Cow Face

Loved doing cow face pose tonight in class, felt wonderful for the lower back when we did the forward stretch at the end. Ouch on shoulders though, I've got shoulder rotation issues! Definitely had to use the strap.

12 classes @ $100.00 each.

Yoga class hours: 51
Remaining: 149

Sundays

My Sunday afternoon yoga teacher is moving to Hawaii. Yay for her but ... I really hope they fill her spot and fill it with someone I like!

No class last night, I did some take home work on this project instead. That extra hour did help and I really need to get this project off my plate. Tough week for yoga though and doing yoga at home, in a room with the view of a rat trap, is not really doing it for me!

9 classes @ $133 each.

Yoga class hours: 47
Remaining: 153

Restore

Wonderful restorative yoga class today, I wish there were more of them on the schedule.
Busy week coming up, and will have to miss yoga classes for some fun things I want to do .. and then some things I don't want to do. Wednesday night I am going to see a play and Thursday night I have dinner with Chris (fun). Friday is a work potluck I don't want to go to but have to, since it is my staff.

I am also going to have to miss all Saturday yoga for the tech rehearsal for my story next Monday night!

8 classes @ $150 each.

Yoga class hours: 45.5
Remaining: 154.5

Triumph over the Ugly Black Pants

Today I was easily able to pull on a pair of black pants that are frequently too tight. Whoop.
Of course, I the made a series of horrible choices that included no breakfast, waiting too long for lunch, only gluten free crackers and old goat cheese to eat ... so I went out and had:

A curried chicken salad sandwich.
On marble rye bread.

They had gluten free too, but I just didn't want garbage bread with the awesome chicken salad at this place. It has chicken, rice, curry, mango chutney, raisins, peas, and apple.

I will probably grow 2 pant sizes over night with bread bloat though.

5 classes @ $240 each.

Yoga class hours: 41
Remaining: 159

With an Egg on Top

The Poor Girl soup is still delicious, but I am ready for payday and a big grocery shopping trip. Tonight's dinner included an egg on top.

I deactivated my Facebook account today. Facebook makes me feel crazy and depressed.

In bright news, I *think* I finally have an ending I can live with for my story. I do wish, that I could go back in time and submit a different story. This one touches too close to home and I am a bit embarrassed to tell it. No backing out now though, unless I get appendicitis the night before.


4 classes @ $300 each.

Yoga class hours: 40
Remaining: 160

Surrender Dorothy

View while waiting for yoga class.
Also, felt a bit defeated tonight, hearing about someone else's weekend plans. Through stupid Facebook.
Bah, I won't let that (or the much less wonderful poverty breakfast I ate today -- note, do not use pickled veggies to make a pickled veggie and hummus omelet)ruin a good yoga class and day spent volunteering at Ravenswood Art Walk, talking about 2nd Story.

I was the only student in yoga class today, got extra attention talking about my tight shoulders, looked at modifications to my downward dog, talked dolphin pose, and almost .. well, almost at almost did some crow.

3 class @ $400 each.

Yoga class hours: 38.5
Remaining: 161.5

Cheese Rinds and Green Tomato Pickles

You know what is amazing when you are broke, and waiting for payday, and the contents of your fridge and freezer and panty, on first glance, kind of suck?

My amazing no-money dinner. I feel like I am showing the frugal stuff that my old Polish ancestors were made of .. with some luxury from foodie friends:
Tomato Celery Soup: old celery, old onion -- sweat the veggies in saved up bacon fat, leftover rice, beans from freezer, homemade chicken stock,homemade tomato stock, throw in a cheese rind from....

Gouda cheese from Amsterdam, brought back by my friend Blake.

Gluten-free crackers from my sister.

Homemade, green tomato refrigerator pickles with hummus.

Thoughts that catch my Troubled Head

One of my yoga instructors has this song on her playlist for class. It always annoys me when she talks over the lyrics.

I have a new yoga statistic to record, today I bought a yearly unlimited. As of today, if I never go again, I will have spent $600 per class! Since I am still doing 1 class per week at the other studio (and will do a week of yoga in Berkeley), not all classes will count.


2 class @ $600 each.

Yoga class hours: 37
Remaining: 163