forwardfromtheheart: And here we are

Wow.
I remember when I was a waitress, after a busy Saturday evening or Sunday brunch rush, looking around the restaurant, after we had closed, at all of the empty tables. Exhausted, my mind still buzzing from balancing the demands 4, 5, 6 different tables. It was hard to believe everyone had gone home. I could relax and not worry who had hot coffee, who needed more bread, and could stop looking out of the corner of my eye to see if food was up in the window.
I very much have this same feeling today.
After a fall and winter filled with continuing my education in many different ways, I am finished. For now.

A quick break down of where I have been:

September - Teaching 7 days a week to make myself a little more known in the community and raise funds for my Level III Pilates training. Also a 4 day trip to Austin, TX for training. While in Austin I hosted my first #poweredbybits Twitter Chat as part of being a brand ambassador for Energy Bits. If you have never taken part in or hosted a Twitter chat, try it. You learn a lot and it is a whirlwind of fun. I had so much activity that I got put in "Twitter Jail" which is technically a great thing!
October - Teaching 7 days a week STILL! Every Sunday in October I had the pleasure of teaching Piloxing at the Kansas City Athleta store SO fun!
November - 3 day trip to Austin, TX for my second weekend of training. No more Sunday classes, but picked up quite a few Saturday Reformer students.
December - Studying for and taking my Peak Pilates Comprehensive exam. This was about a 7 hour day filled with practical and written assessments. This was also another 3 day trip to Austin, TX. Oh, and the holidays! I also had the pleasure of writing a small piece about the Studio On Main for a local publication.
January - Began the 5 week FastTrac course for New Venture small business owners. This class met once a week for 5 weeks from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Because the class fell on a Tuesday, I would go straight from class to work, working with clients from 5:30 pm until 8:30 pm. A three hour work day doesn't sound too bad, until you add that to the fact that my brain was on extreme overload from all of the great information in the FastTrac course!
February - completed the FastTrac course!

And, here I am today. With "just" my regular work week in front of me. Don't get me wrong, graduating from FastTrac and becoming comprehensively trained are actually just the very beginning of a brand new chapter in my life and career. BUT for now, I am going to take just a few days, maybe weeks, to breathe. And do laundry! It feels great to be able to sit here at home, enjoy a cup of coffee, blog, dust my mantle and scrub the bathroom.

Keep scrolling to check out some of my favorite pictures from the past few months!

Stay tuned, dear readers. I am hoping to fill the pages of this blog once more with workouts, recipes and wellness tips just like before.

What have you been up to so far in 2014?

Did you read about how we almost were zapped into smithereens overnight? It is always fascinating to sit back and really think about how we are just floating along in space.

Sally