Day 6

Today there was no early morning Yoga class so we got to sleep in until 7. I can't believe that 7 was sleeping in to me! I went down to the dining room and had granola for breakfast.


After breakfast it was time for our hike. On Saturday you choose which hike you want to go on. I chose West Canyon because it was the only hike of the three choices that I hadn't done yet. It was flat the whole way and a really easy hike. I walked most of the way with a guy named John from California. He has four kids, the oldest is my age. As we were walking, he pointed in the distance and said "See that building? That's a hot dog stand." It wasn't. Here's John with the closed hot dog stand.
We saw this speed limit sign and had to slow down. We were getting a little crazy.


Beautiful scenery on the hike.

I like the rocks with the ridges in them.


After the hike we played water volleyball. Turns out I am still horrible at anything resembling a team sport.
Lunch today was roasted red pepper soup and an asian chicken wrap.


My roomie, Karen, and I on the couch in the lobby.


After lunch Karen, Iris, Lisa and I went to an art community close by. They had chalk drawings on the sidewalk that look nothing like the way I draw on the sidewalk.


In a pottery studio.


An artist still at work on her piece.


This one was done in honor of Fitness Ridge.


When we got back to the resort Dana was leaving. A few people left today to get home in time for work on Monday.


Dinner was a Cobb salad. The dressing was very light but I loved it.


Dessert was banana cream pie. I really liked it despite the fact that I'm not crazy about bananas.


After dinner was graduation. There's a videographer who videos throughout the week and we watched that video. We all get copies of it. Then everyone went around and talked about what they had learned during their time here. I spoke too, even though I'm not leaving yet.
After graduation a local performing arts school performed for us. It was really cute.
Lisa, me and Iris after the performance.

After that we all hung around the pool for a while and talked about what it was going to be like for the people leaving to be back in the real world. We're in a very safe bubble here with no temptations. We're all trying to plan meals in advance and figure out what we need to do to keep up the progress at home. One girl called her husband and asked him to clean the kitchen out and get rid of the foods she needs to not have around when she gets home.
Now I'm back up in my room. Karen is packing because she leaves tomorrow and I get a new roommate. I'm nervous again about a new roommate because I got so lucky the first time.
Today is probably the first day that I'm feeling homesick. I'm a little down tonight. Sad that some of the people I've met are leaving. Most of the people that are staying I haven't really talked to much, except John, Julie and Laurie. I'm sort of missing Chris and my babies and family and friends. Coincidentally, today is the first day that I haven't been working my ass off all day. I'm thinking that's probably related. Tomorrow we are supposed to rest all day and not work out but I think I'm going to spend some time in the gym and on the street strider because the exercise makes me happier.
This is something I'm going to have to remember at home when I start to feel down. If I'm too busy to think...I probably won't have time to be sad.