Monday, August 9, 2010

Thomas the Steam Engine


Tonight was miserable for many of us, but mainly I felt the pain of the grateful dead girl, myself and the gourmet queen. The gourmet queen and I both (until now) pride ourselves on never giving up and lying down during the standing series. We may not be the most flexible or the strongest, but damn we have determination on our side, or did until tonight. The grateful dead girl just told me before class that I inspired her to do a challenge of 3 days of doubles in a row, today was the first day. At the end of class I pretty much ran out the door to catch up with her and tell her not to get discouraged, tomorrow would definitely be much better than today... I desperately want to see someone else discover the joys of the daily double obsession.
You see it was a little warm in the 6pm class and a little humid, and some of us got a little dizzy and sick. The scenery sure was pretty, there were shooting sparkly lights each time you stood up and everything glistened extra bright, even the walls were extra shiny from our collective sweat running in streams down the pretty blue paint. The people even get extra glowy and fluid looking, like they are just suspended liquid. I have no idea how long I made it I only know I laid/slumped down sometime after the grateful dead girl and before the gourmet queen, and pretty much each attempt after that to get back up got more and more weak. I think I could have done better if I had had more water, and if I had been feeling stronger to start with, but honestly it was just damn hot and humid and I was just weak. The humidity was 35% and after the door opened and the room cooled a bit, I dared look at the temp and it was 107. On a normal day I would have cussed Gumby, AKA Tom, AKA Thomas the steam engine, for melting my brain, but, during class I was just too sick to think about why I was so sick. Thomas the steam engine hit hard tonight, and I am currently still miserable and queasy but I'm sure there is something good about this whole thing, something Im supposed to learn from, grow from, bla bla bla. I am just totally unwilling to admit it right now.