Day Off

My days off are few and far between, even now that summer is here. But today has been WONDERFUL. I really haven't done very much.

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Last night I went out with Paul and his friends for another twenty-first birthday extravaganza! It was really nice to go out with five guys, except for the fact that I did not get as many free things as usual. Life is rough sometimes. :)

I did, however, have a drink with energy drink in it without thinking about it. I know people rely on these things like it is their job, but I have absolutely zero tolerance for them anymore. So even though it was a tiny tiny little bit, I needed to go home and sleep.

I HATE ENERGY DRINKS.

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But today I woke up, cleaned a bit, and decided that some stretching was in order. I got a website off of a tweet this morning that I really wanted to try. It's called Do Yoga With Me and it is absolutely free so I am sharing the love. They have a whole beginner section and I did the 30 minute session for the shoulders. At the end it had a two minute relaxation. Well. I didn't realize the video had ended and was busy relaxing...so that got extended. :)

Now that the dance season is over, I am going to do my best to incorporate stretching into my day. I don't want to come back and have the usual stiffness problems.

Did I officially make a goal for summer?

PRODUCTIVITY.

Does your body absolutely not allow energy drinks? Or am I just absolutely mis-wired? OY.

Am I Doing This Right?

I have done everything on my training plan this week like a good little girl. Yesterday that included going to a yoga class at my school's fitness center.

This is exactly what it was like, I can assure you.

Guys, I really want to be good at yoga. You know. That whole dancing thing kind of requires some flexibility. And I was REALLY tight after my sunset run on Tuesday. So I know I needed it. I forgot to bring my mat to school, but didn't let that excuse me and used the junky ones at the fitness center that a million other people sweat on.

But whatever.

I liked the instructor for the most part. She had some nice calming music going on in the background, which I fully appreciated. She had us do some balances too, which were super fun. But like. Did we really have to go into Downward Dog four hundred times? Am I missing something? I don't even think I'm doing the freaking thing right and I actually know how to do that one. Second guessing myself is my number one talent.

Somehow I don't think I can do that one.

I know the point of yoga goes way beyond being good at it and being flexible. Am I doing everything wrong? How do I do it right? YOGA BLOWS MY MIND, OFFICIALLY. I can't figure it out.

That being said, I left class feeling very stretchy and calm. So at least I'm doing something right. Or I'm really good at tricking myself.

Today I went for a rough three mile run, did a lot of school work, and cheered the Phils on from afar. Hooray! Happy opening day! I LOVE THE PHILS!

I would wear this around.

I do have something in the works that I might get a tutu for. But that might have to be white. :)

Philadelphia Color Run, YEAH!

How do you do yoga? Help me!

Monday Funday

I know Funday is usually reserved for Sunday, but I feel like sometimes Monday gets a little bit sad when it gets such negative names attributed to it. It's really alright!

This morning, my alarm went off at six o'clock. After a quick five minute snooze, I cruised on autopilot to get out the door because I had everything picked out from the night before. It wasn't until I was on the subway that I realized I was awake before seven o'clock. And you know what? It felt awesome!

First step of the day: YOGA
It was totally worth the wake up call. At first I felt a little uncomfortable because I'm generally a "go hard or go home" gal when it comes to working out, so yoga felt a little slow. But man, by the end of it I was feeling so stretchy and bendy. I'm sore, but that's an awesome feeling. And I've learned some new stuff that I'm going to use to keep my muscles happy!

Then I came home and went to bed for another twenty minutes.

But then I woke up again, don't worry! I had peanut butter and jelly oatmeal and took a shower! I promise I was productive!

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Next step: Survive classes, meetings, and tests!
Totally done and totally productive!! PLUS I GOT AN A ON MY ANATOMY TEST. WOOOO!!!

Then: Strength? Training?
Turned into lunch hour. And got moved to Wednesday because dance was going to run later than was originally planned. And I wasn't properly fueled. But that's my own bad.

Finally: DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!
I did it.

I topped of the day with a chat with the biff out in the beautiful evening weather. Spring is coming. I can feel it in my bones. :)

First day of Spring at Penn's Landing! 2010. Holy Moses. I'm such a hip-jutter-outter.

 

What mean things do you say about Monday?