today
- breakfast Oatmeal and an orange, mmm!
- 11 AM-12 PM free Power Vinyasa class taught by my friend!
- lunch with Jasia
- laundry (Bikram, other clothes)
- dinner (around 6:40ish?)

HOMEWORK and more

Christ and the Moral Life
- read Introduction and first reading (Monday)
- read second reading more thoroughly, take notes (Monday)

Introduction to Sacred Scriptures
- finish second reading assignment (Readings 2 and 3) (Monday)

USingers
- modify and e-mail (.pdf form) Choir Handbook (Saturday) 2 hours.
- start Haydn Kyrie I basically whisked through the whole score and [jo jo]-ed or sang the soprano line. Aaand fell in love with the Benedictus all over again. It's not merely fun to hear but also to sing.

miscellaneous
- assemble bicycle (Sunday)

For some reason, I awoke with a start this morning around 5:22. I had feared that I'd overslept and missed my 8 AM Bikram class, but the darkness outside confirmed the time that I read on my cell phone.

However, when I next roused, it was already 7:25, which was too late to make it to Bikram on foot.

I decided to *gulp* just go twice tomorrow, in the morning and in the evening, so that Jasia and I could still make Stanzie's complimentary Power Vinyasa class for beginners at 11 AM. Although neither of us is a beginner, it was great to see both Stanzie and MM and just do some basic vinyasa asanas.

I realized how long it had been since I'd been there at the studio when my muscles started to smart somewhat while we were holding Chaturanga. But the sensation of downward dog and crescent lunge were great, and it made me wish I could somehow practice both Bikram and Power Vinyasa regularly. I mean, I could, but it would take a lot of time management and slightly more money than I am willing to part with at the moment. I think after the 60-day challenge ends, I will combine both Power Vinyasa yoga with cycling/running. I guess five days a week of Vinyasa yoga and cardio isn't bad, although I think being able to do Bikram seven days a week spoils me.

Another thing I noticed this morning as we did the sun salutations is that my mat still retains that funky aroma of the Bikram studio! I wonder if it's the smell of sweat or what, but the heated room always smells like it. *shrugs*

Cream cheese-filled kolaches are mmm but meant to be eaten sparingly, of course (although I was pleasantly surprised to learn that they're not as "bad" nutrition-wise as I thought). Sebastian let Jasia and I split the last one as we drove to lunch at a Mexican place. I was proud of myself for choosing the black beans in my salad, because I'm not particularly a fan of beans, despite their positive attributes.

Jasia and I were finally able to get quarters not at CVS, which, again, wasn't giving cash back with transactions, but at the grocery's customer service desk. I previously picked up about 2.5 pounds of red grapes and two Valencia oranges since fruit isn't as readily available on campus.

The dining hall is thankfully open this evening, but again, the hours are silly, 4:30-7 PM. Do they not realize that most students won't be hungry for dinner until after 7? Oh well. QuizNo's, when it opens, will close at 10 PM nightly.

For some reason, I have peaches on the mind again. I saw two recipes for peach pies today, first, of bourbon peach hand pies, which I am making for sure when I go home in about two weeks, and then for peach pie redux, utilizing the same recipe I used when I made my first peach pie a few weeks ago. There is something special, exciting, and whimsical about fresh, ripe peaches; for some reason I always think of frolicking barefoot in an white fence-enclosed orchard in the summertime when I see them.

I'm glad Gustav weakened before it hit today, but I hope the storm surge doesn't prolong the time residents have to be away from their homes, work, etc.

Okay. Enough procrastination. Time to finish this reading assignment. Toodles.