Carla - Saturday, May 17, 2008 4:46 PM Buffet burn out

Buffet burn out. Our complimentary buffet meal once daily has become one of more necessity than enjoyment. The people here at the hotel have been really great in trying to add variety but it is a challenge in itself considering where we are, and how long we are here. It has got to be virtually impossible to please everyone all of the time, and having hundreds of hungry yogis show up wanting food has got to be a strain. There is a convention here of plastic surgeons and that has been pretty interesting seeing us try to navigate, the yogis cant drink alcohol, and we run around staying up late-studying dialogue, while the doctors or botox professionals or whatever they may be, are the types that many stay up drinking, and just having a pretty good time, and here we come from our yoga class, sweaty and sort of dragging our mats past them in the hallway, I wonder what they think. One of the students asked one of them to join us for a yoga class, and pretty much just got the un-hunh, sure, you bet sort of look. It is kind of a deal killer having yogis dragging their butts through the halls, looking comatose, or zombie like, i am not sure which. Oh well. My class today was very difficult. I busted my butt in Craig Villanis class last night, since most classes go just under two hours, I underestimated the power of accrued dehydration and fatigue. So, this morning I get to the 8 AM class smiling, excited and thinking, this is in the bag, then, 10 minutes into it, I hit the wall, my head was spinning, my limbs felt like they had left my body, and I felt like I could pass out at any moment. It was weird how hard it hit me, and how fast, but I made a point of consuming lots of water and electrolytes today so hopefully I will be out of my deficit, ha ha. Side note: my lips have steam burns, not sure WHY! The yoga room is hot. That is all I can say, and I have realized there is not any way in human words to describe the blistering heat, I know hot, but the combined heat, humidity and lack of ventilation create a perfect storm of, blast furnace and steam room? I will have to think of some more words while I nurse my brain cells back.