greetings from the sick house

for the second time in as many months, we've got a four-pack of infected ears and a two-pack of streppy throats. why, oh why are my kids always sick during our brokest time of year?

i'd like to take a moment with the nice ladies at the YMCA who are so in need of a workout that that continually bring their strep-infested kids into the child care room: you are evil, and it doesn't matter if you're fit when your soul's so ugly.

it's funny that i feel like i'm generating good Wyrd by keeping my kids out of the Y's child care room when they're sick. surely the gods'll grant my kids with a strep immunity due to the fact that i've been so thoughtful of other innocent kids, right? if not, i'm bound to inspect every kid in the room with my strep-flashlight before leaving my kids in there and i can imagine some Claire's getting their panties in a wad about that...

(by the way, a 'Claire' is a type-A suburban supermom)

in other news, i'm getting pretty pumped about my yoga/meditation routine. i've done yoga on and off for 3 years now, but i've finally had a breakthrough.

growing up, my dad was quite the yoga guru. 3 or 4 nights a week he would do at least an hour of yoga and he was good. he could do asanas that i don't even aspire to try. he would listen to Santana, the Moody Blues, or Mahavishnu (yes, you read that right!) and he could totally tune out the outside world and do his thing.

so, i've been using DVD's all this time in my practice. lately i've been reading more books about developing your own practice and this week i discovered this: http://www.wardruna.com/home/index.html
and things have fallen into place. my balance is better, my asanas are deeper, and my focus is sharp.

at this rate, i should be enlightened by next week.
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