solo yoga/dance outside

So I don't know if I got the concession or not but it's too late to add/drop classes.. so I might be stuck in the boring/easy dance class :( Oh well. I think I'll talk to my prof tomorrow and see if there's anything I can do. I hate feeling so demanding with professors though.

Class was alright today. I kind of enjoyed my Sociology tutorial because I feel like I'm learning more about New Zealand society and the tutor is really nice. Also, I am one of two international students in my tutorial so I finally asked some questions about modern New Zealand society that I had been thinking about, like if land ownership is still as important now as it was fifty years ago. (Apparently people have only been living in apartments here for 10-15 years. Crazy!) My Italian class was super boring though. I liked the readings more but hearing them summarized for two hours, was, again, not fun. Death was more like it.

After class I decided to take some 'me' time. I was planning on taking a yoga class at the gym in the evening, but when I was walking barefoot in the grass in front of the Auckland Museum (pictures later, it's about 3 minutes from my flat) and decided to sit down and breathe. I ended up meditating (well sort of, I was listening to music) and doing yoga and dancing. Modified though because I was wearing a dress and didn't have shorts with me. I will be more prepared later. It was so wonderful though. There was wind and sun and enough silence but not too much and I got to move outside. I was seriously out there for 45 minutes. Absolutely wonderful.

I decided that I need to do more of this. More 'me' things, since I am almost always around people and know full well that I need to take some time that's just for me. Maybe that's doing this often or taking a yoga class or start reading or something, I don't know. Maybe I should start baking. One of my flatmates made cookies yesterday and it was glorious. I love baked goods.