Had a most odd weekend. Went to a party on Friday and managed to drink waaaay too much wine and some friends from work stayed over. These same friends then went out drinking all of Saturday (their poor livers) and when I was in the middle of a nice relaxed dinner party after spending the whole day cleaning and cooking (with no wine!) on Saturday night the friends from work rocked up completely drunk and managed to burn my carpet, stand on a friend's toe and break it and have a fight with one of our neighbours.
Therefore the theme of this week is that drinking is bad. Well drinking in excess anyway. Especially as I can't hold my booze anymore - must be all the yoga and clean living (rather than booze and karaoke - oh dear I seem to remember screeching 'I love rock n' roll' at high volume on Friday, I have no shame). I was hungover for about 3 days after Friday, which is why I tend not to drink at all anymore. A sensible though if you ask me now (post hangover nightmare).
So anyway am now gearing up for the weekend of yoga teacher training and then (eek) an Ana Forrest workshop. I am looking forward to both, but I have heard that Ana is a bit scary! It will be nice to be around people all week who don't need alcohol to have a good time. It really does worry me how people at work embrace the drinking culture - I suppose that is why I don't go out so much anymore. And I am old (30 in March, eek) and married ;)
Anyway, for the Ana workshop we have to have neti pots and cats paws. I have been practicing my neti and I quite like it actually. The cats paws are cool too, you put them on your fingers and stretch them out and you get resistance, an opposite to what we usually do with our hands I suppose. Apparently they are good for people with carpal tunnel and that sort of thing. I wonder what we will do with them in class.
On the downside to being off work next week, am having to do two weeks of work in one which is a pain as it means I haven't managed to make it to early morning practice. I did meditation and a led class last night and am going to make the morning classes tomorrow and Friday though. Then I will be practicing 7 days in a row. Maybe I should just enjoy the rest rather than freaking out in case I lose poses!