I am sad to say that my book reading is suffering at the expense of busy life.
I am still plugging along, but if my goal is 50 books in 52 weeks I am a bit behind as we are now almost three weeks into 2011 and I am only about halfway through my third book - 'Tis by Frank McCourt. I really am enjoying the book, but holy cow, could it be a slower read?
I read Angela's Ashes in the summer and also found it a slow read, so I am not entirely surprised that this one is going slowly for me. If you are not familiar with the storyline, Angela's Ashes and 'Tis are memoirs written by McCourt. In the first, he recounts his boyhood growing up in Ireland. In the second, he details his experiences as a young man once he has moved to New York. They are fantastically interesting, but something about them makes me read slowly. Mysterious.
Now for the Irr-elephant part: I have started a 30 day challenge at Bikram Yoga Victoria with three lovely ladies from my cohort. We bought a Groupon for a month unlimited last semester and now we are on our way to being more balanced, fit, and flexible. Or something like that.
On the weekend Bikram had an open house so there were two days of free yoga that we went to. Then we took Monday off, then started our Groupon on Tuesday. All in all I have done four days so far. On the first day I wanted to die. I have done hot yoga before, but the sit up, lay down, sit up business during the floor series in Bikram was TOUGH! I am pleased to say that after four days I am finding it less tough and I am already finding myself to be more flexible.
Now the trick is to balance an increased homework load, a month of yoga, work, and keep up with my reading schedule. Good thing I love a challenge!
We can do it!!
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