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April 13, 2006
happy Yuri Gagarin day! (yesterday) 
I'm told that there's a party around the world in celebration of Yuri Gagarin and his amazing feat. He was the first person to go into space, to orbit the earth.
I probably wouldn't know about Yuri if it wasn't for going to Moscow during the 80s. Our first stop was at some Aerospace memorial which had a huge round picture of Yuri behind a dove. Since then, I've been obsessed.
(Though not obsessed enough to know about Yuri's night without someone telling me about it. Sigh)
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I went to pilates last night, and it hurt. It hurt all during class, and I was seeing stars, but I kept going. My quads were cramping, then my feet. Jill chatted with me a bit after class, and I felt like I might fall over. By the time I got home, every part of my body was sore.
I did the only reasonable thing: drank some water, took some calcium, vitamin C and potassium, and drank some more water.
I was kinda expecting to wake up and be unable to move, however, I felt better. Still very achey, but better.
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I had an icky experience at MPOW. I like to think I'm considerate, and punctual, and hard-working, that I'm a good judge of what's important and what's not. Anyways, I got my buttons pushed today, and I keep trying to figure out how I could have handled it better. I mean, I did handle it okay but it still made me feel icky.
And the next morning, it is still making me feel rather despondent. It's about respect. But it's also about my ability to take care of myself.
I'm going to need to figure out how to elevate the mood. I'm thinking, walking or biking to work.
Posted at April 13, 2006
Comments
I have had the same experience with yoga and pilates, sometimes the workouts just kick my butt.
Posted by: beth at April 15, 2006 8:57 AM
CAN SOMEONE (RUSSIAN?) CONFIRM THE INSCRIPTION ON THE POSTER MEANS: COMUNISM OPENED A ROAD TO STARS?
Posted by: DEE at April 12, 2007 1:51 PM
I don't think it's Russian, at least, it doesn't look Russian to me. I was told that it says "With Communism to the Stars". I have no idea on the language, however.
Posted by: vj at April 12, 2007 3:17 PM