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So sick :(

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So I had a really good weekend. Made sure I spent time focusing on me, but also was able to bring the BF along for a couple things. I really wanted to go paint pottery, and even though yesterday was a beautiful day that should have been spent outside, I asked BF to join me at All Fired Up in Akron to paint! He agreed and away we went! He painted a sushi platter and I painted a sushi plate. This is something that I have never really brought anyone along to do with me, so it was kinda nice that he wanted to go with me. 🙂


About halfway through painting pottery I started having these horrible stomach pains. I did a LOT of yoga this weekend, so I had a feeling it was from strenuous abdominal exercises. It got worse and worse. We made smoked salmon again for dinner, and I could barely eat because I was in so much pain.

In the middle of the night I ended up waking up screaming… like, literally, screaming out in pain. BF tried and tried to make it go away. He used pressure points that are supposed to help with stomach pains, and it helped… temporarily. The pain was so intense that I started to feel like I was going to be sick. I spent most of the night near the bathroom, just in case I was going to throw up. It was awful. I knew I had to be up for work at 6:30, and I couldn’t sleep because the pain and nausea. I had to call in sick to work this morning and I really really did not want to do that. I have a ton of pressure on me at work, but I wasn’t convinced that I could hold it in… and I did NOT want to throw up in the work bathrooms.

It’s early afternoon now and I’m feeling semi-better. I forced myself to eat, but I’m going to hold off on yoga for a few days. Was it the stomach flu? Food poisoning? Bad abdominal pains? I’m pretty sure it might have bee a combination…

Now I’ll be worrying about work all day… sigh. I don’t get paid enough to stress about work when I’m not there.

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!

big weekend of… ME!

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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.

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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!

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-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!