Royal Workout

Last month I started practicing yoga and I really enjoyed it.  I thought it was an exaggeration when people would say that yoga a is good workout.  It always seemed too simple and calm to be a workout.  But little did I know how exhausting it is!!! The kind of yoga I practice is called Bikram yoga and it is done in a heated room usually 40.5ºC (105ºF).  I almost passed out my first and second times, it was sooo humid and hot that I felt I wasn't breathing. We were all unbelievably sweaty, and I mean SWEATY, dripping sweaty.  It was as if it was raining on us.

I feel very relaxed when the session is over, which usually lasts 90 minutes.  My body feels energized and much lighter. I also feel like my senses have been heightened.

But, I can no longer keep practicing, as I am now one of the 2.92M unemployed people in the US.  I can't afford to pay $15 per yoga session. That would be unbelievably wrong, considering that I have rent to pay and I do have to eat. My father has told me that he would pay my rent until I find another job, so I don't have to worry too much about that.

My friend provided me a good laugh.  She had the good intention of finding a cheaper place to do yoga. When she came back to me and told me that she'd found a gym that offered yoga, ballet, swimming, Tae-Bo among other lessons and amenities I couldn't believe it. She had told me that it'd be cheaper than yoga.  when I asked her how much, she replied "$150" a month. Oh wait! there's an annual fee of $1000 for the membership!!! 

You see, my friend never had to worry about money.  Her parents take care of everything...including gym memberships and what not.  I explained to her that even if I got another job, I couldn't join because there are gyms that only charge $20 a month.  In case you are wondering which gym this is, it is LA gym located a the Ritz nonetheless.

¡Snow Day!

WOW! Today my university decided it was bad enough outside to close the school the entire day.  This worries me, as we rarely have school closings...this can only mean that it is BAD out there and that it will continue to get bad.  If only it stayed bad through tomorrow so I can avoid an exam :)  today I will stay in my PJ's and relish the extra day off!

whatcha ma call it?

1/2/09

We could be happy, it's just that we need to let go of our pasts and try to start over, we can't live with our ex's in our heads and compare each other to them constantly, that's insane.

I know [my now ex] probably loves his ex still, and I understand that, I mean he had a long relationship, and it seems like it was a good one too.  I would be hung up myself if it were me. It happens to all of us. But the truth is that until we realize that we can't go around comparing our ex's to whoever we are dating, it wont go well.  I understand if he/she was better, prettier, sexier, happier, more caring, more fun, etc. But if you don't get to really know someone how can you say you gave them a chance? How do you know they're not as perfect or even better?  When will you stop making the comparisons? When it's too late? Or you just won't stop and will just keep making that same mistake over and over again? 

The saddest thing is that I know how it feels, I know exactly how it feels. When I was broken hearted, I thought I could never meet anyone who could make me feel the way my ex made me feel. I thought that every other guy was just a loser compared to him, I wouldn't even give anyone a chance because I thought that the person that was right for me, I wasn't right for.  I felt like I would never meet anyone as funny, talkative, friendly,  charismatic, accomplished or that made me feel so good to be around. He meant the world to me and when I had to let go it was tough.

Even if it was just a one way street, where only one person really loved and the other one just enjoyed being loved. You will always  remember it no matter how bitter the end was.  Because we will never forget that THAT person was the one that made us feel something special for the first  time. It was someone who you built memories with, hoping to stay together for longer, and some people hope it lasts forever.

We just have to live in the present, learn from the past and hope for the future. Because we can only shape our futures by living in the present and learning from the past...