HOLY MOLY we’re down to the eleventh hour of Blogmas Day 2– it’s 10:07pm as I begin today’s post. I have 23 minutes to crank out this post since we have a family group phone call scheduled at 10:30pm (it’s about something serious, so I need to attend).
Tuesdays are notoriously a hardcore teaching day. I taught six things today– 4 private clients in the morning at the country club (10am-2pm), 1 yoga class at Google (4:30-5:30pm), then a small group pilates class at another country club (6:15-7:15pm). And the day is not yet over! I’m in the processing of uploading this week’s podcast episode and need to get it up on YouTube and Spotify by midnight since I’ve promised my listeners that new episodes launch every Tuesday, and I need to stick by that deadline. GAH! You’re catching me at a bit of a stressful moment, because I also want to honor my Blogmas schedule and get today’s post up by midnight as well.
I’m okay, guys. But today was absolutely brutal. I almost got into 3 car accidents on my way to and from work. These entitled Atherton drivers thinking they can turn left at the intersection as I’m cruising down the main road. I almost tee-boned one, and thank god for my fast reflex skills. Averted one disaster, but another one awaited me not even 100 feet after. A second car decided to pull a page from first crazy driver’s book, and ALSO tried to cut in to my lane when I had the right of way. So, 2 near-accidents, back-to-back. It happened so fast I didn’t even have time to honk my horn. Had I been momentarily distracted, I would have hit those two cars. I practiced deep breathing for the rest of the car ride to my 6:15pm appointment, and the minute I parked my car, I called my mom and told her what had happened. She heaved a sigh of relief with me, and thankfully didn’t scold me (I don’t know why she would, since it was not my fault, but such is the case with her, she criticizes me often to show her “love”). I taught my last class of the day and was excited to go home, but of course, another road fiasco had to happen to cap off today’s shitty day. I had the green light, was making a U-turn at the light, and not one, but TWO dumb drivers RAN THEIR RED LIGHT and I almost hit them! And the audacity of one of them to honk me. It was their fault for running the light, and I was so stunned I thought maybe there was something wrong with the traffic light system, kinda like in the Batman movie where all hell breaks loose in Gotham City and all the red lights turn to green and everyone’s crashing into each other. No, this one was not my fault either. But I’m glad to be alive and safe in my room, writing out my shock and stress.
It was indeed a stressful day. I taught 4 clients back-to-back from 10am to 2pm, and that went really well, and I was proud of myself for surviving the heavy workload and keeping my energy up until my last client. I made the mistake of not eating breakfast before work, so I was dizzy from hypoglycemia by the end of client #3. She happened to be a retired doctor, and when I told her I was dizzy, she ordered me to eat a Kind protein bar, and when I asked her why I should eat that over the apple, she said the protein bar would keep me full longer, and that I needed more sugar in this moment.
I drove home after my morning to early afternoon clients were done, and was gonna do some self-care with a mid-day steam room session, but then I realized I had left my paycheck in the cubby at the country club, and I needed to drive back to pick it up (didn’t want anybody stealing it). While driving back to the club, I realized I had forgotten my Google badge at home– it was in the pocket of my red winter coat– and I needed to teach at Google at 4:30pm, and there was no time to go back home and retrieve it. That was stressful, since Google is strict with security and I’d have to go through a whole process just to get let into the building, and I didn’t want to be late for my class.
I got to Google at 4:15pm, and thankfully, there is a kind God. One of my students in my class was walking ahead of me so she badged me in, and I was on friendly terms with the security guard and flashed him a smile, and he didn’t ask to see my badge. So I avoided that hassle. Taught my class and it was fine, though attendance was lighter today since people tend to travel during the holiday season.
I already told you about everything that went down from 5:30pm onward. And here I am, writing away while waiting for my podcast episode to download onto my computer. In the meantime, I shall reflect on today’s events.
- You know you love your job when you don’t get tired after a long work day. It seemed to me that as the day went on, my energy level actually INCREASED! Goes to show how much I enjoy the work I do and the people I teach, and how much joy they bring into my life. So, so grateful to be making money doing what I love, and what I’m good at.
- I am grateful to be alive. No, these near accidents didn’t traumatize me from wanting to get behind a wheel again, but it was a lesson: always drive defensively. Even if you have the right of way, slow down a little at each intersection, because you never know what crazy driver you may be up against. Be careful on the road, guys, because it could all end in a split second.
- I need to respect my limits, because I certainly pushed past them today. Thankfully tomorrow I have only 2 things to teach (though one is at 8am, so I need to be up early).
Time for the family group call. I’m lowkey dreading it. But thank you all for reading today’s Blogmas. Here’s to a better, safer, chiller day, tomorrow.
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