Beautiful Barstow!

Well here I am -- 7 hours out of San Mateo in beautiful Barstow, CA. The drive through the Tehachapee (spelling) Mountains was breathtaking -- still alot of snow in those hills! GPS and mapquest gave me radically different directions on how to get here --but get here I did without incident -- well I thought I lost my cell phone at a rest stop in Hanford or Lemoore or something but just when I was ready to call somebody to call me so I could find it --I mean I dumped everything out of my purse, car, everything my book bag began to ring and all was good. forgot to pack the little cord that lets me connect camera to pc -- so hopefully someone will have one at training because I have the most hilarious shot of me in front of the car with ALL MY CRAP before I left. OMG i hope this training teaches me among other things to tread and travel lightly! Even bought more STUFF at Walmart tonight (never go there hungry -- bought so much snack food that it's not even funny!) not enough room for a passenger in my car right now -- my poor roommate! Using Al's ANCIENT lap top and every once in a while I must hit a key by mistake and either erase everyTHING I HAVE WRITTEN or it puts it in some random order. My emails are like Picasso paintings! Didn't miss a practice today -- brought my Bikram tape and did it in my hotel room. First time I actually DID the practice with the tape -- usually just listen to it (and fall asleep) so was surprised to hear him sing to us at the end. almost like a lullaby, very cute, very comforting. But he better not quit his day job to become a singer that is all I can say. Too excited to sleep, will work on dialogue a bit with the tape player before turning in. Want to leave around 8 or 9 -- after complementary free breakfast of course! -- to get there around 11 -- still two hours out -- check in at 1 and orientation at 3. Yikes, I am like a kid the night before the first day of kindergarten! Had a delicious dinner of chicken breast with brochuttia over fresh spinach and fresh asparagus. Figured what the heck, I will be burning it off soon enough. But somehow feel REALLY FULL. Always happens when I travel -- the internal systems get clogged up. MORE WIND REMOVING POSE, PLEASE! SORRY FOR THE BLUNTNESS AND FOR THE TYPOS CAN'T FIGURE THIS THING OUT YET!