Friday, July 13, 2007

Her eyes are too wide for a city girl

Goodness, I completely forgot to blog last night. Please forgive me for that; I promise not to make it a habit. (It was sad to awaken to not a single comment-notification email!)

Thursday I did a lot of sorting of papers at work, and made some phone calls. The papers I'm sorting, as I think I mentioned, are press clippings, and they're pretty interesting to look at. I become more and more aware that this organization is really doing more than it should be able to, given how small it is. I think there's a figure of speech that I want to use here, but I can't figure out what it is. It should be something like "its reach is further than its arm span," but actually...something people say. Anyone know?

After work I went to Xintiandi, ate a sandwich, and went to yoga. I had a really good class- just the right level, not too many people, so the instructor could come around and correct things. Took a refreshing shower and signed up for a month of membership; it wouldn't make any sense to pay by class, but I will have to make sure to go a lot to make it worth it. I really want to, though...it's not like I can do a lot of site-seeing at night after work anyway, and it's definitely the kind of thing I want to do regularly while I have the time. Took the bus home and slept very well.

6 comments:

jshawflamm said...

What does your title come from?

Closest thing I can think of is "A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" But I don't think that's the same sentiment.

It's great that you've joined the yoga place. Why not enjoy something so fun and healthy when you can?

Unknown said...

I TOTALLY noticed that you didn't blog that night and it ruined my day. I depend on you.

The only phrase I can think of is "don't bite off more than you can chew" but I don't think that's applicable.

Glad you had fun at yoga. Maybe Boyer will host an equally good class for the two of us next year...

PK Thunda said...

Something about the whole being greater than the sum of the parts?

Aunt Leanne said...

I really missed your blog yesterday, Ali. You are an important part of my daily entertainment!

Smart move to sign up for the yoga class. I've always enjoyed it, tho' I don't devote much time to it these days.

Have a nice weekend! Hope you find some delightful things to see and do.

Farah said...

I simply have no idea what phrase you are searching for.

Instead, I will be extremely excited that your title is from a song that I gave you!

jshawflamm said...

You've got fine minds all over the world trying to come up with the phrase. :-)