So many strange ups and downs today. Awoke with just enough time to quickly walk Belle and race to Bikram. I realized I have been feeling a little over-stretched in my lower back and I don’t know if it’s coming from my Olympian efforts in class, or the jump roping, or walking up and down the hi...

This morning Belle and I went for a morning beach walk, her first since last Thursday when the car went to the shop until this week. The little dog was overdue and overjoyed. I needed to soak myself afterwards and went to the spa.  It’s the second part of Naomi Campbell’s recommendation (the fi...

Today I got my first pedicure with polish. I’ve had dozens of pedicures in my adult life, really starting as part of being a yoga teacher.  People look at your feet and well, it’s just sorta a necessity. Yet until today I’ve completely resisted getting any polish. But today after jump rop...

Right before bed last night I got a text from Val asking if I could babysit Jonah this afternoon, and since I pretty much could and it’s super-fun, I did –– but it did mean re-arranging all of my plans (many of them merely mental). For one thing, rather than my usual 4:30 Bikram, I had to go at 9 am ...

At least I think that’s what the owner Bev of the Bikram studio said today (I can’t be sure because of the heat exhaustion, you know). Today was insanely productive, largely because I really simplified things I made a list of the five most powerful things I could do, and then –– after 14 minute...

Today I took my jump rope practice to a whole new level:  no longer 1 minute on and 1 minute off, I began doing 2 minutes on and 1 off.  (I still jumped for a total of 12 minutes, but split up differently it was somehow even more intense and more playful.) I experienced this greater freedom and e...

Some don’t like the expression “cheat day” –– from Body for Life –- but I decided it was really necessary after 8 days in a row of Bikram and jump roping and seeking cash injections (I also like that phrase’s junkie implications.) So today, other than a beach walk with Susan, and a ...

One of those against all odds things happened today in Words With Friends: In the last round, I got J, Q, and Z –– each worth ten points (because they are so challenging to place) –– and practically nowhere to place them since the board was filled.  Even lame places, like non-T...

I do like this Bikram quote: “Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.” (Bikram Choudhury) But I definitely like jumping rope even more. This entry is short because I’ve been working up a storm all day.  MAJOR fundraising + finishing the draft for...