Novemeber to Remember

Well, it has been a little while since my last post (earlier this month to be exact). That's becasue my life continues to swoop me to different adventures that demand my attention :).

Let's see, I have gone Latin dancing (yes, again), for a friend's b-day dinner/party, and my hubby joined me. That's right...he was actually on the dance floor (with a little rhythm might I add) latin dancing the night away! We also have a Groupn deal for 5 latin dance classes that we bought before this dinner party...can't wait to see this. Although, I have taken almost every latin dance in college, my hubby hasn't, and plus I need to brush up. We also went to see Sinbad live at the Chicago Theatre. What a treat. Damon Williams opened for him, and they both were fall-over hilarious! It's been a blast :).

I also jump started my wardrobe stylist career by working a fashion show for a Chicago boutique and did a little model-coaching too. The agreement I have with this amazing owner, who has become more than an associate even before joining her team, is that I would be compensated in clothing, not cash, but how can a stylist argue with that, right?! I'll take it LOL.

School and work has been busier than ever, but that is the ever-moving, cyclical, not linear, adventure that I call my life. I'm doing very well in both areas, but I can't pretend that it can sometimes get a bit overwhelming. However, my time-management and self-care skills come in handy. With the self-care aspect, it all includes family time, shopping, dining, new activities, trip to the nail spa, and so on. One more year to go for school and I'm having a huge celebration...

For Thanksgiving and the weekend throughout, I got to be with family. There is nothing like family time, especially when there is food, so I take as much as I can get...family, I'm talking about here :).
Cheers to November, and looking ahead to December :)....Stay fabulous.

My "Oh my" Week

Well, I finally was able to go to my hot yoga class at Bikram Friday (10/28/11), where it was 110 degrees for 90 minutes. Afterwards, yes, I felt relaxed and rejuvenated the entire day. Even got to go see some of  my relatives that night. However, come Saturday morning I was aching! Oh -my! What a deception! I even had to take a nap in mid-day (OK, I did get home pretty late or rather early from my family's house. It was about 2:30am). As much I hated when my mom me take naps as a little girl, I guess it sometimes pays off now in adulthood. Not to mention, I was aching, a little sleepy, but still had a paper to write that I stayed up until about 11pm finishing. Professors are not interested in your late nights, achy body, or extracuriculars.

So what did I do on Sunday--went to Flirty Girl Fitness to work out. Oh-my! Yes, I know it may sound insane, but I had already planned to do so with a friend. We were supposed to do the sexy sculpt work-out (trust me, this was INTENSE) and then belly-dance immediately following it. I did not stay for the belly-dance because I needed to get home and get dressed so that my hubby and I could go to his father's home. His sister asked us to be her subjects (models) for a photography class homework assignment. Our payment was that his step-mom made a delicious meal! Then again, all of her cooking is good. I'm eagerly awaiting those photos. As a 15 yr old, the story line of the photo shoot was quite deep. It was a young couple on the verge of dissolution (the dark moments), but found a way to stay together (the light illuminating at the end).

Monday morning, I woke up feeling tense from my neck to my ankles. Oh-my! Those two work-outs did it. I was in so much pain that there were areas aching in which I didn't think could ache. I mean how does your rib-cage or behind your knees hurt? :). Well, time, really God, has healed me. I can actually move more fludily now. I remember years ago when my grandmother (my husband' grandmother) said something about putting WD-40 on your joints! Maybe I should've taken her up on that offer this week. I jst started workig-out and I like it.

Anyways, time for one last Oh-my.  With that paper I was just talking about, it was returned with 29/30 points. Yes, that is a good grade and I was commended for an excellent and critically reflective paper on complex ideas.Wait until you hear the rationale for the grade: "The only reason you didn't get 100% is because I believe it is impossible to get 100% in our complex and ambiguous field..." Oh-my!! No, this is not a joke. This was part of the feedback. I actually apprciated the honesty, but diasgreed with this subjective rationale of grading. Honestly, it's not the grade, but rather the reasoning.

What have I learned? That whether working hard or working-out hard can yield some interesting results :).