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The adult gymnastics class was partially controlled chaos. ExpandRead more... )

A nice thing happened at work that I thought I'd mention. At about 4PM another group checked in something that broke our build. I calmly went, talked to the head of that group, figured out their intentions in doing the checkin, stated that our group should have been informed before people did things like that, came up with a plan, went and explained the situation (and my plan) to my boss, got the plan approved, got people working on it and sent out email. Afterward I realized that I hadn't even really broken a sweat... I just handled it. Nice job, flexy.
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Great yoga class tonight... ExpandRead more... ) Then I came home and did a straddle-up to handstand, just one because my wrists are about done for the day. I don't think I kept my legs perfectly straight -- knowing that's the idea and being able to focus on that during the intense pressing step are two different things. Still, I clearly got it again. I guess in the end it took me a month to begin to be able to do them, from the first time I tried for real. That's sort of encouraging. Makes me think that soon I should stack a zillion risers under the step and start working on piking, although part of me also says to stop worrying about getting up and start focusing on balance.

Work right now is pretty ugh. My attention is torn in several directions. I expect it to get a little easier after this week when a somewhat weird political situation will end. I know I've grown up a lot become way more cynical taken too many Dale Carnegie classes lately, because lately I've been watching one woman totally ruining the Colubrid career of another, and my thoughts are mostly I've got to cultivate that person so she'll consider me a friend and not try to undercut me. When I was younger I would have thought that is clearly a bad person and I don't want to be friendly toward them.
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On Tuesday I forwarded an email from the acroyoga.org people (saying they'd love to do a workshop in Boston if they could find a space) to my yoga studio to see if they would like to line something up. This sort of behavior is a little brave for me... I'm only recently realizing I can make suggestions or changes to the world outside my little demesne and have that be okay, maybe even have a positive effect.

Anyway, I walked into the studio last night to see that they're offering a partner yoga workshop on a Saturday in November, by one of our best teachers and her husband! Squee! The flyer had a picture of a foot balance just like the acro people do. I tried to sign up but it's not even in their computer yet. I based [livejournal.com profile] heisenbug successfully in a simple airplane position on Tuesday night (and he based me on candlestick, although it hurt his hands so maybe I told him to hold his hands wrong) so I'm going to keep doing that in the meantime.

Oh, also: no word of any more people quitting, for the last three work days. And while TBC is gone, I'm consciously working on making better ties with those who are left. The most reserved member of the group showed me a picture of his dog yesterday. This week is almost... almost... going okay so far. I'll take it.
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Today (yesterday, this week) is trying to make me EXPLODE.  I swear, every day I've managed to calm down (usually right before bedtime) and every day something concentration-shattering happens; either a reorganization, or news of another person leaving. Thursday not only did we already hear about the next person leaving, but all my iTunes music mysteriously disappeared. What!? I was able to find some of it in my Recycle Bin, but not all of it. Just weird little remnants. However, that's not meant to be the point of this post... it's only a small part of my frustration. In addition and much worse, I feel unable to talk about the things I most care about because I'm sure nobody will understand. I can't shake the cold I thought I was getting over last weekend. I didn't work out between Tuesday and today because of not being able to shake that cold. I have several friends in bad situations and it makes me feel helpless. Today was TBC's last day and I still haven't really internalized that I'll walk into work on Monday and not see him. It's just grating to hear bad news every single day, and it's definitely starting to wear me down.

I thought I had gotten through this day, at least, without hearing about anyone else leaving. But right before yoga class there was a car accident directly outside the studio. I didn't see it, just heard it... squeeeeeeeeTHUD. Nobody seemed hurt, just shaken up, but it provided the freakout factor for the day... or so I thought. Really, Colubrid was just playing with me; after a nice dinner with [livejournal.com profile] heisenbug I came home and found out via Google Chat that a contractor I've been making friends with, the one who went to trapeze with me, is being terminated. Crap!!

On a nicer note, Dark Sister and Whiplash Boy are in town this weekend because they're both interviewing here on Monday. I don't get to see them because I'll be in Philly for the zinefest. Sigh, I haven't seen her in ages, why must they come up this weekend...? But it's still great that there's progress toward getting them here. DS is an old, good friend and she understands loyalty.

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