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 :).
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