Frog and Goat

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Yesterday afternoon I had my first class and against my better judgment I took a seat in the back of the room. We’re changing classrooms next week to our permanent location so, perhaps, I can put in another effort at behaving and sitting closer to the front. As it was, two other people from my organization are also in the class and they sat next to me. We acted a little like the peanut gallery. As the class was very interactive last night, our behavior wasn’t really too out there.

The class participants are very varied in age, race, sex and professional status. I think that’s going to work to our advantage. We should be able to have great discussions on the different types of adult learners since we’re all so different in other aspects of our lives.

I started off very energized and then started to doubt the wisdom of my choice to take this course. We’re going to have to talk in “scholarly language” and quote the “great minds”. I’m a put-it-into-practical-terms kind of girl.

One of our first activities was to go around the room and introduce ourselves. I’m always suspicious of the one person in every group who introduces themselves towards the end and says something like “I’m so fascinated by the people in this room and hope to have great conversations with you”. Yeah, quit sucking my dick and just tell us your name and why you are taking the class. Move it on, sister.

I took a schload of coins to the grocery store today and used the Coinstar machine…hold the rolling of eyes over the fact the machine charges a fee, whatever. I walked out of there with nearly $78. And, I recycled the old plastic grocery bags so I was feeling twice as good. Then I hit a bird on the way home and had to apologize to the universe.

This week at work we’re starting an exercise routine as a group. We have 4 different exercises we’re supposed to do three times a week and at the end of a month we complete a form and then we get a microwaveable bowl (one for each of us). I’m not ashamed to admit I’m in it for the bowl. I need one at work to use at lunch. Since that seemed really shallow, I decided today I’d start doing some exercising again. I did some yoga today and I have to say it’s really nice to exercise in the morning. However, I won’t be waking up any earlier so the yoga and whatever other exercising I do will be done in the afternoons. Today, I got lucky and had the day off.

I’ve had the yoga tape for a few years but this is the first time I’ve used it at the new house. How much nicer it is to do the poses on carpet instead of a concrete floor. I may actually stick with it this time. I felt completely energized afterwards and whatever soreness I feel doesn’t bother me in the slightest. I just need to work on the will power.

Also starting this week, is my class. I bought a notebook today at the grocery store. The book I had to order from the school bookstore came late last week. I’m all set. Now, I just have to knuckle down and get at least a C so I don’t have to pay the tuition. I’m pretty motivated. Perhaps I would have gotten better grades in undergraduate if I saved all that tuition money.

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This afternoon I was looking for my boss and when I looked in her office, I noticed the Hershey Kiss was unwrapped and cracked open. My boss had left for the day so we’ll have to wait to see what the fallout will be tomorrow. A co-worker reminded me that the boss had offered to share the big Kiss so, technically, we were just sharing.

On the way home today there were multiple accidents at all the most horrible spots. To top it off a big, hairy and dirty (he was that close and I think a tooth was missing) redneck told me the line was back there as he cruised in front of me. Hey, dimwit, as long as VDOT keeps maintaining multiple lanes then we should use them. Anyway, his beer swilling friend in another car (not the driver otherwise I would have reported him) pulled up next to the dimwit redneck and started pointing and yelling. Who knows what that was all about. Of course, it only takes two carloads of idiots to make a bigger snafu.

I did get a good hardy-har-har out of it when the toothless redneck got over in the slow lane and then I left him in the dust. Of course, being dirty, he probably was just fine with that.

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