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Woohoo! Friday! I love Fridays. Remember that idea I had about how I wanted to bring my “don’t hurry” mind to the office with me? Yeah. That’s really hard to do. There is always more work than time, so I end up shaping my behavior to fit that reality.

I tend to be very organized, so I tend to do things like pack my lunch and my tea bags so I can go into work after practice and not leave the office until the end of the day. Work through lunch (which is always simple so I don’t have to waste time doing any prep work, etc.). I set myself up to work work work non-stop from 8:30-6.

Not healthy, right? So on Fridays, I have a healthier schedule. I don’t hurry to get into the office after practice — I take a more leisurely route to work, which includes a stop at Starbucks for a soy latte. And I don’t pack lunch — which means I have to go outside at noon to head over to Whole Foods for some soup. Yeah, it’s mid-summer in the desert and I have an obsession with soup these days. What’s good for lunch when it’s 110 degrees? Soup! And hot tea! I don’t know, that’s just the way it is.

After work, The Cop and I are going to see “Funny People.” Then we’ll have pizza. Yay, Friday! (Did I mention we watched “Zach and Miri Make a Porno” on DVD recently? I think the first hour of that movie is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. If “Dick in a Box” made you love Justin Timberlake, then “Zach and Miri” will make you love Justin Long.)

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*sniff* This really choked me up first thing this morning.

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Mayurasana report: aloft for several seconds. It feels like a flower opening up. A flower made of muscle and determination.

Only 5 people at practice this morning. At first I felt deflated (Hey, where’s the energy?) but then I got over myself and got absorbed in the practice, and all was well. It’s taking me an hour and 45 minutes to work my way through all of second, mostly ’cause I feel like I need to pace myself.

MM stood by as I did the headstands and timbers. He grinned when I looked up. “This is fun!” I exclaimed. And it really is. I do have a bit of a mental block on muka hasta C, though, since the crash. I mentioned that, and he spotted me on that one. MHC is rather like UHP: if my head isn’t in the game, it gets wobbly. Unfortunately, it can be hard for me to get very still inside when I’m around other people. A good skill to practice, I guess…