Success!!

Two great things (and Im sure many more) were accomplished today!

#1 I finally called a dentist and scheduled and appointment. I am going at 11:30AM on monday... so for those of you in EST think of me at 9:30PM this coming Sunday... if your the type who prays then pray for me... I'll take what I can get. I haven't been to the dentist in ages, and Im going to one who speaks English, so I am betting it wont be cheap (at least not by Korea standards, but cheap by American standards)... So the last time I went to a dentist (back in America like 3 years ago) I was told I had 12 cavities, and after several visits it turned out I also needed a root canal... So I am going to get my teeth cleaned and then find out what other terrible thing I need to endure... since its so much cheaper in Korea and the drs are just as good as America I figure I should get most of my work done here... since I don't know what kinds of insurance (if any) I will get when I return to working in America... if my parent's companies are any indication, then I dont think I will have much of an insurance package when I return... SO, I will be keeping you updated on the terrifying status of my teeth... Im sure you will want to know all about the pain I will be enduring!

#2 I have completed one of my 101 things to do today... I haven't done much of that lately, so this is big... and this is also something I didn't even think I would accomplish so Im pretty excited. As of today, for the last 4 weeks I went to yoga class 5 days a week! I worked 3 of those Saturdays and there is no yoga on Sunday so the only day I skipped was one Saturday that I really felt the urge to rest. So, why did I want to go so often? Well, I think that yoga is good for all people and I like it a lot in particular.

Well I have been doing some type of yoga somewhat regularly since February. I did Bikram yoga for about 2 months, I saw GREAT weight loss and toning results from that class... then I did Ashtanga yoga for 3 months. Then I started at the place Im at now doing hot yoga in July, took August off while I was in the US and went back in September. 4 weeks ago my friend Hillary started going to yoga with me, and we made a pact to go everyday that we weren't working... I skipped one day, she skipped a few more. But ever since I started going everyday I have felt a lot better in many ways.

You have probably read suggestions about exercising everyday... well I whole-heartedly agree with exercising at least 5-6 times a week... I dunno but I think everyone deserves a lazy day... especially if they work out for the rest of the week... and that makes the lazy day much more enjoyable. Well...for the first 2 weeks I was pretty tired... and hyper... the endorphins make me hyper... then in week 3 I was in a lot of pain, and also in the beginning of week 4 there was a lot of pain, but at the end of week four the pain is starting to go away... I think my body is finally adjusting to exercising so intensely... and really if I compare myself to some other people I know what I do is a walk in the park! Of course I also use this as an excuse to eat what ever I want :) but I guess this is good cause I never really enjoyed restricting my eating... I really love eating... I even do it when Im not hungry!!!

So I think Im going to update my 101 things list... maybe not tonight... but who knows, and I cant wait to make this one blue and the dentist one yellow!! However I'm not done going to yoga everyday... I plan to go everyday they are open and I'm not working (hopefully on Saturdays too!) Hopefully I will find another Bikram yoga place someday and go there... I really like Bikram a lot cause its really intense, yet at the same time its quite doable! Hot yoga is only 70 min and Bikram is 90 min... the poses are almost exactly the same, there are some modifications in Hot yoga to make it a little easier and we only do two of the poses twice whereas in Bikram yoga we do almost all of the 26 (?) poses twice... so more work time less down time...

And another one of my list items has to do with yoga... its about the standing bow pose... I can report that my pose is moving along pretty well when standing on my right foot and pulling up my left... but it is nothing like in the picture on my blog! I am hoping to get my pal Hillary to take some yoga pose pictures of me after class one day... I would really like to see what I look like and let you guys see too.