day 7

...and almost there.

oddly, my cravings today (if i can call them that, i've been feeling alright today) center around fish, not meat. i might go for some sashimi tomorrow to celebrate, instead of plunging full-force back into meatism. might be a better, less extreme, way to ease back into things. as some of you know, i'm not good at easing into anything.

speaking of which, we've been coached by that damn book to avoid exercise or anything besides rest. i took a hot core yoga class last week, and i decided to take a full-length hot class yesterday because i was feeling antsy. considering my absence from full-length hot classes of late, i did pretty well, although the last 20 minutes of the 90-minute class i spent laying on my back. a little too ambitious in my weakened state? a victim of the mental game? who knows. anyway, it sucked.

this weekend (starting tomorrow, thursday, through saturday) is the labor day holiday. we have to go back to work on sunday to make up for the days we get off. (lame.) people keep asking if i'm heading up to beijing, but t has his thesis due soon so we think not. i'm going to let other people (his friends and program-mates) absorb the shock of his crankiness and cabin fever (hehe). there are a ton of yoga workshops going on, and most of my friends are in town (where you going to go with 1 extra day off in a country of 1.4 billion?), so i thought i'd make it an active-slash-relaxing weekend with no running around to airports.

sounds good, right? plus the parents are coming into town in 2 weeks and the only thing my mom asked me when i called the other day was, 'what are you planning for us?' not high-maintenance or anything. i could use some strategy time when it comes to my mom. no telling what's going to bother her about my apartment or lifestyle or food choices the most. i should place bets.

alright, i'm hearing that shorter is sweeter when it comes to my textual gripes about life. so here i go.