Late

I woke up late this morning and missed the zendo. Stinks. It was a bit of a sleepy choice - my alarm woke me up but instead of getting up I turned off the alarm and kept my eyes closed. I slept for the next hour in that hardly asleep place, where your mind is thinking and you're aware that your mind is thinking, but you just can't seem to open your eyes. I fully woke up at the exact time that I would need to leave in order to make it to Brooklyn before the start of service.

So instead I changed the ash in my incense bowl and had a nice sit at home. Definitely not the same as Sunday morning at the Zendo, but a valuable substitute.

I am now going to attempt to do the Tai Chi DVD I purchased. I tried yesterday and the attempt was comical. So let's see what today brings...