Some Things

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Today, I Ran Errands. Like a Real Grown-Up Person. In A Car. Admittedly, one of them was foiled by the dry cleaners only being open in the morning this month, but I did ok at two of the three not-at-home parking options*.

I also did Yogalates, which I'm still not sure what it is (possibly on account of not ever having done piates). It seemed pretty yoga-ish to me, and I'm not sure it's worth doing for more than a few weeks: once I can keep my heels on the floor when the woman says so, is there a reason to do it? OTOH, woman was all "you do a lot of yoga, then" at me, which was pleasing, and seems fairly competent. Oh, and lives in Bexley, so it may be that if I give up and go to the Bexley Pilates place then I'd get her anyway....

* One of them had two parking spaces end-on-end, so I just drove through one and into the other. The other two, I had to just drive into. It took me a few goes. I got out of them ok, though! That's got to count for something, right?

Comments

[nerosmaster.livejournal.com]

Driving through one space to get to the other so it is easier to drive out later is perfectly acceptable. I do it all the time at the local Tesco.

[erikvolson.livejournal.com]

Parking can be hard, so I understand. When I grew up in Chicago, I had parallel parking nailed, both driver and passenger side*. Then I moved away.

When I came back after many years, I realized that I'd basically forgotten how to parallel park, doubly so on the driver's side. Thankfully, I have a parking spot behind my apartment.

* There are *many* one way streets in Chicago.

[jennlk]

I used to be able to parallel park. And then I lived in daYoop for a decade (and mostly walked or rode the bus), so my skills atrophied. And then I had back surgery, and um, well. Parking in parking lots suffered for a number of years, and parallel parking went completely by the wayside.

Pilates is a lot like yoga. It focuses more on core/trunk strength; and child's pose is really only like shell position on the surface. As far as keeping up with it, much will depend on the teacher. There is a lot of strength involved in doing Pilates correctly, but it's also very easy for a student to just coast through it. (My sister teaches both yoga and Pilates, and my back surgeon told me that one of the reasons I was able to stave off surgery for an additional decade is the Pilates that she taught me.)

[anef.livejournal.com]

Any parking where you don't break anything or end up with a fine is good parking.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Heels down is good because a) it helps your balance and b) it stretches the muscles in the right way.
I prefer yogalates to straight pilates, as it feels more holistic, or something.