Yesterday was an off day for me. I had my session with Suzanne, Pilates instructor extraordinaire, and I couldn’t quite perform up to my usual standards…I couldn’t get centered, I couldn’t focus, I just plain sucked.

I blame it on a combination of really cold weather and the fact that I ran out of my Special K with Berries, and had to settle for Raisin Bran.

Also, I had a cramp in my left calf. It wasn’t Charlie-horse bad, but bad enough to irritate me the rest of the day. Oh and the smoke detector kept beeping every few minutes when I was trying to sleep…it was either the smoke detector or the carbon monoxide detector, and since I’m still alive and well (it was just too cold and I was too lazy to get out of bed and replace the batteries), I assume it was the former.

Come to think of it, I didn’t hear any beeping when I got home last night, so maybe I hallucinated the whole thing.

As usual, I digress…

Suzanne was very patient with me during my session, although she did mention something about “no mercy” sometime during my workout.

I worked on “The Cadillac” and “The Reformer” and even did some mat work. I started getting a little better towards the end of the session. I did a pretty good job during the Ab series, and the “tree” and “elephant” moves didn’t appear to be nearly as difficult (though still not easy) this time around. Oh, and with all the stretching and exercising, that ol’ cramp finally worked its way out of my calf…yay!