Two weeks later.

I made it! I started something two weeks ago, and I stuck with it until now. In fact, I can slowly see myself making some progress! Every day I learn something new, and even though it's hard to string those experiences together into one cohesive "learning," I know that I've come a long way in two weeks and that I can only go further from here.

I haven't read yet today so I don't have any commentary on the next few sectons of Light on Life, but I did just finish my asana practice and BOY was it both frustrating and rewarding. I am still having lots of trouble with all the standing w/ legs spread poses (except for Warrior II), but my shoulderstand today was AWESOME! As long as I let myself get up the way I feel most comfortable, the pose is now consistantly a success. In fact, even Halasana is coming along well now that I am really starting to engage my spine in the intense stretch. I think I am getting to the point where I could hold shoulderstand for an extended period of time! That work will be for next week, though. As far as my standing poses go, I will keep working in them for as long as it takes! I am definitely in this for the long haul, no matter how frustrated I get.

Oh! Headache journal report. I felt myself starting to get a migraine after dinner tonight when I set about to do some cleaning/putting stuff away from our trip. The head pain itself never got too bad, but the nausea was starting to build so I went upstairs and laid down on the comfy couch for awhile. Thankfully I fell asleep and now am awake, alert, and relatively headache free. For the record, dinner tonight was the winter vegetable stew from the Vegetarian Epicure Book Two, a salad with Annie's Ginger Dressing, and some French bread. The only other things I ate today were some burritos and La Casita chips and salsa.

On a completely unrelated note, my journaling (excuse me, BLOGGING), is really bringing my language skills back on track. I don't find myself sitting in front of the computer at a loss for words anymore. Now I just need to translate that over to grad school essays and I'm all set!