back-to-back.

yesterday was a GREAT day! i had a make up to do. earlier on in the week i missed sign in and accumulated and extra class on top of all of our regular classes. argh! i stayed mostly positive about it throughout the week by focusing on the rewards. the alternate buffet that we're entitled to because the 11 a.m. class would run through the a.m. buffet. AND at the lunch buffet you get... ICE CREAM. bonus. SO, all week i had my eye on the prize. boy was it worth it!!

my first class stank. i was on the floor a lot. this week i developed  a mild head cold so i was in and out of it and towards the end of the week my chest has been congested and sensitive to the hot room. i felt it tightening up as soon as i walked in. horrbile. between angst and asthma, i'm still not quite sure what's going on but it hurts to breathe, i have my trusty asthma cough which i haven't had in YEARS and my throat is all tight. who knows. maybe i'm working through something in my throat chakra...? on friday i had a crazy camel. i came out of it hyperventilating and had staff come over and assist me. yikes. i know i can calm myself and breathing down but it's pretty overwhelming when you're literally gasping for air unable to breathe. scary, scary, scary. shear panic overcomes you.

that aside, and havin

g a poor a.m. class i totally thought my make up, the back-to-back would be horrible and i'd be on the floor. after my first i went to the pool and then headed back to my room for a costume change, refill the water bottle, refresh my ice and reload on the pedialyte. i headed back down to the hot room with my trusty ma and the rest of my life in my hands... i will admit i did linger around the room for  a bit and think.. "i could just do this extra class tomorrow...." but i thought, "i've never done a back-to-back AND i would like to have sunday FREE" the last thing tara said to me as i left the room was, "just get'er done marjie! GET'ER DONE. go in there and GET IT DONE!" - with this in mind i trekked back down for a second go. i'm glad i did, it was SO fun! like a regular class. there

 was only 20 - 30 ppl it was relaxed and we all got through it. toni a teacher from vegas was amazing. she got us in and out in no time and even got us out of there 5 mins early! BONUS! it was great. i really ploughed through and was really impressed with myself, i felt great after! by then, half the day was gone, 4 hrs spent in the hot room but i had the big ass LUNCH BUFFET to look fwd to. a couple of us who were in the class planned to meet and dine together. i was nice. i sat with kelly and marjion, both from my group. it was SO nice to sit and eat with them and chat. mostly, because at our group dinner a couple weeks back i was at one end of our table and didn't get a chance to talk to them too much. so it was really nice to spend time with them. we ate for 3 hrs. i loved it!! it was nice and liesurely and really enjoyable. we'd eat a bunch, lounge, talk etc and then load up again. 2 courses of main food and desserts, cake and ice-cream later... i sat poolside and caught up with hallie and hayley afterwards...of course i told them about all the food i gorged on, they were jealous. oopps!

later on in the day i headed out to acapulco city for market shopping, dinner and the cliff divers show. the group 

was catherine, kim and natasha. it was so nice! we all split the cab and purused around the market, then hit the mall and had a nice meal at a seafood place. it was tasty goodness! i loved it and totally miss real food (meaning: non-hotel food)... what a great food day 

though! 

the cliff divers were incredible. i was totally amazed. the cliffs are pretty high too. i wish tara and hallie came but one wa

s out with parents (understandable) and one is on a budget(also understandable). silly 

rabbits. anyhow, i took 

pictures for them to see, plus i told them al

l about it when i got home. (funny that we call our hotel rooms, "home") so these cliff divers are young too. they train from a very young age and the youngest ones we saw were about teenagers. they have to time the waves exactly and they're praying and crossing their chests. it's quite int

ense. i'm totally glad i went because i don't think we'll have any other time to get to the city 

before we leave.

so all in all my saturday was pretty awesome!

on to week 9! eeek!!

kick some asana,

marj