The House of The Spirits

Wow, Today was one of those days where you don't really do anything but yet you are totally exhausted. Yesterday after work, I went on a treadmill run and then did this 'age-defying' workout. I figured it was a set of moves for older people that want to look younger, and thus, the workout would be easy peezy. In fact, I even added extra reps. I woke up this morning and my butt muscles were on FIRE. It was painful to sit in the dentist chair today and the muscle soreness just got worse through the day. Oh man! I am not exactly sure what particular exercise I did to give myself such a sore butt-but I hope that means that I just instantly toned up some muscle I didn't know I had (yeah right). My workout was simply.

Do the circuit 3 times:

10 skaters (10 right, 10 left)

20 jumping jacks

1 around the world plank (plank off of an exercise bench and use your hands to walk around the bench

10 squats.

It doesn't seem too hard, but yeah-kicked my butt (literally!)

I also just wanted to comment on this book that I just finished. I was pretty sure I was going to enjoy the book before I even started it, given on how partial and in love I am with South American literature. I thought the story was a drawn out a bit, but overall I enjoyed all parts. There was plenty of romance and mysticism-two key elements of a Latin story. Yet, it also conveyed the upheavals of South American politics throughout the 20th century. It followed a man who became involved politically later in life, and watch him battle the socialist revolution and the incidental military coup that a lot of the countries in the area experienced in that time. The country in which the book is set is not named (and I looked it up on the internet and it did not specify; I assume the author meant for it to be fictitious) but I chose to identify Chile because that was where the author is from (although there are clear similarities and differences between the book's political upheavals and Chile's historical ones). Nevertheless, the book is about have morals and ideals, living with passion and believing in things such as spirits, love and fate. It's a wonderful read and I recommend it.

Rachel