Three Classes in a Row: HUNG OVER

So, only 27 days left! Hurray, I'm almost done.

I didn't just drink "a bit" last night, I drank a lot, and it was tough just getting out of bed let alone dragging my sorry ass to yoga at 4:15 PM. However, I did an amazing thing this afternoon - I went to the pool and swam around and lounged in the hot tub and even glided down the waterslide. If it wasn't for this unusual burst of activity I don't know what kind of an awful class I might have had. As it was, however, class was pretty good and I feel much better now than I would have if I'd spent the day laying about shoving food into my face.

Triangle was bearable today, unbelievably.

I usually wear exersise pants to the knee in class but today I wore shorts and I realized that is what I should be wearing. It lets you sweat freely and I was all-around more comfortable. Also, it was the best Eagle of my life with nothing but my bare, sweaty flesh to wrap my legs around. Wind-removing pose is tough with shorts on because my arms slip but I think that only means I was slackin' before. The problem is I only have a couple of pairs of shorts that would be good for yoga and I don't really like either of them, so I will have to get a good pair or two next paycheque.

It's funny how you do start to want to look good in class, or as good as you can possibly look with your hair, face and body sopping wet for most of the class. When I first started doing yoga (Ashtanga) in regular room temperature I thought wearing something special to class was stupid and I refused to buy into the mentality of "cute yoga clothes". Nowadays I'm not as bad as some of the other women at the studio and I will wear an ordinary top if I must, but I fear that's only because I can't really afford to buy more outfits. I go crazy in Lululemon now and it's become fascinating to go in there and look through the new items. Lately, stuff to wear to class is the only thing I want to buy. I've been converted! (After all, we have mirrors at Bikram's and you don't want to look at yourself wearing something wretched.)

Oh yeah, I made a breakthrough in Head-to-Knee. In the third part of the pose I was able to lift my heels up off the ground for the whole time, even though it felt like a killer. I think that I wasn't quite trying hard enough in the sit-ups leading up to the pose so I'll have to remember to push harder so that Head-to-Knee isn't so painful. Because even though it's second-to-last, I've really started to dread it.

Hmmm....not much else that is noteworthy. This week is going to be pretty tough.