Wandering Mind

It was a whirlwind weekend flying down to Florida on Friday night with the Blonde Lady, sleeping on an under inflated air-mattress so every time one of us moved the other would get rolled off the bed. Getting up bright and early to help get ready for my Dad’s wedding (which was lovely, he had a lot of really wonderful friends there and I was touched by the sincerity of the vows.) Then a brief visit with family and flew back into JFK and to the Blonde Lady’s apartment, set up her Ipod on her new computer, then late to bed and early to rise to hop on the train back to New Paltz. Strike went well, it took a little longer than I had hoped but it happened efficiently and most importantly, safely.

I was exhausted Sunday night and didn’t get to bed until after 10 (after 4 hours and 2 hours of sleep for the previous two nights) and I was extremely pleased with myself for making it in to practice yesterday at 6:30 in the morning. I wasn’t sure if anyone would be there and I was pleasantly surprised to find it was just me. I took my practice slow and controlled and made it all the way through the primary series; which I haven’t done since before my hiatus. It felt sooooo good. It was a really strange practice though. Hypersensitive… My emotions were all over the place for most of the standing, going from crying, to anger to giggling. Apparently I have some things I need to clear out of my system… but it was hypersensitive physically too. I could really feel movements interiorly. It felt like I could feel individual muscle fibers, all the fascia, the ligaments and tendons, even the movement of the head of the femur moving in the hip joint. It was really wonderful. If I could be that sensitive every day it would be very easy to really dig deeply into each pose. By the time I made it to the floor my emotional rollercoaster had subsided and I was just happy. Happy that I could be so sensitive, happy that my practice allowed for my body to process so much. After practice I had a very busy day. I would have liked to have written about my practice yesterday before I lost the details but it was not to be. The day was busy but good and I was tired from lack of sleep so the intention was to go to bed early… nope, not until 11:00. Then up early this morning and back in by 6:30. Spark Plug was here this morning so it was again a limited practice for me. I’m getting a schedule worked out so I can really help these guys and not lose my practice. Of course one wants to do Monday/Wednesday and the other wants Tuesday/Thursday… Maybe I’ll do Monday/Thursday.

The weather forecast said snow flurries tonight…Shit.