Well, that was humbling

I tried out beah 's suggested yoga place this morning. Of course the bus, which is normally pretty reasonable, decided to be 15 minutes late, which made me 5 minutes late after wandering up n' down Elm St. trying to find the entrance to the very subtly marked door to the 2nd floor. "We didn't put out the sandwich board because of the rain" (It wasn't raining and hadn't been for at least an hour)- Did I bring my own mat? No. I don't have one. I don't have blocks ner nuthin'. Also, I am entirely not-bendy. I ended up behind a guy who is triangle shaped, about 1% body fat, and could easily be in a tumbling circus group. In fact, for all I know he might already be. Said dude turns out to be someone the instructor knows and apparently she threw in a lot of weird stuff particularly for him. Great.
The instructor's baseline for the class is a lot more than I think I want to do, weird stuff notwithstanding. However, there's also a class Wednesday morning that's run by someone else. I went with an unlimited 2 week pass and maybe I'll find something that is more me. More basic. 
I am very resistant to doing things new because I hate-hate-hate this feeling of being a fish out of water, being awkward and confused. But I did it. I will go back and try again- even this class. If the bus lets me.

Turning the corner [union]

I hope this doesn't jinx anything, but it looks like quiet_elegance  has landed a job. It may only be for 2 weeks, but that's better than a poke in the eye. It'll be his first shot at the new 4A apprentice rate, which when you compare it to full journeyman level is not particularly different, so yay.