At Home with Heather

Today, I finally went back to one of my loves, Yoga. I started going to Yoga consistently about a year ago. I had always been interested in trying it out, so when a friend asked me to go last fall I decided to give it a shot. I was hooked from the first class! I go to a place called "Yoga One" in Charlotte. It's pretty intense yoga. They call it, "Power Vinyasa Yoga," which basically means you're getting any amazing workout. It really is cardio and strength training and stretching all in one! Most classes are an hour and a half, so you're really getting a workout.

They have a great studio which is decorated amazingly and really gets you into the feel. AND to spicen things up there are individual heaters all around the room, so the room is SUPER hot, like you walk in and you're like, "WHOA!" Kinda like a sauna. It really helps loosen your muscles and cleanse your body as you sweat it out. =) Plus, for me I tend to have a bit of trouble tightening up my stomach and arms, but yoga will do that for you.

Besides being a great workout though, I really enjoy yoga because it is all about mind, body and spirit. My instructor always seems to throw life lessons in there while you are suffering doing a "vinyasa" (a move that takes a lot of determination and strength) to help you push through and continue doing your best. I always feel better coming out of yoga.

After moving and getting married and wanting to spend every waking moment with Sam, I took a hiatus from Yoga. But I'm back now. I can only imagine how sore I'll be tomorrow. =)

So yesterday I spent THREE hours at Central Piedmont Community College trying to register. I had to take a placement test and the like as well. I scored 99% on the English test, but TOTALLY BOMBED the math. The last math placement test I took at my other school allowed us to use calculators. No such luck this time. =( I was seriously not happy with my results, but I guess math is Sam's specialty so I decided to just go with it. What can you do?!

After the placement test I proceeded to start to register for classes. I had about 6 classes as options to take. I was in utter disbelief when EVERY single one of them was CLOSED-filled up! WHAT?! CPCC has 6 campuses and NOT ONE has a single class opened that I needed. It was insane. I am feeling a little discouraged because I really wanted to get some of my schooling out of the way, especially while Sam is gone. I guess maybe there is something else better out there for me this semester. Usually when crazy things like this happen it is not too long before I see the reason things didn't work out the way I thought they were suppose to.

We'll see...

My birthday was yesterday. Sam's birthday was on the 4th. I sent him a book/poem/photo collage to help cheer him up. He loved it, but told me he was so sad because he couldn't do anything for my birthday, 4 days later, because he was out in the field. I honestly didn't think he would do able to do anything, so I didn't expect anything either. Well, I woke up on my birthday and went on my usual morning run. When I returned I saw the roses, balloon, cake and gift bag on my stove. I was SOOO excited. Sam had called our really cool neighbors, the Cauthens and asked them to make a special delivery for him for my birthday. I was totally surprised and elated! =) The gift bag had a "Full House" season 6 DVD in it from the Cauthens. I really like Full House. =) So then I went to lunch with BA, Eli, Renee, Haylee and Mrs. Swaringin. It was fun times. Later on I spent the night with my fam. All in all it was a good birthday. The surprise from Sam really made my day though...

p.s. he comes home three weeks from today-Hurray!!!