Recycling Madness, Fat, and Yoga

Sylvie has her own version of yoga.

I am so spastically happy right now it's just unbelievable. I love the rain. I absolutely adore rainy cloudy windy wet weather--I feel so invigorated! I've also accomplished a lot of things today that are good for me. You may remember reading that one of my New Year's resolutions was to go to yoga once per week. Well, I just got home from my third class in one week! I feel so good I can't put it into words properly. I feel like hugging the whole country. I feel like kissing strangers. I feel like the whole world is going to be all right after all.

There is one small glitch, however. I've discovered that fat and yoga don't mix gracefully. Granted, my tummy fat isn't that big, but that one little roll really gets in the way when I'm trying to contort myself into one of the really twisty poses. It actually hurts. Yes, you heard me: yoga makes my fat hurt. It's a little hard to describe, but I've never had this problem before. It feels as if I could just reach down somehow and slide that little pansa out of the way I could more fully sink into the pose. Ah well, the other resolutions should take care of this problem soon. And I've already noticed in just three classes that my stretchiness is really coming back. I'm overjoyed! Nothing feels as good as being able to rest your torso on the ground as you stretch out your legs...just relaxing into the floor....aaahhh.

And to top off the maniacal glee-fest, I spent a good portion of the day divesting my garage of the numerous electronic junky things that I've accumulated over the years and didn't quite know how to get rid of. I'm dead-set against just chucking everything in the garbage and sending it off to the overflowing landfill. Aside from space issues, it's a particularly bad idea when you consider the fact that electronic appliances tend to be full of toxins that you really don't want leached into the ground. So, my friend Jen found a guy that will take used and broken electronics to recycle, including CDs, floppy disks, and cords. Even better is the Freecycle group on Yahoo. It's a group that allows you to post messages about stuff you need to get rid of but don't want to throw away. Then someone else emails you and says, "Wow, boy did I need one of those! Thanks! I'll pick it up tomorrow." I got rid of four garage parasites in under 30 minutes using it. It's truly a beautiful thing. I even found someone who wants a bunch of freezer gel packs that I don't need. Freecycle rocks my world!!