Incorrigible

I woke up this morning bright and early at 5:30 AM feeling rested and awake...

...only to discover that I wasn't due at work bright and early this morning, because I had a mid-morning doctor's appointment, which meant that I could sleep a full three hours more before having to canter out the door. Completely ignoring the overwhelming obvious opportunity to refine my morning routine into one that I want in the long-term, I opted for sleep.

Don't mistake. I cherished every moment of that added sleep, and woke up feeling much better than I had before, which probably meant that I did, in fact, need it somewhat--but I have to scold myself for not jumping at the opportunity to lay a foundation for habits I want in place...

La la la, whatever
La la la, doesn't matter
La la la, oh well


I did end up doing a guided meditation routine with Arun last night, and that went very well. It was very relaxing and I think it took both of us to a deep place (so deep that one of us, in fact, fell asleep--but that's alright for him!). It's been a long time since I've done a guided meditation, so it was nice to experience that in comparison to sitting and walking meditation, like I'm used to doing.

Speaking of guided meditation, I received a very charitable set of gifts today, including a guided meditation CD from a friend of mine. In the gift set was a small book called Buddha - The Manifestation of Silence, a book on CD called !Shut up! An Ancient Mantra for Complete Happiness, the guided meditation CD called "Sun Meditation" and a small wallet sized picture of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (the founder of the Art of Living). A very timely and thoughtful set of gifts, I think... I'm trying to align my life a certain way and all of a sudden, these tools have fallen into my lap. More tools, really; I have plenty more on my belt!

Other than that, today I got my round two of three of HPV vaccine shot. That was a rather non-event. Show-up, find a seat, see a nurse, get a shot, shuffle out... That was pretty much it. I will take a moment to encourage women under the age of 25 to get that done, or at the very least research it. I'm not going to spew a bunch of reasons why or why not, though. Just know that I did.

Work was good again today. Found out that my boss is looking to construct my position to look a little bit more like hers, rather than like the other members of process services. Where they have one function with a particular client, she would like me to have breadth with a number a different tasks. This is probably why it feels like they scramble all the time to find work for me, because they aren't quite sure where they should be pulling from next; I could pull from anywhere. That's pretty cool, I think. We'll see what it develops into.

Picked up my mother and brother from the airport today, which put my dinner with Arun on hold. We made do. It turned out nice anyway. It was nice to visit with my mom, and I got to give gifts to Arun before the adventures of the evening (I bought him mixing bowls and "Complain-free Yoga Session" tickets for him to use with me).

In conclusion, I am going to work harder tomorrow to get up, get in the shower, get on the cushion and do Kriya and meditation.