A Day in the Life

Hello. We had a dream that Bali would be nothing but doing yoga and eating well and sleeping and reading in hammocks. Did ya'll know dreams come true? And maybe even more than true? Proof:

7:30 - Emily wakes up, reads in the hammock
9:00 - Jaki wakes up, reads in the hammock
Breakfast happens. It's either oatmeal we make at the bungalow or fruit salad and yogurt from the villas next door.

.....some hours disappear. maybe we go to the beach on our motorbike, maybe we read more and write and talk about dumb things like trying to remember the phrases "motorcade" and "intellectual property law"

sometimes emily has to go on the computer and do homework. but mostly that means typing up pages from her journal. and blogging.

4:00 - we go to yoga for 90 - 105 minutes at the yoga barn. it's really funny. we try not to giggle, but people take this stuff SERIOUSLY. so seriously. we are trying to be zen, and strong, and flexible, but as we watch teachers in training behind us chanting om shanti shanti shanti om while they propel themselves into the air on like three fingertips, it's hard to feel like we are any of those things. also, the place looks like pictures you see of yoga studios that the yoga studios never actually look like. we are in a loft that smells like heaven looking at a statue of ganesha who is covered in plumerias and hybiscus which overlooks rice fields where kids fly kites. and the people there look like the just stepped out of "eat pray love" the movie. so that's yoga. it's nice.

6:00 - dinner, usually at Bali Buddha. It is full of western cuisine, which is kind of the only thing our stomachs can handle at the moment (we might have dysentary, ya'll. don't worry, parents.) But also Bali Buddha is just delicious. Like tomato soup and bagels and things you wouldn't think you'd miss but oh how we've missed.

8:00 - ride on home. up the hill. we have playing cards and fancy cigarettes and invites to bars that should probably be used during this hour, but they haven't yet. we usually read and get snacks and then...

9:00 - bedtime for jaki. reading time for emily. we're not sure why jaki is sleeping so much. it might be a power nap before coming home or it might be her body catching up after a few months of insomnia. or maybe she's just turning into a slug. who knows. so, emily reads and misses jaki's presence. eventually she sleeps too.

Tomorrow, we're taking a "vacation" to the beach for emily's birthday. 21 yall! 2009 best year o my life!

xoxoxo