I 'Hatha' do something

I am becoming increasingly more annoyed at work recently and I am really not sure of the cause of these ill-tempered feelings. I do know that I am very much looking forward to the weekend. I want to sleep in, read my book, maybe take a walk around downtown – be touristy.

I want to forget that I have a high stress job; that my fiancé is leaving for Miami on Sunday only to return for monthly visits over the next 2 years; that my bank account never seems to have adequate amounts of moolah just hanging out; that one of my best friends has a grandfather who is dying; that my other best friend lives halfway across the country; that my sperm-donor-daddy won’t stop calling my cell; and finally, that right now my body is covered with about a million mosquito bites.

Sleep. Sleep is good.

On a good / stress-relieving note, I started a hatha-yoga-for-beginners course last night. It lasts four weeks and costs $45, which isn’t too shabby. When I left the studio last night, I really did feel better. I felt like smiling and for once the base of my head / neck area on the left side of my body wasn’t in pain.

The class only meets once a week, but I am going to try and fit in a bit of yoga every day. Since I am just a beginner, I am focusing on the basic Sun Salutation (Soorya Namaskaram). I am trying but flexibility and upper body strength are must haves that I have yet to get.

I am just tired of looking in the mirror and not really liking my body. Hopefully this class will turn things around for me. Yoga is known to not only have positive effects on your physical appearance but also on your soul. And I definitely need my ‘sole’ to be ‘heeled.’ J I crack myself up.

Christopher says it’s good that I can make myself laugh hysterically because it reassures him that I won’t be so lonely without him around to keep my company. It is very true that I have some of my best conversations with myself.

I think I’m going to go ahead and beg off now because this is turning into one really long tangent and I should probably get some work done … or read online.