In the Final Stretch

Including today, I have 16 days left of work, and I definitely feel the anticipation of going back to school. Not having a computer has made it a little difficult to be as on top of my blog, but it also forces me to get off facebook, e-mail, etc and do something else with my night- kind of liberating.

Tuesday night Dominique and I went to Apple to look at MacBooks, so I hope to have a computer by this time next week.



After yoga last Thursday night I stayed up late making L.Reed some homemade (vegan) funfetti cupcakes and frosting. I could have gone the easy way and made them out of the box, but I didn't feel like that was enough. Plus, I like to bake and try new recipes.



Friday ended up being a pretty jam-pack, but enjoyable, day. Let me first start by sharing the benefits of yoga in my life: I decided to drive to work on Friday. I was almost to school, driving down the side street, when a guy was attempting to parallel park. (I could tell by the reverse lights.) He didn't move, so I figured he must have wanted me to go first, but as I started to move, he quickly swung his car back into the spot. Thinking he was going to hit my car, I honked my horn. He immediately through up his middle finger at me. "Hey!" I thought. I went forward a little and then decided to stop by car. I put it in park and went up to him.



I said, "Excuse me. That wasn't nice. I didn't know if you saw me, and I was just trying to avoid an accident."



He apologized. "You're right I'm sorry."

I responded, "It's okay. Have a good day!"



As I was walking into work Grace called to see if I wanted to grab lunch. The two of us grabbed Thai nearby. Then, after work I met Tim, Matt, Rob and Kate at La Gondola, an Italian restaurant in Lakeview. It is awkwardly located in a Jewel-Osco strip mall, but it is very cozy inside (only 4 tables), and the food was delicious. I ordered the special: homemade pumpkin ravioli which came with a cup of minestrone soup. It was very flavorful. Before leaving, the manager sent out shots of limoncello. It was so nice to be with all of them again and easy to pick right up where we had left off. Even though I had not seen them in seven months, it didn't feel much different.



After dinner I went back to my apartment, grabbed Lindsay's cupcakes and brought them to here apartment. Right as I was arriving, everyone was wanting to head out to Mad River. I would have been content staying at Lindsay and Ema's, but it was Lindsay's birthday. I guess the bar has never really been my scene, but I definitely felt that when I went in there Friday night. It's kind of hard to explain, but I guess I feel like I don't get to see my friends enough, so when I do, I'd prefer a setting that is less noisy, more intimate and with less going on around us in general. It definitely makes for some good people watching though. I headed out around 1 because I knew I needed my energy for the upcoming day.



Saturday morning I babysat in Evanston 9-11:30AM. From there I went to help set-up for the YEHA Regional Training at the Chicago Center. The training took place from 1PM on Saturday to 1PM Sunday. We started with some group training that I enjoyed more than I thought I would. (I had done the human knot more than once, but this time the allotted hour went by so quickly, and my mind didn't wander to think about anything else.) Then, we did a trust walk. I should have journaled about all of the training, but we did some really great energy training based on clapping, DahnMuDo outside Sunday morning and partner healing. Of course there was dancing too. The training came together really well, and I signed up to go back to Sedona May 22nd-25th. As of right now I can really see myself teaching in the future, so I am trying to attend as many classes and trainings as possible.

I found myself pretty exhausted once I got home from the training. That, in combination with the hail outside, led me to lay around on the couch and watch tv.