Day 61: Attitude Adjustment


http://www.amazon.com/DANCE-AND-BE-FIT-BRAZILIAN/dp/B001B1Q2U4

Today I was very grumpy. All day. And I can totally attribute it to the fact that I overslept. Hence, I did not get my trail walk in. I woke up with a start, showered and raced off to breakfast with my mom. Ate way too much. Taught piano all day. Ate some more. Was very cranky.

However, the weather was cooler. This helped.

After work, I thought about putting on my shorts and heading to the trail. But it was overcast and looking like it would get dark soon. Plus I was just so grumpy. I didn't want to go to my beloved trail all grumpy.

So I put in a DVD I rented from the library. It is called "Brazilian Body".

Svelte young people dancing to wonderful Brazilian music. But the upbeat, peppy voice of the instructor really got on my nerves. I was about to press eject, when I accidently pressed "Main Menu".

Low and behold there was an option to play music only, without verbal instruction!

No talking! Just music and dancing.

This I could handle.

Granted, I looked downright obscene trying out all those cool dance moves. On the young, fit instructor in hip Brazilian workout clothes and her dancers, the moves looked very cool.

On me, not so much. So I just adapted it and wiggled along for awhile. Did some stretches. A bit of ye ole plank. Drank some water.

Attitude is much better!

On a more positive note, I had dinner at Cafe Yumm yesterday. The "Secret Asian Man Salad with Chicken". Very yum!


http://www.cafeyumm.com/content/secret-asian-man

Tomorrow, up bright and early. Trail Ho!

Happy Grumpy Saturday! :)

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