The Husband pulled another sleep moment last night. I swear, between he and The Daughter, I haven't slept through the night in days... this is worse than having a newborn. Okay, not quite that bad but still. I had set the alarm for 6:30 figuring I could get up, practice in my room but I turned the alarm off in the middle of the night knowing sleep was more important... what little bit of it I could get.

I talked to The Son about the running away. A few times. I had a lightbulb moment when CIODude sent me an email suggesting that perhaps the drama is a result of The Son's own transition through this new work thing. I think I've been really, really focused on my own issues that I've forgotten my kids are probably having their own struggles. As independent as The Son is, I suppose having me at home was something he could rely on. The Daughter, she's pretty amazing and I doubt she's struggling with a new schedule like The Son probably is. It's an interesting thing to consider and perhaps something I should talk to The Son about this evening.

I had the brainwave this morning after I woke up, while lamenting my lack of practice on T/TH, that perhaps I could find a time when the health club doesn't have a class to practice... whether that meant an early or a late practice (lunch time wise). As it turns out, the last class on T/TH ends at 11:45 and it seemed like the perfect idea so I packed a bag and planned to do a solo practice during lunch. I got there at 11:40, as I was changing my clothes a girl that practices ashtanga there and occassionally with Tim ran into me and asked if she could join me. We started at a quarter to 12... we ended at 10 to 1. In an hour I fit in 3As, 3Bs, all of standing, seated to Supta Kurmasana then to Pasasana to Ustrasana, 6 backbends, 1 dropback and finishing. It was too fast so I need to work on how to get a good practice in in an hour but this might be a good way to mitigate the lack of Mysore on T/TH.

As for the practice itself... it started out amazing. I felt so strong and engaged during Sun Salutations and standing. I could feel my quads a lot more because they are still alive from backbends yesterday. During seated I got a little out of breath and it was sorta wierd to have the other girl there because she was following my lead and I felt a bit out of sorts with it (I'm not 100% sure why at this point). I attempted handstands against the wall between Navasana but I couldn't kick up with one leg, I needed the little momentum :( In Supta K I backed up against the wall and was able to get into Dwi Pada by myself using the wall against my lower back. I couldn't get bound though as my feet came apart somewhat when I was lowering myself. I can get the right hand back pretty far but I can't engage the pec and pull on the left side... someday, again it will come.

Backbends didn't feel as pretty as yesterday. I did a lot of rocking trying to figure out how to get that last 1/2 inch. I never felt like I could attempt to come up though. I could get my hands all the way to the bottom of my fingertips lifted, I could roll up on my toes but I couldn't do it... likely fear. So I thought perhaps if I used the momentum from a dropback that might help but it didn't... it seemed I landed without momentum! :)

The people at my new office really still want me to teach lunchtime yoga. The office has no space so I might contact the building and see if they have a free office somewhere we could use. It might be fun, who knows.

Friday night I've decided to try the Intro to Second Series class... I'm a bit nervous.