25 Yeeeeeears can give you such a crick in the neck ... or ya know, 25 minutes in triangle pose

This is my busy week – production week for the paper. Every other Monday through Wednesday (because I put out a bimonthly publication) is devoted to the layout and design and wrapping up of loose ends. I don’t get very much sleep and even though I should really take some work home with me and be diligent about completing everything prior to deadline – I just go home and look at my comfy couch/papizan/bed/kitchen chair in front of the computer and think of better things that I could be doing to stimulate my own mental health other than staring at the inches and picas on a Quark project (like watching the newly downloaded DVD screener of the Sex and the City Movie till 12:30 a.m.).

So now, with prize winning bags under my eyes, I am sitting at my desk with luke-warm McDonald’s coffee by my side procrastinating once again as I type this thing. But what can I do, I have to remember that just because I am busy at my day job that is no excuse for not keeping up with my extracurriculars.

The fact that I have so much to do is really not being helped by the fact that I have had a killer kink in my neck for 2 days running. True to my blogging, I took a beginners Yoga class at Holy Cow on Sunday and the 2 hour class, while clearing my mind and making me feel relaxed, has left my neck in a very poor state. I actually think I may have pulled a muscle on the left side of my neck/shoulder area because it’s still slightly inflamed.

Now, about the class: I really loved it, which makes my current state of pain and discomfort kinda sad because I have been searching for a new way to approach fitness and I thought Yoga would be the solution. I don’t know, maybe it still can be. I’m thinking that I’ll take it easy for a few more days and then maybe I’ll immerse myself into Yoga once again. And whereas I don’t see myself doing downward-facing-dog anytime soon (because of my neck injury and all – and because that pose is f-ing insane!), I do think that occasionally pausing throughout my stressful days to do a little yoga stretching may be helpful.

Also, I am thinking of getting back into power walking … but that’s another blah-g for another day. For now, I guess I have a paper to put out.

Countdown to LA – the rest of today and tomorrow and then we leave on Thursday. I’m getting really excited! (I’m not excited about cleaning the house and finishing the laundry before we depart – but it must be done).