Millions of people are mourning, responding, praying, and thinking of the people who were effected by the Cyclone. The totals are rising by the minute. Many reports I have heard today have said 22,000 killed with over 43,000 still missing. One report I heard even mentioned up to 1 million people. I know I will never understand the pain that those people must be feeling…but my thoughts and prayers are with them. I hope humankind pulls together and helps out in any way they can. I also hope that some of those communities that are in conflict with others allow people in to help with the relief efforts.
I often have conversations with other family members and tell them that ‘nothing is new’ but since I stopped blogging I guess many things have been going on. Not all of them great. One of my best friends from college was found dead several months ago. I will not get into all the details but it was something no one should ever face. I know I will think about her until the day I die.
I took a short break from Yoga classes from November until March. I then rejoined the class atmosphere for 6 weeks and due to miscommunications I missed out on the following session. Now I am doing at home practice again.
In addition to my at home Yoga practice I have started walking again - now that the weather is nice. I am focused on losing some weight…between a better diet and more exercise. I have re-activated my account at MyFitnessPal and have been doing quite well for about a week now. I am not going to check my weight too often because I don’t want to bring up negative actions from my past. I don’t want to backslide into past habits and emotions and slip back into my eating disorder. I am aware of how easy that is and I am trying not to give into them…I want to do it the healthy way. Eventhough I still classify myself as a strict vegetarian…(although not strict vegan)…I continue to try and eat more vegan foods and now I will try to eat more raw vegan foods. I realize many people say you do not experience the full effects of raw foods until you are 100 percent raw vegan but I figure every little bit helps and it’s something more than I was doing before. So many of my adventures will be touching on this.
I’d don’t watch much TV but one show I have been getting into lately is Stargate Atlantis. I have only watched the first few seasons but am hooked and am eager to watch more of them. I think the cast is amazing and I’ve always enjoyed anything having to do with the Lost Continent of Atlantis.
A family member of mine was diagnosed with Meniere’s Disease almost a decade ago. The first bout with it was the worst. A year later was the second bout. For almost 7 years my family member hasn’t had a problem. But today there was a spell. It was scary - so much so - that this person called me and talked to me about it. This person isn’t one to ever complain about health issues even if something is bothering them. I guess this person feels better now and it just affected them for about 8 hours but still I think I will be keeping an eye on them for a while.
These are just a few things that have been on my mind lately and I am sure I will have more to type about soon…but for now…I am going to go do some yoga and maybe make some juice for tomorrow morning.
