Why do you torture yourself like that?

I again failed to make it to my first ever hot yoga class on time. Drove through traffic, around a stupid construction detour, and got to the building complex at 5:50 (for a 6pm class). The security guard told me the class was in building 6 and it would be easier to drive than to walk. Erg!

So, I took it as a sign from my Higher Power that I wasn't meant to start hot yoga tonight. It's probably a good thing considering I'm headed to the 21:30 Duke v Michigan State game.

I left the parking lot feeling frustrated and angry, but was really trying to let it go. I wished I could have just popped over to CrossFit Durham and get my workout on. Instead, I did the WOD at home. My time was 15:30, which probably could have been faster, but I was fighting down the enchiladas rancheras from lunch...
WOD for Wednesday 120110 
For Time:
Run 400m
50 Double Unders
Run 400m
40 Double Unders
Run 400m
30 Double Unders
Run 400m
20 Double Unders


I feel so much better after getting my workout. My roommate thinks I'm crazy. He asked, as I was headed out the door with my yoga mat and jump rope, why I was going outside and if I knew it was cold out there. When I returned, he told me I looked really tired. I told him what my workout was and he asked "why do you torture yourself like that?".


I don't really have an answer to that question. I just know that you don't want to be around me when I haven't had a good workout in a few days. 


I'm looking forward to getting into the swing of my new yoga/Pilates routine.

Blog Virgin

It's true. I'm a blog virgin.

I thought blogs were dumb. Well, I still haven't been awakened to the ultimate utility and awesomeness of blogs. When blogs first came on the scene (oh, ten years ago?) I thought "hah, how silly? who wants to read about the mundane activities of strangers?", and I patiently waited for the blog fad to fade...

So, here I am. I'm 28 -  that's still young, yes? Yet, I've never blogged or tweeted. I don't spend hours on end on YouTube, iTunes or MySpace like many of my peers. Heck, I just signed on for the first time this weekend to that site that let's you listen to radio for free...Pandora. I don't subscribe to podcasts, although when I first got my iPod mini I downloaded some podcasts, but never got into the habit of syncing my pod.

I felt like I was doing good when I subscribed to get the daily feed from a few listservs and a Durham news blog website. Hah! I have a Blackberry, which is woefully underutilized (no apps, no games).  I started sending text messages quite a bit until I was informed that it cost me $.10/text.

I feel like I'm falling increasingly farther behind the rest of the world in terms of my knowledge of and ability to use technological resources. This sounds a little depressing and embarrassing, but the good news about knowledge and ability is you can always make improvements. I'm always looking for ways to make myself a better person. In fact, just writing these paragraphs has made me acutely aware of how difficult it is to write something that is interesting and easy to read. My writing can use some work.

So, I set up a blog partly so I could be cool 'cause now I'm a "blogger" but more to start on a new path of self improvement. Not sure if this makes sense to anyone else, but that's okay. This blog's for me.

The past 25 minutes have been a great first experience. Making a blog is quick and easy. Who knew?!

I'm making a promise to myself right now: I won't let this blog take over my life. It's already past my bed time.

Bed time for Bonzo!