A Day In the Life...: September 2010

Definitely feels like summer time is behind us now and Autumn is here. Which I don't mind at all because I happen to love the Fall. Not the rain so much, but the rest ofit yes. Seeing as how Bernard and I didn't get much in terms of summer getaways this year we are off to Seattle for two nights next week. I am very much looking forward to it!

Here is the plan of attack:
Head down via car on Tuesday afternoon - make a pit stop at the outlet shops along the way
Arrive into Seattle around dinner time and check into our hotel - The Silver Cloud Stadium HotelWednesday morning is open for spontaneousfun,then it's off to see the Boston Red Sox beat the pants off the Seattle Mariners at Safeco FieldWednesday afternoon!
Wednesday night dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, which even the thought of it has me salivating (Who can say no to cheesecake when they have two full pages on their menu just for these?)Thursday: rainy day = Seattle Music Experience; non-rainy day = Woodland Park Zoo. My fingers are crossed for the zoo because it looks like soooo much fun.
Then get back in the car and drive home to Vancouver Thursday evening.

Not too shabby.

In other news....I am happily plugging away at an online Anatomy & Physiology course currently as part of the Yoga Therapy Program I am working towards through Mount Royal University in Calgary, AB. My first quiz is tomorrow so I should actually be studying right now rather than blogging, but that is what the rest of the day is for I say! This is only part 1 of Anatomy & Physiology so I will be immersed in this content from now until the end of February with parts 1 & 2. It is very interesting content so I don't mind it. Lots of review from previous science coursework. :)

Then at the end of this month I will be off to Calgary for just under a week to do an in-class course at Mount Royal. Should be good because a) it's school and I love school and b) it's yoga school so even better! This one is called Healing Relationships, level 2. So really that is a pretty vague course title but I like the instructor, Nischala Joy Devi, so I am sure it will be interesting and engaging. Plus I get to hang with my cousin while in Calgary so that will be nice too. I know people like to rag on Calgary sometimes but I don't mind it there, I will have to be smarter than

last time though and take some warm, winter type clothing with me.

The Vancouver Yoga Conference is coming up too - less than a month away! It's the first weekend in October here in rainy Vancouver. I actually haven't got my act together and registered for anything yet, but I do plan to do some of the workshops with Susi Hately as she works in the Yoga Therapy field. There is a full-day intensive session with her on the Friday and then some 2 hour sessions on the Saturday that I plan to partake in with Ms. Hately. I wasn't super stoked when the conference guide was released for this year's conference - but - there are still some interesting topics and teachers, just not as much as I had hoped for. Nothing like the Yoga Therapy conferences I have attended previously in LA - but then again California is the yoga capital so that's to be expected. I am sure the knowledge I can receive from Susi's workshops will be very valuable indeed and I may throw in a workshop with Sadie Nardini or Martin Kirk.

Anyhow that is what's on the horizon for me at this time. :) All good things. Plenty to be grateful for of course.

Here are some recent photos to share with you as well. The vintage effect on the photos is courtesy of the Iphone App called Hipstamatic, which quite frankly I am in love with!