Lessons Learned This Weekend

[cjsmith]

• People at ashrams are friendlier than people in my daily life.
• Walking around without shoes on for a couple of hours is a bad idea.
• I need to learn the difference between what I can do and what I won't regret doing. This is harder than it looks, because the immediate pain isn't always proportional to the cost that'll come due later on.
• I need to let go of something I'm clinging to. I don't know what yet.
• If I dip my toe in the pool and it feels "not so bad", it's bad.
• If I'm standing outside the pool and I'm not wet yet and I'm chilly, it's bad.
• Water takes a long time to drain out of my ear.
• I can ride some exercise bikes because I can get my foot far enough forward on the pedal. Rob's exercise bike is like this. However, the seat is so abysmal that I still won't touch that thing. It's possible, maybe, that I think I might actually... rather... (shh! don't say it)... swim.
• I tape my feet better than the PT intern does.

Comments

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

People at ashrams are friendlier than people in my daily life.

Shouldn't that be kind of obvious?? It's like starting off a post with "That Santa Claus... turns out he's a pretty generous guy..." ;)

I hate having water in my ear. I don't even particular like the few minutes after I get out of the shower! Luckily, my ears seem to drain pretty well when I go swimming. It's just not very comfortable in the minutes until it happens!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hate having water in my ear too. Fortunately a shower just seems to get the outside of my ear wet, instead of letting any *in*.