On my own, more or less

Last practice of the week**, and it went perfectly nicely. I really think that cutting out coffee has made a huge difference. I got exactly NO assists from T until Janu A, and then no assists after. She watched me get into C and D myself and gave a little cheer. Full twist from base of spine...check! Binding on both sides...check! Breathing long and smooth...check! No drama. Even managed to catch some air in my Lolasanas between Navasanas. 18 backbends. Nice long closing sequence.

Followed up my delicious practice with spelt pancakes, grilled bananas, sliced strawberries and apple straws at Caravan of Dreams. Also ordered a rice milk chai latte but took one taste of it and....BLECH!!!!! I am sticking with soy from now on.

**UNLESS I manage to squeeze in a session with Manju, who is at Shala X this weekend. Tonight is led Primary. Tomorrow is exploration of Primary and some Second. Sunday is Mysore. Madam told me that Manju moves people along much faster than Sir and that I could very well end up practicing some postures I don't yet practice with Sir. I asked if Sir would be offended. She said not a problem at all, just go back to my regular practice on Monday with Sir. Sounds VERY intriguing....but tonight is kind of tough, since The Husband's 98 year old grandmother passed away this week, and I was planning on giving her name at synagogue tonight for mourner's prayers...If the Husband gets home early enough, he could potentially take the kids to synagogue and offer his grandma's name, in which case I could go to led...the downside being that I already practiced today. Tomorrow we have a Tae Kwon Do Exhibition that is going to last all day, so that's out. And then Sunday...well...it's possible, but in any event, that already counts as NEXT week...so as I said, today was [probably] my last practice of the week...and if you actually read all that....WOW.

YC