2-26-11....90 min vacay from the cold.

This winter I am very thankful I have Yoga...why??? I get to spend 90 minutes in a 99 degree room sweating my ass off while outside its 48 degrees outside. Do we really need any other explanation?? I was telling my friend George this past Thursday I think yoga is another reason why I haven't become depressed this winter. You get heat, a bright room to stretch out in, be sweaty and you get to wear shorts while the rest of world are little ice cubes. The challenge has been just that...a challenge. I missed 3 days..and I first I felt a little down about it, but I figure I'll fail if I don't go back at all. So some poses have been easier to get into. My break through this week was the Camel pose. FREAKING FINALLY!! However, I did jinx myself this morning. I couldn't seem to get my hips to go back so I could reach my ankles...and when I did move my head up..I swear I felt like I had a baseball bat smack me between my eyes. I don't know what was the cause of it...but it made me feel like shit for about 5 minutes. I pretty much held my head until the pain passed. After that class was good. It has been packed for the past few classes and I cant wait until I can go at noon. It's been pretty cool knowing that my day involves yoga. I think Ray is probably tired of me talking about class when he wakes up..but I don't think he minds too much. I hope tomorrow's Camel is better than today's. I'm too damn cold to think anymore. See you tomorrow.

Challenges abound

Sorry I hadn't been blogging as much...life sucks and you forget what your responsibilities are. Well..its another day...and guess what??? Its ANOTHER challenge!!! Yup...I'm in yet another challenge!!! This time this one is more personal and something I wanted to do last year, but I was picked for the SBL2...so I wasn't able to fully commit. This challenge is to do 60 days of yoga!! My original intention was to start doing yoga 5 days a week..but Kaci said I may as well sign up and do the challenge...and she was right..what was 2 more days?  I had a set-back yesterday as I woke up to hear my 6 year old tossing her cookies in the bathroom. I had 3 days in a row prior to yesterday. I had never done any days of yoga in a row before. It had been usually 3 days on for Carl and the other 3 days for yoga, one double and one day off. At least this is easier since I just go at 9:15 Mon-Fri and 10:00 on the weekends. The Boy has a new work schedule so there is no need for him to race home on weekend mornings so I can make it to class. I definitely missed yesterdays class. My hips didn't want to move as good as the other days..and to make matters worse...I took half a Ambien yesterday because I took a long nap and I didn't want to be up late..and then this morning....I walked into my house and my arm turned bright red and starting to itch. I took a benedryl and went to class feeling loopyish. I swear I probably fell asleep somewhere in class when we were doing the floor series. I guess my lesson today is don't take the Ambien and just make do with less sleep. If I have to take a quick allergy pill if a itch pops up I'll be able to deal with it better. It sucked that on Tuesday I went through class with only a tiny sip of water after Eagle. It was awesome to bring home water! Today....I swear that damn allergy pill was stuck in my throat during the whole class and I kept drinking water not because I was thirsty...it was because the pill wouldn't move. I was bummed because Tuesday was so great and today wasn't so much. Oh well...There's always tomorrow. See you later everyone!!! Oh...and it was announced today that there will be more classes added to the schedule!!!YAY!!!!!