Yesterday I went to yoga. I try to go every week. Frankly, sometimes this is easier to manage than other times. I feel kind of bad writing this given the fact that yoga is at 5pm on Thursdays at school. All I have to do is remember to bring my yoga clothes to school, change into them and go. It's the going part that has been hard recently.

We had spring break. I've been sick. Class has been canceled a few times.

Anyhow I made it to class this week. I felt as good as one can after not practicing yoga for three-plus weeks. My toes felt further away than I remember. My hips felt tighter than normal. I had a harder time focusing my breathing and quieting my mind.

I had a really hard time quieting my mind. I like to talk a lot which doesn't help and on top of this, today my mind was racing.

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I was worrying about grading. Dreaming about nachos. After all, next week is our 3rd annual Nacho Competition among international teachers at school and I desperately want to win this year. Wondering if my toes are actually further away. Maybe I've grown. Thinking about what I need to pack for Macedonia. Trying not to forget to charge my phone. I've been out of credit for more than a week. Recently I wrote to a friend to call me at 4pm because I can't currently make them but I can accept calls.

Then I started wondering if I couldn't touch my toes because I am almost 31. Maybe everything is harder because I am getting older. What if I've reach a point where my toes are never going to get closer to me?

Needless to say, it's none to easy to keep your focus or your balance when crazy ideas are racing through your read. I tried to shut them out. To no avail. I kept coming back to the fact that I am almost 31. It's neither helpful nor useful.

Your toes don't get closer, your suitcase doesn't get packed, your homework doesn't grade itself, dinner doesn't get made nor does your phone get recharged. I just couldn't stop thinking that 31 is kind of a funny number. Luckily I have 20+ days to make peace with this idea.