Give Your Body What It Wants

Hi Guys! So, I am currently typing on my BRAND NEW COMPUTER!! Ah! I am so terribly excited. It is literally the best. I could not be happier. Thank you so much, Mom and Dad, and Nikhil and everyone else who listened to my hours of complaining about my computer and helped me get a new one. You all are amazing. It is just so great to have a computer that works. I'm ecstatic.

Anyway, I bought my computer yesterday and immediately (after eating brunch) went home and played with it. I took pictures (as you can see), I hulued and I skyped everyone and their brother-including my own brother. I took a break from video chatting to do yoga yesterday and let's just say, it was much needed. I was in my downward facing dog, and could almost not hold up my body- my shoulders hurt so much. In fact, my whole body hurt so much. I'm not really sure what was going on but, the more into "the practice" I got, the more I started to feel better. My muscles started to loosen up a bit, and basically I just started feeling all around better- other than my exhaustion. I was just so tired yesterday. I think that the work week plus

my lack of sleep, and my late Friday night just all caug

ht up with me. And as crunchy granola as it sounds, they always say in yoga give your body what it needs. And my body needed a night of cell phone off, movie watching (on my computer of course) and going to bed and just sleeping until I woke up. So that is exactly what I did. And, it was amazing. I think sometimes I really

forget to listen to my body's cues. I even had a slight dehydration issue the other day- I got that weird tunnel vision I sometimes get. And you know what cured it? A couple glasses of water. I know, I know- so not good. I should not be getting tunnel vision from lack of water, so I think I am going to really listen to my body from now on. Eat when I'm hungry (not when I am bored), sleep when I'm tired (and not stay up watching "Real Housewives of New York" for the second time in a night), and drink water (all the time...even if I don't feel thirsty...I probably am and just don't know it). Because I think that my body knows better than me sometimes.

And with that, I am going to drink some water and try to get to bed on the earlyish side.

Have a great night/day and I'll be around a lot more because of my NEW COMPUTER! Ahhhh! :D

xoxo,

Marisa