The day finally arrived – April 15. I don't know how many more tax seasons I can go through but I'm sure there's not a whole lot more. Maybe my last, who knows. Every tax season I put on 10 to 15 pounds and I spend the rest of the year trying to lose it. It happens every year but I still do it. We're in the office until 8PM most days and since the firm brings in dinner, we eat whatever is served. We're too busy to eat anything healthy. Most days it's either pizza, pasta or Chinese. Top that off with my sugar addiction, it's a disaster waiting to happen. I seriously need to take care of myself. Tonight, I picked up a massage shift. I need to make some extra India money. It's strange coz I haven't given a massage in 2 weeks. I'm so used to giving at least 8 a week. I haven't received one lately too. I'm schedule for one tomorrow. On weekdays, I'll pick-up a 2-hour shift from 7 to 9:15PM. I have a 15-minute break between massages. On weekends, I'll pick up a 5-hour shift. I try not to do more than 4 massages a day. It can really drain you.
I woke up late this morning so instead of practicing at 7, I started at 7:30. I had to move quickly through my practice today. It was 4th straight day and I'm beginning to feel it. I haven't practice 4 straight days in a long time. The last time I did that was probably 3 years ago. I'm going to make it 5 straight days tomorrow. It will be interesting how my body will feel. I think I'll be a little cautious about not pushing myself too hard because I have to drive to Big Sur right after practice. I'm still debating on whether I should practice on Sunday on my own or just take the day off. Monday is a moon day so the prospect of having 3 days off is enticing. On the other hand, I should get myself ready for Mysore. I'll decide when I'm there. I'll probably go hiking on Saturday. I found a really good trail a couple of miles from Esalen.
Today I had lunch with a co-worker. She treated me for lunch coz I helped her get some stuff done. I really didn't mind helping her out coz she's really cool. I didn't expect her to treat me but she insisted. This was the first time we had lunch together alone. Normally we'll go in a group. We had an interesting conversation. I couldn't help saying to myself ‘God she's beautiful'. I have to be realist though. We live in two different worlds and I'm not interested in living in her world and I don't think she would want to live in mine. I think we could become really good friends though.