Saturday, April 26, 2008

Back in Flagstaff

So, here I am again, catching up on my blogging.  Since the last entry we've moved back to Flagstaff, Arizona and it has been absolutely wonderful.  It was so strange pulling into town and walking into our old apartment to stay a few nights while they furnished our TWO bedroom/TWO bathroom apartment.  (We're movin' on up!)  In the old apartment, the furniture was exactly the same and the bathroom hooks that I had accidentally forgotten last time and chalked up as gone forever were STILL there!!  Everyone at work has made us feel more than welcomed back.  I was a little worried when we were first discussing coming back, afraid that things wouldn't be the same, but it has been so much better than I expected.  We've already had our first 6 night stretch and since being off we've been back out on our mountain bikes.  I had forgotten how tough on the tush mountain biking was!  Randy's very understanding, though, with all the times I have to stop and gasp for my next breath.  This morning we tried a new endeavor....a yoga class.  It was, how should I say, interesting.  For anyone who does yoga on a regular basis, I applaud you.  I ended up in some pretty unusual poses, but the hardest by far for this beginner class was Downward Dog.  I never imagined I would find myself in a class full of people with my head bent toward the floor, blood rushing to my face, and my posterior hiked up in the air for the old guy behind me to deal with.  Not very ladylike I assure you.  It was fun, though, particularly because Randy was gracious enough to try it right along beside me.  Bless his heart, he was really good at it but there were only about 3 other guys there and I don't think any of them were younger than 50.  There was this older guy that had his long grey hair in perfect Willie Nelson style, braided with a bandanna, perched on his personal yoga mat and then there was Randy right behind him with his jersey workout shirt and hardcore rock climber hair.  He's such a good sport but I don't foresee him becoming a yoga nut.  I'm sure we'll both be sore tomorrow but it was a fun, new experience.