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June 27, 2006
Yogrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
For part of May and most of June, I've been getting up at 5:30 every Tuesday and Thursday and going to yoga at the Student Rec Center. It's been good for me. Increasing my flexibility, working the muscles around my knee that weren't getting work, improving my strength. Plus, I come home ready to get stuff done. And it's been pretty easy to just get up and go, despite the early hour. It's a great start to my day.
This morning, however, was not like that. This morning it took everything I had to turn off the alarm and then sit up in bed. Through supreme force of will, I did it. I got out of bed. I got dressed, brushed my teeth, put in my contacts. Everything I needed to do to go to yoga. Found my Rec Center spouse pass and class admission card. I drove to campus, despite barely being able to see. I attended class.
Unfortunately, the instructor did not. (You could see where this was going, couldn't you?)
I'm guessing it was a schedule misunderstanding. The regular instructor is out for the next two weeks. We had a sub on Thursday. This week and next week were supposed to be taught by the head of the Wellness Program. They tried calling her. No answer. Class is supposed to start at 6:15, I left at 6:30.
Because it's yoga, I wasn't dressed for other workouts (Tevas instead of gym shoes), so I just came home. Which was fine, in the end. More time to get lots of stuff done. Only, I'd much rather have slept in. (Mmmmmmm... Sleeeeeeeeeeep...) But since I actually got up and all, since I went throught the motions, I'd really like to have done the work the class gives me. I can do yoga at home, no big deal. I just don't work as hard as I do when there's an instructor there. Not sure why. Just more inclined to give myself a break.
As we were all leaving, one of the other women said, "Well, we get a point for effort, anyway." And I thought, "If I'm getting some kind of credit/benefit for this, I'd much rather lose five pounds."
Posted by sally at June 27, 2006 07:57 AM
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