Yoga: Day 1

On October 3rd I went to yoga for the first time. The instructor is the high school counsellor, and it took place in the dance studio.

I didn't expect it to be so hard, the instructor was so flexible, and I can't even touch my toes. We started with a warm up, which was doing the plank, and going into a "puppy" pose, and a few others (like the tree pose). There were about 11 other people there, from all different grades, but there were only three ninth graders.

We did lots of different exercises, and then combined them to form a routine, which we did a few times over before moving onto the next.

Me and Lucie were so tired after a while, and we had to sit down for some of it and catch our breath. I was relieved when it ended, but I kind of enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to going next Monday.

This isn't me by the way.

It's a photo of the internet.

Mural: Day 2

I went to school on October 1st, 2011 (at around 8:30) to do a little more of my mural. I went with Lucie, and met Hannah there. Nobody else (including the art teacher) was painting, so we had to go down to the art room to get our paints and paintbrushes.

I finished my first panel today, and did a little of the second one, but it's still far from being done. The first panel is orange and red, while my second one's going to be more green-blue. I didn't use any tape this time, as it takes a long time to do, and leaves huge white marks all over the painting, which wasn't what I wanted. I will be going on Wednesday after school to work some more, but I'll probably have to go next Saturday as well.

While we were painting there were some games going on at school, and exams in the MPR right next door!  We saw a few teachers, and loads of kids with their parents passed by on their way to the gym.

At 11:30 we had to clean up, as Antony (the art assistant) needed to catch his bus home. Lucie finished her mural, but Hannah still had a little more to do.

I really enjoyed painting today, and I'm reasonably proud of my mural. I liked the fact that we had the paints, and space to ourselves.

Hannah working on her mural

Lucie, with her mural in the background

Me painting my mural