I am...

Completely done with my Christmas shopping. I'm fairly happy with everything we got everyone!

Hooray.

So... yeah.

The economy is shit. This is not news to anyone except the obscenely wealthy. However, my review was yesterday, and I managed to squeak by with a raise and a bonus. This makes me smile. Especially since I work in the construction industry, which is only slightly more stable than the banking industry these days.
Happy are I.

Apparently I'm only interested in bitching about working out

Last night I went to a class called "Will power & Grace" - I assumed from the name it would be some variation on Pilates/Yoga/dance... Boy howdy was I incorrect. It was a cardio class that kicked my ass... literally. I can barely walk today. It's bad! For nearly 40 minutes we did variations on squats... SQUATS! FOR. 40. FORTY. MINUTES!!!!

We cooled down with 5 minutes of planks and variations on them. Cool downs should not consist of planks. Nope.

Needless to say - I'm sore. I'll be going back - any teacher who is willing to fix and poke and prod and yell and giggle - well that just makes me smile. Her teaching style reminded me of how I taught when I was teaching dance.

I miss those days.

Does Yoga ever stress you out?

Because it does me...

I went this morning with the hope of starting my day with peace and tranquility and stretching and poses. What I got was annoyance and pain and frustration and a headache.

Annoyance because they decided to set the mats up in a semi-circle so when I got there (which was exactly when class started) there was no place where I could square up and see the mirror. I need to see the mirror if I'm going to bend and twist and such. I am big on alignment (hello 20 years of dance), and I can't be aligned well if I can't see what the hell I'm doing.

Pain because something is wrong with my wrists - as in they hurt a lot when I put weight on them. Pain because we spent so much time in down dog and plank that I honestly thought I was gonna die. I wish I knew what was wrong with them. I will find out and I will make them better.

Frustration because I had to keep resting from the two aforementioned poses because it hurt. Frustration because I didn't get what I should have gotten out of today's yoga.

A headache because of everything above and probably because I couldn't shut my freaking brain off! There was no meditation at all. It was just thoughts about my annoyance, frustration, pain, and the oncoming headache.

I need a yoga class to recover from my yoga class.

Pathetic.