This is what I did on Friday :)
Things I Want to Do in Japan
1. Visit Hokkaido to see the snow monkeys
2. See the macaques (Imo!)
3. Ghibli Museum
4. Eat at the Alice in Wonderland restaurant
5. See more Japanese castles
6. Climb Mt. Fuji
7. Travel the rest of SE Asia- Thailand, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Okinawa
8. Re-visit the Penguin aquarium in Nagasaki
9. Gallery Hop on Art Island/Naoshima
10. Visit Kinkakuji in Kyoto
11. Eat sushi in Osaka
12. Karaoke Japanese-style
13. See the cherry blossoms
California Classic Half Marathon
California Classic Half Marathon this morning in 2 hours and 40 min. Not bad for doing it on a bum ankle :)
Things I Thought While I Was Trying to Find Inner Peace at Yoga
I really dislike it when people put their mat parallel to mine, literally within two feet away from mine. It seems so invasive. For this reason I deliberately always put my mat next to the wall to reduce the chances of someone advancing beyond proper limits on my yoga space. && THEN SOMEONE GOES AND PUTS THEIR MAT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO MINE. That’s when I move across the studio. I cannot be expected to hone my inner chi with someone else’s aura overcrowding mine. That is all.
Yesterday in yoga I was kind of in an aggravate-able mood (if you can’t tell by the previous paragraph). I was a little on edge because I probably shouldn’t be doing any of my kines activity classes anyway because of my ankle injury. But I want to and I don’t do injured very well. So I was doing my best to be careful.
One of my students from AEI gave me a thera-band and showed me a bunch of exercises for my ankle to strengthen it. That’s the kind of students I have. I love them so. However, it will still be about three weeks before I can do judo. Therefore, State is completely out of the question for me, but I already registered and paid for the California Classic Half Marathon. So I will be walking the entire 13.1 miles if I must.
