The difference breathing makes

I feel fantastic today! I think I was the most energetic person at my course. Even now after a full day of training, making a presentation, and not sleeping well last night (stressing over presentation), I am wide awake and sang away to almost a whole CD as I cleaned the disastrous kitchen and cooked dinner.

I am so relieved! I think there are a few takeaways from today.

1) Aerius is a much better antihistamine for me than the knock-off of Reactin that made me horribly dehydrated. I can breathe almost completely normally again!

2) Today our 90 minute yoga class was in the kundalini style, something I’ve really come to love. It has a warm up, some exercises that can be quite energetic (like today), then a lengthy relaxation with a gong, followed by meditation and a song to close. There is something about this style that really speaks to me and obviously suits me a lot better than our general more athletic practice. I think it’s because that’s why I went into yoga: not for exercise (I was a half-marathon runner when I first started) but to centre and restore myself. I’ve been so unhappy with yoga lately because it just hasn’t been restoring me – all the obligations were dragging me down. Now I know that the type of practice really does matter and I should be doing the types of yoga that speak to me.

3) I made my presentation so that’s off my plate. No more projects due until the end of the month, so this week I plan to take a holiday from yoga teacher training! I’d like to go to yoga, but for me, not from obligation.

4) I’m no longer in suspense about the job. Two of us succeeded in the competition but the job went to the other guy who has been acting in that job for over a year. So I can cross that off my list and just move on. Back to applying for jobs but also trying to network which really does seem to be the only way to go. It was all the maybes that were stressing me out.

Well that’s it for now. My dinner is getting cold and I have some zombies to watch! I just wanted to let you know that things are a lot brighter today. 🙂

Busy and tired

There you go, that’s all I have to write about. 😉

This week has been pretty good except for my allergies which have made it hard to get enough sleep. I’ve been tackling my homework on my lunch breaks so I’m slowly making progress there. I have another presentation next weekend. *sigh*

As we head toward the end of the week, though, I’m starting to get stressed as I expected to hear this week about whether I will get the permanent job. Still no news. But at least my current contract was extended, so I am still working for now.

My biggest wish right now is to get a permanent job, mostly because I am so tired of applying for jobs! Also, it’s hard getting all my prescriptions filled without a medical plan. 😛

So that’s that. Nothing else to say except I’m trying to socialize more, so I’m off to meet my friend now.

Cheers!

I Went Swimming!!!

I just have to share the news. Finally, more than two months after I signed up for a gym with a pool, I went, picked up my gym pass (I hadn’t gone since the week I signed up!) and I went swimming.

Earlier today, I gave up on the day and decided to just relax and watch TV. I was feeling sick (allergies, I think) and so exhausted. And the funny thing is, as soon as I took the pressure off myself, things got better. I wrapped up in a blanket on the sofa and watched a movie. And I snacked on fresh cherries and semi-frozen strawberries. (Who doesn’t combine those! 😉 ) The little bursts of flavour were wonderful and my lemon ginger tea great for my congestion.

Partway through the movie, I thought, I feel like swimming. I took out the schedule and saw that there was a late night swim coming up. So I went!

It was so great to get over my mental obstacle and just get in the pool. I lived in pools when I was growing up, so it was nice to go back. I’m not in shape, but I still managed to swim one kilometre in about half an hour. It went well, I kept a good pace (even kept lapping someone) and wasn’t too out of breath. (Although I was a little dizzy when I got out.)

Anyway, I went and it felt good. Now that I’ve finally used the pool there, hopefully I’ll go at least once a week. There’s nothing like a good swim.

So, at the end of the day that I wrote off, I’ve actually done everything on my list except socialize and meditate. Not bad! 🙂

And maybe I’ll be able to sleep well too. *fingers crossed*

Time to finish the movie I was watching earlier. Bye for now xx

A Four-Hour Nap!

Well, I think you can say that I was exhausted this week. Between working a complete week and being sick, I was a bit wiped. So the nap was just in order.

It is insanely cold outside, -25C!, so I am staying in tonight. Alas, no gym. I suppose I did a total of thirty minutes of walking though. Something at least.

Now that I’ve powered up with a nap, I’m getting a lot of things done. Doing all of my laundry so that I don’t have an excuse to miss a Christmas gathering tomorrow; washing the dishes; getting things sorted so that I can focus on job applications this weekend.

I’m even cleaning up my blog! Since I’m on the computer rather than the tablet, I think its time to sort out categories versus tags. And this weekend I may even finish two blog posts I started a long time ago!

Have a great and restful weekend!

Perking Up

I’m feeling much better today. The allergy meds are finally kicking in (though I have to admit I took the second at 18 hours rather than 24 hours later, like I was supposed to).

And I slept for most of last night. My cat woke me up at 4 am but she just wanted to be petted rather than harassing me for food. It’s amazing what sleep can do for you!

I’m chilling now after a long day of work. However, I now have only a few days left and then I’m jobless again. 😦 But right now I’m not worried. Hopefully I’ll keep the stress away so that I can power through more applications. And I have to network at lot, I think. See if I can’t get another short contract to tide me over until I find a good long term position.

So, now that the busy week is wrapping up, I definitely have to hit the gym tomorrow or Saturday. I sprinted two blocks to catch the bus yesterday and then I was panting for many minutes afterwards! So not good.

Anyway, today was a super long day at work so I didn’t do anything else. But blogging counts as self help, right? Now that the long shifts are over, I’ll restart my daily challenge tomorrow.

Good night! Take care!

Feeling Run Down

I’ve definitely been burning the candle at both ends. Working really long shifts, getting home late, and then not sleeping well due to my congestion.

I went to the pharmacy to renew my meds and while I was there I asked the pharmacist for help. We determined it was allergies, not a cold, so I asked her what I could take as you aren’t supposed to take antihistamines while on antidepressants. She checked into it and it turns out the non-drowsy ones are okay. I took one and it definitely helped relieve the sinus pressure, though not entirely.

I was definitely fading as the day went on, so I’m so glad I finished work early today. I really need to rest so this is the game plan for tonight: dinner, bubble bath, meditation, sleep before midnight. I hope it works because I’m sick of being sick.

Achoo!

Okay, so I’m preoccupied right now with sneezing. After a week of this, I suspect it’s allergies. So today I’ve vacuumed everywhere and cleaned all the bedding. I hope it works! I’m so tired of this!

But other than being irritated with sneezing, I’m still doing well mood wise. Given being under the weather, I’m surprised (in a good way!) that my mood has been pretty good throughout. I did another long shift at work today and have yet to miss a shift or be late. This is unheard of for me for the past few years. It’s so nice and it’s helping a lot to build up my battered pride. My contract ends soon and then I’ll be looking again for another job. But at least I’ll be on better footing in the next job hunt, having more recent experience.

That’s it. I’m not doing much more than work this week, but that’s fine as I’ll soon have all the time in the world to catch up on other important things… Like exercise!