Random Update-y Post
So, I'm attempting to stay moderately productive this evening instead of what I've done after the last 2 Wednesday yoga classes I've had - which is stay up almost all night reading useless things on the Internet. Just ate a whole Green & Black's dark chocolate bar, which was stupid but it was soooo goooood and I really needed the chocolate endorphins or whatever tonight. Ever experience that feeling of "Ahhhhh, that's better," as soon as you put a piece of chocolate in your mouth? Happens to me quite frequently. I think I'm addicted. (I may still be on a caffeine high at 2am, though.)
So off to practice for an hour and then attempt to write a 30-second excerpt for solo tenor trombone, which should be interesting. Hopefully won't take me more than an hour or so. I have no idea what I'm doing with brass instruments, but we have a helpful trombone-related handout to refer to, and there's always the Internet.
Made the most exquisitely delicious quinoa thing today - quinoa, steamed peppers & broccoli, tuna fish, parmesan cheese, and kalamata olives, plus spices & olive oil - it's so healthy and immensely filling!
Just about passed out/fell over in yoga class today, but I hung on and the wooziness was only occasional. Apparently my body does not like doing excercise on a sleep deficit, particularly when it's the only exercise I get and it's just once a week. Also the kind of yoga class I'm taking (Vinyasa Flow it's called, and the first yoga I've taken ever) involves about 20 million downward dogs, which my hands/wrists/arms have a bit of a problem with. It helps if I try to put more weight on my fingers than the heels of my hands, but my right arm was a rather alarming shade of bright red for most of the class today. Something about the way my joints & tendons & whatnot are aligning seems to do funny things to my circulation. Ah well. I shall accept myself as imperfect.
All right, actually time to boot myself off the computer and get some work done. Composition assignments are always the worst for me for procrastinating - I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing, which makes them very disconcerting!
So off to practice for an hour and then attempt to write a 30-second excerpt for solo tenor trombone, which should be interesting. Hopefully won't take me more than an hour or so. I have no idea what I'm doing with brass instruments, but we have a helpful trombone-related handout to refer to, and there's always the Internet.
Made the most exquisitely delicious quinoa thing today - quinoa, steamed peppers & broccoli, tuna fish, parmesan cheese, and kalamata olives, plus spices & olive oil - it's so healthy and immensely filling!
Just about passed out/fell over in yoga class today, but I hung on and the wooziness was only occasional. Apparently my body does not like doing excercise on a sleep deficit, particularly when it's the only exercise I get and it's just once a week. Also the kind of yoga class I'm taking (Vinyasa Flow it's called, and the first yoga I've taken ever) involves about 20 million downward dogs, which my hands/wrists/arms have a bit of a problem with. It helps if I try to put more weight on my fingers than the heels of my hands, but my right arm was a rather alarming shade of bright red for most of the class today. Something about the way my joints & tendons & whatnot are aligning seems to do funny things to my circulation. Ah well. I shall accept myself as imperfect.
All right, actually time to boot myself off the computer and get some work done. Composition assignments are always the worst for me for procrastinating - I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing, which makes them very disconcerting!