Wandering Mind

Today was a lovely little smackdown of my ego. Practice was nice but I keep having things pointed out (and rightly so) that I need to work on improving…things I thought I was doing well. And yesterday I had L, who I think I will refer to as the Blonde Lady (as that’s what the cats call her), take some pictures of me in some poses. Some that I thought I was doing well in and some just to gauge where I am. Well, they’re all gauging pictures. Yikes! I thought I might post them but I’m leaning away from it. I didn’t realize how not bent my back was in back bends.

Weekend catch up:
I didn’t practice on Friday as I went to NYC for the Blonde Lady’s party. We had a very nice time. She took me to dinner first at a Thai restaurant, which I have already forgotten the name of. It was Yummmmmy! Then went to a club (Quo, I think) where her agents had rented the place for all their clients and some casting agents and all of us significant others. It wasn’t really my scene, or the Blonde Lady’s, but we still had a nice time. I forgot what it’s like to be in a club where you have to yell to have a conversation… We didn’t get home until 1:00AM and I passed out immediately. I was glad that class didn’t start until 11 on Saturday so I could sleep in a bit… The cats seemed to have forgotten that we were sleeping in so they went their usual ape-shit around 6am and although I didn’t get out of bed until 8, I didn’t sleep much past 6. I felt ok come class time but I was just exhausted through the class. The best thing about it was that I was ok with being tired. I realized why and I didn’t beat myself up or push too hard. I just accepted that I was tired and my practice was going to reflect that. Didn’t make it any easier physically but mentally it was much better. Sunday’s practice wasn’t much better which I have to admit disappointed me a little. I tried to eat well on Saturday and I got enough sleep but I guess I was still recovering from Friday so I was still dragging a little. I felt better later in the day when we were taking the pictures. I took some really nice pictures of some of the flowers and dragon flies around the pond, too, which I’ll try to slip a few in here and there. Nessie made a showing but by the time I got the camera out and to a place with a decent angle she disappeared.

I guess I need the ego adjustment anyway. It’s a good reality check to find the areas in which I need to improve, be it through pictures or teachers.

I'll post a few tomorrow.