everyone else is having a great Thursday! One more day til the “real” weekend begins!