Back to School

In a nut shell, after week one, school is great. The course is very condensed and will be intense, but will be manageable. I am in school from 8-5 both Mondays and Tuesdays and from 8-12 on Wednesday. In the morning hours, we are learning Anatomy and Physiology (starting with the musculoskeletal system). In the afternoon on Mon & Tuesday we are learning Swedish massage, with about one hour of lecture and the rest actually time "on the table." I must say, I already feel much smarter and more knowledgeable than I did last Sunday. Our first round of exams will be January (musculoskeletal) and February(Swedish & Anatomy and Physiology). We will start actually doing massages in the clinic the end of February. Six months will sure go quickly!! I do think I will be making new friends here by finding volunteers to practice massage one...

There are 20 students in my class from almost every background imaginable. Ages range from 18 to late 40s. Several people are commuting quite a distance every day (as much as 1-2 hours) and some are here just for the 6 months the course takes. Get this though, there is one other girl in the class who has lived in Driggs for the last 6-7 years! She was the first person I met Monday morning and we both couldn't believe it. We had never met before (although, determined we had likely seen one another in passing at a few places). She and her boyfriend moved out in August so she could take the course. She even had her Big Hole Music sweatshirt on...small world times two.

This week the studio Noah is at (Pilates Fusion by Stephen) had a "soft" opening for yoga classes. I think as far as weeks go it was a little up and down for him since the classes had little to no attendance (which was almost expected). But, at the same time, he met a lot of current clients, did a few private mini-classes for people coming by, and started getting the feel for the schedule etc. The plan now is to do a big grand opening the first of the year, with a modified schedule (from the one he has now), and lots of promotion. The owner of the studio is an extremely good guy and has put everything into his business and, although it is a start-up operation, we have a good feeling about the situation. (Check out how good he already looks as part of the Pilates Fusion team at http://pilatesfusionbystephen.com/2452/2494.html)

We had a Winter Storm Warning here the last couple of days-a chance of 3-5 inches of snow...it didn't pan out, although it sprinkled snow a little bit, which was kind of fun. It is getting colder though, but hey, it is winter after all. In fact, it will be sort of fun when it does actually snow a little here. For driving purposes though, I hope it chooses to do so on the weekends...