Blog Post

Decided to Start Yoga

Posted by: Felissa M. Garcia
March 17, 2009
Topic: My Daily Personal Life, by Felissa M. Garcia

I have hear that yoga is one of the best forms of exercise in the world, yet other than on the Wii Fit, I have always been too scared to take a yoga class. Today, as I was sitting at my computer, yes, sitting, I decided to just go for it and start tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. which is the first class of the day at Bikram's Yoga on Juan Tabo Blvd. here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am scared still to do it because I feel so out of shape and fat but I guess we all have to start somewhere, right? I also have to run tomorrow afternoon to stay on my running program. I'm still on track on my running program so that's really really great news, huh?

I guess Jacob is the only one who reads my blog because he's the only one who ever tells me about it! So I guess I'll just keep blogging for Jacob. Have I told you that he's the most handsome guy in the Bank of the West Building on Marquette? Well, he is. Everybody thinks he's gorgeous. He's a goof ball, funny as hell, and we all love him. Any other Firm would love to have him as their Marketing Director and I'm sure his phone will be ringing soon. He has literally DOUBLED our clients!! He graduated from UNM Anderson School of Business and Management and he's putting his degree to good use.

I didn't really do any exercising today. I got alot of work done this morning from home then I went in to the office for an appointment, picked up my 11 year old and came home. Had a snack with my gorgeous hubby and now he's back to having fun fixing things around this big house of ours. He loves doing stuff like that. And me, I just love love love to read, study, meditate, learn and run/walk, and of course be with him. But it's nice, you know, having a little time to do our own things, but we both like having each other within hearing distance. We both hate being apart from each other. I'm so amazed that at 42 years old, going on 43 next year, I am the happiest now, really the happiest, I've ever been in my whole entire life. It's as though I've lived all these past very difficult years to get to this place of happiness and peace. But I think alot of it has come also from my daily meditation practice. Now I hope doing Yoga helps my health as well. Running has been good for me. Now I can climb a flight of stairs without gasping for air!

Today my 18 year old snobby daughter told me that her two friends were crying because their family cannot afford to send them to their dream college and that their dad was getting mad at them for crying. My daughter got really mad at me when I told her that I completely agree with their father for getting upset. He's the only one in their family working, they live a pretty fancy lifestyle, and they have the best of everything, yet they were crying because they can't go to their dream college. Hmmmm, what's wrong with that picture? Well for starters, we have people here in our own little Albuquerque New Mexico who are below the poverty level who would give a body part to have the lifestyle those girls have. Let's see, they have scholarships to go to UNM too yet they are crying. And I'm sure their dad is upset because maybe he feels like he's letting them down, maybe he feels like a failure because he can't afford to send them to their "dream" college and they're making him feel worse by crying?!?!?!?! And my own daughter didn't even understand why I agreed with their dad!!!! What kind of monsters are we creating by spoiling our kids this way? I do wonder. You know, I spoiled my kids because I wanted them to have everything I didn't have when I was little. Turns out that might be one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. I learned the value of hard work, the value of being smart and respecting others. My kids don't understand the concept of work or chores, even. At this point, what am I supposed to do?

Enough complaining from me. I'm sure you have better things to do today, Jacob. Since you're the only one who seems to be reading this blog!!! Hahahahaha!! :) I'm kidding, I know others of you out there are reading, I just wish I could get some FEEDBACK to know I'm not screaming on the top of the Sandia Mountains and hoping someone in the city hears me. That's all. I'm off to my reading again so have a great evening. I'll see you again tomorrow. Felissa M. Garcia