Friday 22 February 2013

Girl on Fire

Two yoga classes in two days after being away from it for a looonnnggg time. Can you say OUCH? 

It's not so much painful as just a constant awareness of all the muscles in my body at once.  Like all the normal muscles are saying "hi there, nice to see you again", and all the weird little muscles you never think about are more like "YO' BITCH, HERE I AM...BAM".

My body feels like it's got little sparks of energy flowing thru it. Almost like a engine, and all it's little pistons and spark plugs or whatever.  You know what I mean...I'm feeling the burn. Everywhere....

                                                      (not my real breasts or buttocks...)

I leave the class with a complete body stone, probably wouldn't pass a sobriety test...no sofficer, drunk I'm not, I's swears I meants to poke myself in the eye. My body feels heavy and light all at the same time.  I feel so content. I get the munchies. I drift off into la-la-land.  It's all good. I am in my bliss. My happy place. Plus I get a workout, which is probably why I'm walking a little slower and why it hurts when I laugh (hi there, teeny-tiny ab muscles...I can feel you!).  Win-win.

I really felt like I'd never left.  It's been months without consistent yoga. I've dabbled in a few youtube classes. I'm suffered thru some P90X yoga...NOT fun.  I've had my fair share of pigeon poses before bed but it's definitely not the same. The moment my head hit the mat and I felt the warm air rush over me I knew I was back in heaven. 

It may take a while before I'm really back in my zone of falling asleep and crying but I'm sure it will come. 





Friday 1 February 2013

40 Questions

My new favorite app....StumbleUpon!

In my new found desire for less crappy TV in my life, I've turned to reading a bit more than usual and have stumbled upon *ha!* a few fun websites.

I found a link today, where it asks 40 questions, some deep, some not so much.  But as I was reading them I was like WOW, some of these I'd really have to think about...so why not try to write it out!

1. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago? I'd probably say go out with friends.  It's not always easy for me to pull my mental self together. I've been making the effort, and so far so good.

2. What's been on your mind most lately?  The future and what to do with it.

3. Right now, at this moment, what do you want most? Drugs...I'm fighting the flu. Also, just to be happy and content.

4. In order of importance how would you rank: happiness, money, love, health, fame?  Easy...happiness, love, health, money, fame.

5. What would best describe the way you've spent the last month of your life? Soul searching

6. What is the #1 motivator in your life right now?  My children and what's best for them in the long run.

7. In one sentence, who are you?  Sweet monkey...that's a hard one.  Here goes...I am a fun, loving, good mom, who struggles with MY wants versus everyone else.

8. What do you want to known for? My ability to see thru clothing, and maybe my humor?

9. If you had to move 3000 miles away, what one thing would you miss most?  About my city? Not much. About my life? My best friend. Y'all can fight over who that actually is!

10. In one year from today, how do you think your life will be different?  We will have moved to a better place for our little family to thrive.

11. Who makes you feel good about yourself?  YOU do!  *GAG*  Just kidding.  Seriously, it's you.

12. What are the top three qualities you look for in a friend? Crazy, fun, loyal

13. What has fear of failure stopped you from doing?  Blogging more, furthering my education, and becoming an acrobat.

14. What is something you have always wanted since you were a kid? A father figure...a preacher teacher, anything I have in mind...oh wait...I have the love of my life AKA Poppy, my grandfather...but a legit dad in my life would have been nice and still bothers me as an adult.

15. What stands between you and what you want?  Armed guards.

16. What do you do when nothing else seems to make you happy?  Cry or sing really loudly while I drive.

17. When did you first realize life is short?  Uhm...my first 31 years have actually seemed pretty long. I'll get back to you on that.

18. What do you need to spend more time doing.  YOGA! And drinking wine, and eating, mostly bacon, I don't get nearly enough bacon in my life.  Plus sleeping, and general exercise.  A walk wouldn't kill me now and then.  Or would it?!

19.  What issues do you continually refuse to confront?  My weight. My daddy issues. My phobias. My constant need for approval. My...wait, this list was supposed to be fun?  Excuse me while I go cry in a corner...

20. What's something a lot of people do that you disagree with? Ride the welfare system. Drag their kids into fights. Vote Republican. Drink & Drive.

21. What's a common misconception people have about you?  I don't think most people realize how easily my feelings get hurt, how personally I take things, and how often I wish I could punch people in the throat because of it.

22. What's something no one can ever take away from you?  My memories...unless of course we are invaded my aliens and they probe me or something.

23. What is something that you would hate to live without for a day?  Oxygen.  That would suck.

24. When you look into the past, what do you miss the most? My grandparent's cottage and my old house.

25. What memory from this past year makes you smile the most?  My trip to Vancouver with the crazy fools from work. Is it SPICY?!?

26. What's the number one change you need to make in your life in the next twelve months?  Finances. More money, more problems. No money...still as many problems.

27. If not now, then when?  September 21st, 2021

28. What have you done that you are truly proud of?  Raised two decent kids, who haven't burned down the house, or been arrested. Yet...

29. What's something new you recently learned about yourself? I am more patient than I thought I could ever be.

30. What do you want to remember forever? To just breathe.

31. What could society do without?  Twitter, guns, and Snooki, and Snooki-like people.  She's NOT a role model folks!!

32. What is one thing, right now, that you are totally unsure of? My future...and math.

33. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?  Wendy for Prime Minister!!! She's change the country...one laid-off politician at a time!

34. What's something you said you'd never do, but have since done? Be like my mother...LOL.

35. What's something you changed your mind about when you grew older? Sour candies

36. What didn't last forever, but was still worth your while? The last bouquet of flowers I bought myself.

37. If you could go back in time and tell a younger version of yourself one thing what would it be?  I answered that last year....If I Would Have Known

38. If you knew you were dying in 60 seconds, what would your last words be? You're my favorite.

39. When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?  Yeah, probably.  Pfft.

40. What questions do you often ask yourself?  What am I doing with my life? And, where's the damn remote?!?

Now...what are your answers?



40 Questions Link