Being A Grouch

Ok, this is how I've been feeling the past week:

 

Yeah, that's really not a good thing.  And I think I looked even grouchier than this picture of Oscar the Grouch.  Poor Patrick.  He's had to put up with my grouchiness all week.  I feel kind of bad about it.  And I honestly don't know why I've been so grouchy.  Usually when I don't exercise I'm in a worse mood, but I've been very good about exercising regularly.  And I've been eating rather healthfully, so I know it's not because I'm just eating a bunch of crap.  Hmmm...

So tonight Patrick came to the gym with me for a quick 20 minutes of cardio.  Then I went off to a yoga class.  And it was glorious!  I think that's what I've been missing!  Last semester I was going at least once a week, but now I have a class that interferes with that yoga class time.  So I think I need to rework my schedule a bit and start doing yoga again.  I just feel so relaxed and refreshed this evening.

As you can see, I also gave my blog a bit of a face lift.  That puts me in a happier mood too!  And I may have done some baking...but more on that later!

What things do you to to help keep yourself relaxed and refreshed?

Yoga & Snow

Well I had to get up rather early, but a friend from the Crew Club and I checked out a Yoga class this morning. If you've never tried it, you really should. It is such a good de-stresser! I was in this really calm and fantastic mood all day. I felt so much less aggravation towards things that usually get me all riled up. So I think we're going to try to make this a weekly habit...for sanity purposes. Although I wish I had some pictures of this or something because I'm sure I look ridiculous!

In other news, we got pelted with snow over the weekend and the stuff is everywhere! Unfortunately our university does a rather lousy job of snow removal (ironic considering we're in Maine and massive quantities of snow are to be expected). They just "cleaned up" our sidewalks yesterday night. Although it is times like these that I am really thankful I don't have a car up here that needs to be shoveled out and moved when the lots are plowed. At least the days are getting longer and it will be spring (or mud season, here in Maine) before we know it!