Thursday, February 18, 2010

Day 49: The Best Laid Plans....

sometimes don't come to fruition. Case in point: I was headed to 5pm yoga. Listening to Kings of Leon, sunglasses on, drinking water, ready to go. I got into a left had turn lane and both felt and heard something in my tires. I was about a mile from the studio. I kept driving and when I parked I noticed the drivers side rear tire was deflated a bit. A thought flitted through my head "well, just go to yoga, your damn nitrogen tires are acting up again because of the weather change". I stood there, looking at the tire and looking at "pep boys" across the street. I got back in and drove over there. "Do you do tires?" I asked. "No. Go to discount tire over on Lake Mead, not too far away". "Ok" I said. "Wait, let me put some air in your tire first!". So I pulled up and let the nice gentleman add some air. I went to discount tire and they patched my tire for free. "You're all set mam". I was like, really? Ok, great! I got back in the car and looked at the clock. 4:59. Ok, obviously I'm NOT going to 5pm yoga. I drove over to Old Navy and browsed for a bit, leaving with a new yoga outfit, pj's, and flipflops. I headed back up to the yoga studio and passed the rest of the time playing solitaire on my ipod and getting an awesome cobra tip from owner Steph. The 7pm students finally start showing up and I see yoga BFF Mark, coworker Fran, regular Elerary, regular Karen and regular Joel. Mark H was teaching. I sat on the couch realizing how great this whole thing was. I never once got mad about the tire, I just took it in stride. I saw all of the benefits of the changed plans: I had a big lunch...it had more time to digest, my yoga bff showed up, I practiced next to regular Karen and she smiles during some postures and that encouraged me when I started to get overheated. So sometimes we just need to roll with the punches. Sometimes our best laid plans get derailed and the end result is quite alright!

12 comments:

  1. Hear, hear and sometimes everything seems perfect and we still suffer like mad. Go with the flow.

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  2. Flipflops! I bet you can wear them outdoors as well... jealous... we got another 10 cm snow this night and will get another 30 cm during the weekend.

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  3. Hey at least you made it into the room. That's what matters!

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  4. i'm curious what the awesome cobra tip is?!?!? :)

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  5. Something about the juxtaposition of "punctured tire" and "roll with the punches" is making me laugh a little. You know, tires, rolling?

    Anyway.

    Glad you made it!

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  6. Yep... I don't know how many times I'll need to learn that "Trust the universe!" message, but it's sure a good one!

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  7. Johan~ hear, hear! :)
    AHappyYogi~ ah, no it's terrible weather here...freezing. (can you tell I'm lying? sorry, it's been gorgeous...high 60's)
    G~ thank God!
    Lady Yogaga~ I've been lazy. She had me push myself up way higher. called out on the carpet!
    catherine~ oh, right! See how I did that w/out even realizing it! LOL
    Yolk E~ Funny because my horoscope yesterday said something about being waylaid and that it would be for a good reason. so when it happened I was laughing inside a bit!

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  8. Just roll with it...Yup. That's all we can do. Perfectly said. And that is absolutely what this yoga does for us (one of the many positive things. Helps us brush off this that would put other people in a tizzy. :)

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  9. Awesome! Isn't it so nice when your new go-with-the-flow plans turn out even better than your original plans? :)

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  10. hahaha--I tend to write off my horoscopes because they tend to be so wrong. When they actually come true I'm a little disturbed :-/

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