Last night The Husband informed me (and swears he told me before last night) that he had a meeting at 8am in Orange County. The Nanny was crashing a course which left me having to do school drop-offs at 8am and 9am and therefore unable to do Mysore at the studio this morning. I didn't practice yesterday as I had conference calls all day so I hemmed and hawed and finally decided to do Mysore at the local health club. It might not have been so bad if I had gotten some sleep last night... but sometime around midnight the shower door pulled itself closed, The Daughter climbed into bed sometime around 3am from which point forward I worried over the alarm waking her and was in and out of sleep. I did, apparently, find some time to dream right before the alarm went off at 5:12 am. In my dream I was practicing with Guruji on tour and I was worried about chatarungas.... in my dream, I managed to hold a chatarunga... I was fully engaged with bandhas and using my legs... it was a beautiful thing.

This dream is not so far fetched... you see I registered for two days of Guruji's SF tour stop yesterday. My Husband is the most supportive man on the planet for he is giving me the time to go to SF on Sunday the 19th, see my friends and also practice with Guruji. I was supposed to come home on Monday for work but, as it turns out, the MS Office DevCon is the 21-23 and I have to be in Redmond from the 20-24... My wonderful husband agreed to let me stay in SF on the 20th. My very nice boss gave me permission to work in our SF office on Monday which means I get to practice with Guruji Sunday and Monday, work Monday and then fly to Seattle. This means I do have the concern over how I'm going to make it through a practice with Guruji when it comes to Chataraungas and Utpluthi. I can't do them. I certainly can't hold them. Do I try to get to Sharath before class starts and explain my situation? Do I say "I had surgery and can't do x and y?" Do I just get yelled at the entire practice for being a bad lady? I was going to ask Tim what he thinks when I get a chance. Regardless, I am happy to have the opportunity to see Guruji again as well as my SF friends.

Practicing at 5:30 in the morning when the temperature outside is 40 degrees sucks. The health club was only slightly warmer than the temporary studio when I started. At 5:30 I started all by myself but shortly a few people showed up. At first my practice was great... the teacher brought in a portable heater and I got a bit warmed up.... After I got to seated, my practice sorta fell apart. Part of it was that I lost my breath with the adjustments. Whether I'm just used to Tim or whatever, I don't seem to gel well with the adjustments this teacher gives and I lost my breath and got cold... sold cold that at the end of the first series, I did 4 backbends and called it a day. It worked out well because I had to get home so The Husband could take off but I didn't feel like I got a great practice in.

I am in L.A. tomorrow so no practice tomorrow.... Sunday I leave for Chicago where I have plans to practice with Ms. Jepson of Yoga Chicago fame on Monday and then hope to make practices Tuesday/Wednesday provided that I can, in the most politically correct manner, excuse myself from the late night party shin digs the vendor has planned for me. It's gonna be freakin' freezing cold in Chicago.... I heard it snowed...

You know you live in Southern California when you drive out of the health club parking lot at 7am, the thermometer in your car says 42 degrees and a man in a convertible 911 pulls up next to you... top down... big hat, gloves, scarf on.... and sunglasses. It's like "Dude... put the top up and turn the heater on!"