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WHAT A WEEK!!
I've got the working girl blues, that's for sure. In this dreary weather, spending all day hunched over a computer has made me feel pretty low. Everyone around me seems affected by the wet winter environment and have gotten a bit too comfortable making snide comments. I've sometimes felt this way with friends and now I definitely feel it with my coworkers- we aren't family, I definitely don't love you unconditionally, so how about you reread your email before junking up my inbox with nastiness. I'm unfamiliar with the business world, but has it always been socially acceptable for coworkers to leave their manners in the lobby at 9AM and, hopefully, pick them up again at 5? It's funny, in college, if someone acted the way I see some people in the office setting act, they'd be labeled "psycho bitch". In the "adult" world those types are now referred to as "anxious". Ahhh, the mysteries of life. At least I have my workouts to give me a little bit of positivity every day!

Tuesday I took it easy. My IT band has really been hollering lately, so I took a mile walk in the evening. The icy sidewalk certainly kept me on my toes and, probably, gave my abs and butt some kind of workout.

Wednesday, I went running before work in River North. I got into the office early, and correctly guessing that I was in for a stressful afternoon, I burned off some steam by quickly dashing to Millennium Park. Not that winter running is always pleasant, but I feel a real sense of accomplishment afterwards. It's one thing to go jogging on a beautiful Spring day, but it's a whole other animal when you drag your booty out in twenty degree weather to slip and slide down the streets. Winter running makes me feel like a BAMF- sometimes you need that :).

Thursday was exciting- I went to a different Corepower location! It's kind of fun visiting the different locations. Yes,yes it's all corporate and whatnot, but it sure is nice belonging to a yoga studio with so many locations- much easier to fit in a practice with my crazy schedule. I went to an intermediate vinyasa flow class and something remarkable happened. During our independent flow, I noticed that the man next to me kept correcting himself to flow at the same time as me. That's what you do when you think the person next to you knows what they're doing...I finally look like I know what I'm doing!!!! I've only been practicing yoga since I was 17, about time I started sort of, kind of, rocking it ( humble brag alert!).

Today was just a joy. After a frustrating day at work, I made the trek down to the Lincoln Square CP location for a RealRyder class. I made it just in time to change into my spandex and, even luckier, my favorite spin instructor was teaching the class! She's got a really great vibe. Her name's Julie and I remember that because, and this is rare for Corepower, she took the time to learn all of our names. Even though it's just a 45 minute spin class with hardly any regulars, I thought that making it personal was a really nice gesture. Unlike the torturous, solemn Friday sculpt class, this was a big, sweaty party. Sure, my thighs were shaking like jello, but I was having a blast! That's a great workout- one that pushes you so much it feels like you could start your own bottled sweat company, but also keeps you laughing. Makeup could never fake the glow that comes out of exercise like that!

On to the weekend, hope you all have a great one.
Peace, love, sweat xoxo SR