On the move

Or rather, waiting for a ride. Soooo the '98 Nissan Sentra is once again mocking me with its oldness. Brought the car in this morning for a number of issues. When I go to pick it up tomorrow, I will be slapping another $1000 on the credit card to get it back on the road. This thing is a money pit. I've been saying for weeks that we'll need another car by the end of the year.

And it appears that we'll have one. My in-laws called just today (timing - wow!) to tell us that they're buying their leased car and are wanting to give us their Nissan Pathfinder (which is a '95, granted, but has barely been driven). I'm in awe of the Universe's way of supplying the much-needed things of life.

Just last night, in fact, Bizarro and I decided we'd make time to go visit my in-laws in August after I get back from Korea, before the semester starts up. I guess we'll take a flight or a bus there and drive the Pathfinder home. How slick is that shit?

So for the time being, until tomorrow, I am sans car. My Yoga instructor is being nice enough to give Bizarro and me a ride to and from Yoga tonight. We missed the last 2 weeks, and she is so gung-ho that she'd rather give us rides than miss another week.

Isn't it great when a plan comes together?

Swim little fishy

I have decided that swimming and Yoga are the two best forms of exercise for yours truly. I look forward to doing both activities, and I feel great after doing both activities. No grunting in the gym or destroying what's left of my knees on the pavement or the treadmill. Today I went swimming in the nearby Finger Lake, and yesterday I went swimming at the pool. Tomorrow I'll try another spot for swimming in the lake, one with less restrictions and hopefully fewer screeching children.

I am, after all, a Pisces.

In Training!

Returned to Yoga class last night. And yes, it kicked my ass. Again. BUT not as bad as that first session did back in October. I have been doing some gentle Yoga at home in the meantime, so apparently doing something right.

The areas that hurt the most are my upper arms/shoulders and my quads. Both areas that I will need to strengthen for wind surfing. Both areas that will develop from swimming and Yoga, combined.

I have a note to myself on the whiteboard in my (new) office space at home: "6 months 'til spring training. Train hard - stand tall!" Spring training refers to the workshop held in June by the local wind surfing club. I hear there's a land trainer to get us kooks started. And that workshop will only be the beginning, I hope!

Besides the physical exhortations, the other thing I NEED to do more devoutly is to DRINK MORE WATER. I think I'm walking around half-dehydrated most of the time.

So far I've done pretty well about not munching out at night. I've found that drinking a cup of flavorful-but-noncaffeinated tea (like Ginger Twist) helps to nip my cravings back and keep me satisfied. And you can't go wrong with ginger tea!