Sunday, September 13: breakfast! Ashtanga and Bikram Yoga doubleheader

Good day everybody today is Sunday and for something different. We’re going to an ashtanga class. We decided to go. For this one class. We got up, went to the café and decided to get food that was quick to cook and not too heavy because you had a 2️⃣ hour Stoker class. We got our food very quickly as compared to yesterday was lightning fast because well the food was not gonna go on the griddle so to speak. Anyhow, the food is very good and we went straight from the café and we did check CVS to see if they had any Gatorade and this place didn’t have any Gatorade. I didn’t want to bring the Gatorade in the freezer and have it sit out for an hour and a half and get warm so I just said forget the Gatorade we went to Class gave ourselves. plenty of time The class started at 1 PM first gave us some background history about the ashtanga practice. Then we started the actual exercise and it started off with sun salutation and a whole rhythmic process where you would do Chaturanga downward, dog plank, etc. etc. it was quite involved. She added on a couple more things as he went along in class. It was very interesting. It kind of reminded me of the vinyasa class. They don’t teach Vinyasa because it wasn’t popular. Anyhow that class ended and loopy is very nice and we had questions for her. We then had about a 40 minute break between classes we took full advantage. We then attended Kaitlyn‘s full-fledged 90 minute class. It was a good class, but we ended up feeling pretty stiff after our muscles tightened up. It was a good class with Kaitlyn as they are. Go anytime we were there. We talked about ESA. The guy who taught his intense class. Everybody kind of gave knowing looks. It was pretty funny. I have to class. I was so thirsty and both of us were pretty tired we decided to go and get a smoothie and that was so good. We got back to the Dorchester and mellowed out for a little bit and decided then to have Indian. We found out that the owners of the restaurant are going to sell their business on October 7. I don’t think they’re making any money. So we’ll see what happens but that’s not great news. Anyway, we talked for a while and then we watched some law and order which is pretty good. 

Saturday, September 12: Banking 1987 Style

Well, today we set the alarm a lot later because both of us really needed to sleep. I was exhausted from this whole week‘s bullshit with the bank and the credit cards and the fraud and the inconvenience and bureaucracy of it all. Td bank I found out doesn’t issue cards check cards in the office because it cost them too much money and they were replacing their card stock. Anyway, woke up went to Td bank officially reported fraud because everything cleared so my shit was counted like I really bought the stuff either wait forever because they only had two cashiers. And then went to CVS and picked up some thing for Mary. I think we’re gonna go to the café next. What a trip to the café was quite the experience for sure. Very different from the normal routine breakfast. We ordered some food and were waiting for a while. Then we were told the guy serving us. He’s very nice by the way, forgot to put in our order. Then when our order came in, I got the wrong order completely wrong. It was half decent, but I didn’t order it. Why all this was going on we went a really nice man who was listening us talking about possibly going to To Poland because I saw this guy I used to know taught rave about his trip to Poland and I was thinking Poland might be some where different to go. This guy overheard us and then we got to talking and he said basically his voice don’t go to Europe in the next six months because they hate us over there, etc. Then we talked about the coming depression and he had a book called when democracy die. I wish I’d taken a picture of that book and talked about the banking system and how it was illegal for people to buy gold in 1935 during depression. It was a very interesting conversation. We were at the café till after their closing time at 3 o’clock. Then we went to the frame shop said hello to Kylie and then we came back itself almost 4 PM and we’re gonna head to Millbourne for me to pick up stuff. Pa we were Thank you because I took mine off and it says are you OK? Are you OK now and then I couldn’t understand what he was saying are you back? We’re getting close and then he’s gonna go around the block yeah that’s what I said.

Friday, September 11: 25 Years Ago & Aftermath of Fraud

AaToday is the 25th anniversary of the 911 attack. I remember what I was doing. I was waiting for PG W. to come to my house at 233 S. 49th St. I thought I had a gas leak. So I was coming into work late. Turns out I didn’t have a gas leak. I saw an email. I got on my computer at my computer. Desk said Plane hits World Trade Center. It did not give details and I thought it was really not a big news story so I go to work and realized what it really happened. Everybody had their radios and TVs on. We ended up getting let out early for the day and I came back to my place in West Philly and just watch TV for the rest of the afternoon. I had just started grad school at Widner 2️⃣ days earlier. Anyhow, let’s move to the current day. Where is my first day after being robbed at the locker room at the yoga studio. I first went to Mike signed in. They ran over to SEPTA  to get my SEPTA KEY card. That’s over at 13th and market Street. That was a fairly easy process since I did have ID. Fortunately I had five dollars left because it costs $4.95 to replace a key card when it’s lost or stolen. So I just had enough money to get the card. Next, I went to insomnia cookies and noticed they had a camera but they couldn’t release it to me cause I wasn’t law-enforcement. Anyway, they were very friendly. Next stop. I went to Lululemon, who gave me a number and to aloe and they gave me the old line of well you have a police report and blah blah.. I then cut dial 911 and met the policeman in front of the studio and he took my name and number and all my vital information. I took a picture of it and put a copy in my wallet. Next, I met  Mary to get a lock for the lockers cause now I’m gonna have to do lockers. After that, I went to Mike’s and it turned out that Mike is probably not getting injection shot cause he took his meds when he wasn’t supposed to take his meds so he tried calling doctors office and that was a pain in the ass and it’s still unresolved as of 3:38 PM. I left Mike’s early and I’m about to go to the studio early so I can fit my lock. well ended up. I couldn’t really use my lock because I couldn’t read the numbers without my glasses so I just stuck the thing in there and and I just pretended to lock it. And then went to Class and Katelynn taught it. I did tell her about the theft because I don’t know it needs to be known because it really threw my life in it a bit of a confused state trying to figure out how to get shit fixed. It’s going to be for next two weeks. I’m going to have to manage canceled orders and auto pays that don’t go through cause I canceled every goddamn card I own. Anyway, Class was good. I was good for me to go to class today. It wasn’t as hot as normal because I had the fans going unnaturally because I think heating guys were fixing the place. After Class Mary and I came back and relaxed for a while and had some pretty deep conversations about the different things are going on. I scraped enough money and we’re getting Indian. We decided that due to the fact we have a concert at 6:30 and we don’t wanna get up early for a morning class. We’re just gonna skip yoga tomorrow. We’re also doing an ashtanga class and an evening class tomorrow as well.