That's all it did today. You'd think that having lived in Portland, OR I'd be used to it. Yeah, well I'm not.
I did manage to drag myself to yoga this morning; I was really tired and wasn't quite in the mood. But, in the end was glad I went. I had a really nice practice and Yasmin gave me some great adujustments. Plus, it was much quieter in the room today, which I like. On Saturday there's a short big guy that comes in, which is great and all, except that he breaths sooo freakin' loud and if he feels like it he'll start talking to his neighbor. After awhile I don't notice his breathing until he finishes his practice; I think I was about three quarters of the way through my own practice and all of sudden it was peace and quiet. ahhhhh So today, it was very noticable that he wasn't there.
Well, yeah, so yoga was my highlight for the day.
I think I had a completely opposite week-end from last. Stopped on the way home to pick up the Sunday Times and The Observer newspapers. Went next door to the little coffee house and picked up myself a piece of cake. Why not?
Came home, had a lousy lunch (some pre-bought veggie pot), but the cake and pot of tea afterwards made up for it. I was going to go out for a walk, but it was just pouring and the wind would kick up. Wasn't in the mood. Instead I watched a great Alfred Hitchcock show - love that time period.
Bummed around the house, did laundry, read bits of the paper. Finally around 5, the wind had died down so decided to go for my walk. Came home and made dinner.
Completely boring day; but kinda needed it.
It's going to be another crazy week at work.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Recovery....
Last night having surived a hell of a week from work I came home and had a glass of wine. Would have been okay, but I ended up drinking too much. What's too much? For me, it was three glasses. Granted I managed to go out to my favorite little Napalese restaurant - and had a very nice dinner. I just don't think I ate enough. Came home and fell asleep on the couch.
Woke up this morning and although I didn't have a hang over I wasn't feeling the greatest. Thankfully yoga wasn't until 11am; so after a banana with a bit of yogurt, I went for a long walk - fresh air always feels good. By the time I got on my mat I was fine. Suprisingly I even had a decent enough practice.
Came home and had a great lunch - was starved! Made two eggs (love British eggs - I swear they're better than even the organic free range eggs from the states), toast with butter and cinnamon and a great pot of tea (organic earl gray from the states - cannot find anything like it here). Felt so much better.
Laid on the couch to take a nap. Went back out around 3:30ish all the way over to Unicorn, stopped for my soy latte at Berkley something... I can't remember the name and read the paper. Back home, Skype date, walked to Waitrose to get yogurt for tomorrow morning and ended up buying two bags full of food. Mainly fruit - but still have no idea how I'm going to eat it all.
It was a rather uneventful Saturday, the only major accomplishment was my yoga practice. I needed a day like today; complete recovery.
Tomorrow is shaping up to be another lazy day. Yoga in the morning and then I want to go for a proper walk - thinking of trying a new place. Will see how much energy I have after yoga - I may just want to lounge around and read the Sunday paper.
A bit of a boring post, but kinda wanted to document a rather uneventful day.
Woke up this morning and although I didn't have a hang over I wasn't feeling the greatest. Thankfully yoga wasn't until 11am; so after a banana with a bit of yogurt, I went for a long walk - fresh air always feels good. By the time I got on my mat I was fine. Suprisingly I even had a decent enough practice.
Came home and had a great lunch - was starved! Made two eggs (love British eggs - I swear they're better than even the organic free range eggs from the states), toast with butter and cinnamon and a great pot of tea (organic earl gray from the states - cannot find anything like it here). Felt so much better.
Laid on the couch to take a nap. Went back out around 3:30ish all the way over to Unicorn, stopped for my soy latte at Berkley something... I can't remember the name and read the paper. Back home, Skype date, walked to Waitrose to get yogurt for tomorrow morning and ended up buying two bags full of food. Mainly fruit - but still have no idea how I'm going to eat it all.
It was a rather uneventful Saturday, the only major accomplishment was my yoga practice. I needed a day like today; complete recovery.
Tomorrow is shaping up to be another lazy day. Yoga in the morning and then I want to go for a proper walk - thinking of trying a new place. Will see how much energy I have after yoga - I may just want to lounge around and read the Sunday paper.
A bit of a boring post, but kinda wanted to document a rather uneventful day.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
12 hour fucking work day!
Honesty.
Be forewarned, I'm cutting through all the nicety bull shit and just saying what I'm feeling. And for me, that includes swear words. I know it's not pretty, but sometimes it's the best way to express myself.
At work this morning at 7:45 - worked straight until 6:30pm. I only left at that time so I could make it to my yoga class. Home at 9, showered and ate a quick dinner, skyped hubby - and basically listened to him giving me shit for working too much - and then I'm back online for two more hours doing email since I was in meetings all day today.
Finally got my email inbox to under 200 with only 25 unread emails so I'm calling it quits. Besides it's 11:15.
The Big C - it's a new show on TV and I'm completely in love with it. It's not your typical sitcom. Not going to attempt to explain it - just watch it.
Oh, in other news I got a letter from the post master today saying that I need to pay a f'ing £38 to get my backbending wheel delivered. Pissed me off; but what the fuck can I do? I'm calling tomorrow and paying for it. Won't get it until Monday. F - I wanted it for this week-end.
In other news; I'm cancelling my trip to Shanghai tomorrow. Why? Don't even get me started. Let's just say, I have no idea what the f the girl at work has been doing to get my visa. She's known forever. I'm supposed to leave next Sunday - at this rate there's no way she's going to get it done. So fuck it. I'm telling them tomorrow I'm not going - whatever.
Be forewarned, I'm cutting through all the nicety bull shit and just saying what I'm feeling. And for me, that includes swear words. I know it's not pretty, but sometimes it's the best way to express myself.
At work this morning at 7:45 - worked straight until 6:30pm. I only left at that time so I could make it to my yoga class. Home at 9, showered and ate a quick dinner, skyped hubby - and basically listened to him giving me shit for working too much - and then I'm back online for two more hours doing email since I was in meetings all day today.
Finally got my email inbox to under 200 with only 25 unread emails so I'm calling it quits. Besides it's 11:15.
The Big C - it's a new show on TV and I'm completely in love with it. It's not your typical sitcom. Not going to attempt to explain it - just watch it.
Oh, in other news I got a letter from the post master today saying that I need to pay a f'ing £38 to get my backbending wheel delivered. Pissed me off; but what the fuck can I do? I'm calling tomorrow and paying for it. Won't get it until Monday. F - I wanted it for this week-end.
In other news; I'm cancelling my trip to Shanghai tomorrow. Why? Don't even get me started. Let's just say, I have no idea what the f the girl at work has been doing to get my visa. She's known forever. I'm supposed to leave next Sunday - at this rate there's no way she's going to get it done. So fuck it. I'm telling them tomorrow I'm not going - whatever.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
head massage & yoga
I got my haircut after work tonight. The best part? The amazing head massage. Why is that when someone else gives you a head massage it feels so great? Seriously.
Other news...in no particualy order, in fact will be completely random and may not make any sense.
1. I escaped work over the lunch hour and came home and squeezed a short yoga practice in the conservatory - with the sun streaming in. I actually got warm. All I did was standing series of primary and then into playing with hand stands and back bends. Managed to do my version of pincha maryuasana. My version means I'm using blocks under my shoulders as I still have a tweak on my right shoulder. It's getting better, but still being cautious about it. The key for me in this pose is to walk the feet in further than what I think and almost to what I can take, but then when I kick up into the posture, it's barely a kick up, rather more of a lift up. As Tiffany, one of my yoga teachers in Portland would say, it's all physics. She's right, get the hips in line and you use much less force - or much less kicking up.
I can't wait to get my wooden wheel (from Alaska!). My plan is to use it every night until my back cracks open and I can do full kapotasana, as demonstrated by little yogi friend in NYC. Mine is no where close to her's. In fact I'm not able to walk my hands to my feet. However, as my yoga teacher here says, I'm making progress every day. And I know Boo had to work on the posture as well. In fact, she's the one inspired me to pay way too much for this wooden wheel.
2. Okay, really don't feel like writing about much else. Any extra energy I have is focused on my yoga practice and obsessing over my right shoulder feeling better and doing kapo.
So sorry, untless you're into ashtanga (which seems to be very few people in this neck of the woods) this will be a very boring post.
Tomorrow - long day. Supposed to be doing a VC back to Portland for four hours - god help me.
Other news...in no particualy order, in fact will be completely random and may not make any sense.
1. I escaped work over the lunch hour and came home and squeezed a short yoga practice in the conservatory - with the sun streaming in. I actually got warm. All I did was standing series of primary and then into playing with hand stands and back bends. Managed to do my version of pincha maryuasana. My version means I'm using blocks under my shoulders as I still have a tweak on my right shoulder. It's getting better, but still being cautious about it. The key for me in this pose is to walk the feet in further than what I think and almost to what I can take, but then when I kick up into the posture, it's barely a kick up, rather more of a lift up. As Tiffany, one of my yoga teachers in Portland would say, it's all physics. She's right, get the hips in line and you use much less force - or much less kicking up.
I can't wait to get my wooden wheel (from Alaska!). My plan is to use it every night until my back cracks open and I can do full kapotasana, as demonstrated by little yogi friend in NYC. Mine is no where close to her's. In fact I'm not able to walk my hands to my feet. However, as my yoga teacher here says, I'm making progress every day. And I know Boo had to work on the posture as well. In fact, she's the one inspired me to pay way too much for this wooden wheel.
2. Okay, really don't feel like writing about much else. Any extra energy I have is focused on my yoga practice and obsessing over my right shoulder feeling better and doing kapo.
So sorry, untless you're into ashtanga (which seems to be very few people in this neck of the woods) this will be a very boring post.
Tomorrow - long day. Supposed to be doing a VC back to Portland for four hours - god help me.
The sun!
My plan is to go home over lunch hour and practice yoga in the conservatory and hopefully soak up some of this vitamin D.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
what a freakin' productive day!
Seriously folks, I accomplished so much today. I have to document it, if just for the ability to look back on it and think how much I accomplished in one day.
Started with breakfast of yogurt, banana and flax seed.
1. Yoga practice - with the little ashtanga yoga community in Chorlton (Yasmin is an awesome teacher). Thankfully, I packed clothes to change into after class.
2. Off to Unicorn - the only local organic grocery - reminds me of Food Front back home. Bought a ready prepared lunch - quinau (sp?) and veggies.
3. Navigated to this bedroom shop and bought the spare bedroom furniture! Yeah - of course have to wait five weeks for it to be deliverd, but so don't care. I can finally check this off my to do list.
4. Back to John Lewis (kinda like a Macy's back in the states but a bit nicer) - anyway, I returned the broken bread machine. And I found a mirror that fits the bathroom. Finally I have a mirror for the bathroom - it only took four months to find one.
5. Recycling Center - three large bags of bottles, paper, etc.
6. Filled the car up with gas!
7. Back home - put away groceries.
8. Walked to little store in neighborhood to get my flax seed and other misc. stuff.
9. Came home, made a cup of tea and had some of the halvah from the co-op. Read Elle magazine. Took a 10 minute nap in my purple chair.
10. Cleaned the entire house. Vacumed upstairs, scrubbed the bathroom, vacumed downstairs, cleaned the wood floors (vinegar/water), three loads of laundry - done and put away.
11. Took a shower in the very clean bathroom.
12. Finally just after 8pm I made a simple dinner - a mix of sprouted mung beans, lentils, etc, with avocado and smoked fish. With some white wine. Later some dark chocolate and then later some almonds. A second glass of white wine.
13. Now it's almost 10pm.
Seriously, it feels f'ing great to have accomplished so much.
Tomorrow's plans:
1. yoga
2. shop for a desk for D!
3. Cat stuff - need to get the cat supplies
4. Journal
5. Relax and prepare for an insane week at work
Started with breakfast of yogurt, banana and flax seed.
1. Yoga practice - with the little ashtanga yoga community in Chorlton (Yasmin is an awesome teacher). Thankfully, I packed clothes to change into after class.
2. Off to Unicorn - the only local organic grocery - reminds me of Food Front back home. Bought a ready prepared lunch - quinau (sp?) and veggies.
3. Navigated to this bedroom shop and bought the spare bedroom furniture! Yeah - of course have to wait five weeks for it to be deliverd, but so don't care. I can finally check this off my to do list.
4. Back to John Lewis (kinda like a Macy's back in the states but a bit nicer) - anyway, I returned the broken bread machine. And I found a mirror that fits the bathroom. Finally I have a mirror for the bathroom - it only took four months to find one.
5. Recycling Center - three large bags of bottles, paper, etc.
6. Filled the car up with gas!
7. Back home - put away groceries.
8. Walked to little store in neighborhood to get my flax seed and other misc. stuff.
9. Came home, made a cup of tea and had some of the halvah from the co-op. Read Elle magazine. Took a 10 minute nap in my purple chair.
10. Cleaned the entire house. Vacumed upstairs, scrubbed the bathroom, vacumed downstairs, cleaned the wood floors (vinegar/water), three loads of laundry - done and put away.
11. Took a shower in the very clean bathroom.
12. Finally just after 8pm I made a simple dinner - a mix of sprouted mung beans, lentils, etc, with avocado and smoked fish. With some white wine. Later some dark chocolate and then later some almonds. A second glass of white wine.
13. Now it's almost 10pm.
Seriously, it feels f'ing great to have accomplished so much.
Tomorrow's plans:
1. yoga
2. shop for a desk for D!
3. Cat stuff - need to get the cat supplies
4. Journal
5. Relax and prepare for an insane week at work
Friday, February 4, 2011
Friday night
Geesh - I'm becoming boring.
Let's see, I'm tired and feeling uncreative and I'm tired.
It's 9:30 pm and I'm going to bed. Will listen to my iPOD and read Yoga Journal.
Let's see, I'm tired and feeling uncreative and I'm tired.
It's 9:30 pm and I'm going to bed. Will listen to my iPOD and read Yoga Journal.
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