soca, no joka

6:15AM was not happening this morning. After going strong ALL semester and only missing maybe 1 or 2 morning workouts since January, this morning I realized it was soooo not happening. At the end of every college year I have a tendency to crash and burn– the first few days when I’m back in my childhood bed in Westchester I sleep for HOURS to recoup from the semester. My body and mind finally slow down. While this semester I’ve been a lot better about sleep and avoiding burn out, I am not surprised that my body is starting to realize “oh hey we are done, this means we get to crash!” Sometimes you just need those extra hours of sleep….

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this morning I had the terrifying realization that my days as a college student are numbered. This thing that has identified me for 4 years— Hello, my name is Kayla, and I go to NYU for theater, will no longer define me in a week. I know this means I get to decide how to define myself now, “Hello, my name is Kayla, and I’m a semi starving artist”, “Hello, my name is Kayla and I audition for a living”……..

While a part of me feels very ready and okay with being done with college, it is the weird little things like that which totally freak me out. ahhhh adulthood

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after day 8 of my yoga challenge (8 days and still lovin’ it!) my bestie David and I tried out “soca-n-wet” at Crunch Union Square with Brooke

soaking wet thanks to splash mountain

the on line description reads: Ready, set, sweat! This class combines intense high and low cardio moves to a give you a calorie scorching cardio workout. Set to an exciting rhythmic, Soca music soundtrack, Soca-N-Wet will leave you rip roaring and soak n’ wet.  

Lemme tell you, it was no joke.
we were both expecting a sort of dance class. There was a bit of dancing, kind of like a zumba class, but on crack….
I don’t know what about it was exhausting and absolutely sweat inducing, but by the end of the class we were both drenched. The class combined cardio moves with simple conditioning. I was pleasantly surprised to be using weights since I miss my strength training classes. Brooke was an awesome motivator and I would definitely take another class with her.
All in all it was a lovely 45 minute sweat-fest

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Considering I have no school, homework or finals this week I have been oddly and delightfully busy. Today was filled with yoga, soca, hanging out with David until I eventually decided to buy tickets for Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway last minute. who knew free time could be so action packed?