I can't believe its already been 2 weeks... even more unbelievable is that I still have 7 more weeks to go! haha damn.
It's been another beautiful week here. Only one day of rain since I've been here. This week was really good. We had Emmy Cleaves, Bikram's principle teacher, teaching all of our morning classes and lecturing 3 out of 5 days. She's in her mid 60's and is a real lightning rod. I love her. She tells it how it is and doesn't take shit from anyone. She's also a wealth of knowledge and I attentively sat as close to the front as I could everyday to make sure I didn't miss anything. We also had some really good lectures from Bikram this week.
I finally announced my Half-moon dialogue in front of 400 people, including Bikram this week. It went pretty well I think... considering how nervous I was. Now we have Posture Clinic everyday where we are broken up into small groups and deliver dialogue in front of our peers and a few experienced teachers. Then they give us feed back which we need to improve upon for the next day when we present a new posture. Its pretty intense. I'm basically only going to have a day to study for each posture before I present. Should be interesting.
My room mate is still really struggling. She never does full classes and often leaves the room for fresh air breaks. She claims that her body is 'shutting down' and she just can't convince herself to get up and do the postures. She says "I don't know whats wrong with my body". Well, sorry hunnie... its not your body that's the problem, its your crazy monkey brain. This past week has proved the saying that age is just a number to be so very true. I feel like I'm the 30 yr old and she's the 20sum baby. I'm the reality check and fire under her ass. Words can not describe how nice it is to see her leave every weekend.
This weekend I did errands and such. I stayed out of the sun because last weekend I got a burn and Monday morning class was extremely unpleasant. Class is hard enough as it is so I decided to chill out, away from the sun, and do some laundry, grocery shopping, and Jersey Shore watching. It seems like everyone is sick right now so I've been chugging back concoctions on ginger, lemon, and honey drinks to try and prevent myself from getting sick as well.
Today I went to Whole Foods to get a few things for the week ahead. I LOVE Whole Foods. Its the most amazing store ever. Even the most sinfully delicious things are some how organic, vegan, and whole grains. I dunno how... but I guess anything can be made at those kind of prices. Its so expensive! But then again, every grocery store is here. I also walked around a little bit in an area called Hill Crest. Vintage stores galore!!! I bought the most amazing valour jumper for $10 and two tank tops for $6 each. I actually found Marc Jacobs, La Coste, and Juicy Couture there too. I tried it all on.. but of course it was all too big.
All in all, the whole experience has been really amazing. I have hardly anything to complain about which is highly unusual. I think I'm a lot stronger then I give myself credit for because I feel like I'm a statue in the middle of a million melting ice cubes. Everyone is slowly loosing their minds expect for me and Linda. Maybe because we both lost our minds a long time ago, or maybe our crazy cells are just barried so deep that they won't become exposed until weeks 8 & 9. Time will tell. All I know is I feel stronger then I ever have before, happier then I ever have before, and more poor then I could have ever imagined or foreseen.
Anyways, I have lots of calls to make tonight; Scott, my parents, and Tess... so I need to study some dialogue before I begin my yap session this evening. I hope your all enjoying your single degree weather!
XoXo
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