Time to do a To Do list or a 1 month in Mysore budget, to see if it's reasonable to plan to go.
It will be quite odd if I don't get there...being so close.
I missed the phone call with the Dr. from the travel clinic. He's calling to do a phone interview so he can call in a prescription to my pharmacy for anti-malaria and other travelers meds...have to call to reschedule.
Very nice visit with Doreen last night. It's been a while since we've seen her, it was good to be in her company. I enjoyed listening to her talk about working as an assistant to a physiotherapist, she really lit-up. Interesting conversation about working for free if people actually appreciated the input.
So, late to bed...11ish and skipped seated meditation. Usually I'll sit even just for three minutes if too tired to do full time, which is 10-20 minutes these days...even missed that...thought that I risked interrupting being almost asleep (I was crashing) and catching a second wind. That would keep me from sleep that I really need. Wondered if I would be able to get up at usual time 04:15...
(I did)
Abbreviated practice this morning...10 minutes moving between pos 2-3 of surya namaskar...utanasana and urdvha utanasana (??)
My primary connection to ashtanga practice is via Tristhana; posture/movenmet linked with brerath linked with gaze. I'm not really an asana junkie, for me it would be enough to spend the rest of my life doing daily surya namaskars.
When I cut short morning asana practice it's usually so I can get another 30-45 minutes sleep. When will I learn that that little extra sleep does not do much for me. Seem to be coming close to overcoming a lifetime of not being a morning person (understatement).
Work....eeesh.
Actually, that's not fair, I really like my job, though things always have a strange way of coming together. Will probably find out today if the duration of the Bangalore trip is 4 or 6 weeks, and which date it will actually start, Aug 9, or 16. Boss is having meetings with secondary people, as the key contacts are on vacation for 2 weeks.
Department lunch today...sort of a group birthday gathering...Nadia, Mike D (no longer works here) Bruce and myself are the b-day people. My b-day was in April, plans to lunch then were quashed by a real dept meeting.
Coffee calls...