busy, busy mind

usually after training i am completely ready for restorative sleep but it's so bloody hot that even after a great class, soup training with the gang, a great homecoming, refreshing scrubby, reading NAKED for 50 pages or so, i am wide awake. curses.
class was on the larger side & i "faked" a move following the jump in yiluquan that i had watched intently before & tried out on the floor. then i got to work on it an wee bit towards the end of class when zhou was sharpening our moves. i know the next move after that too, from watching, so i'll be practicing that come thursday or maybe tomorrow if i am up to training & my uniform has dried. it was humid in there. the 3man stretch with mo & qbertplaya was great, those shaolin inches do make it better though a tad painful. i also practiced breathing only with my nose. i still made that "fah" sound, short for fornication under the crown king at the jumps & when completing ceshoufan though. it's funny & keeps me in good humour. i spent cleaning meditation at the altar after finding the mirror packed with brothers & already clean. the altar was dusty as shite & much more pleasurable to clean, although it is often a solitary job. i had a terrible stitch in my left side a third into class but it eventually subsided. i watched the clock during forms: we did a form every 5 minutes. seemed like a crazy pace for a large class. still though good fun. mo suggested i take an emergent-c as usual then put another one in my water. it proved to be too acidic & i had to water it down. i used my now-pinkish towel a lot! i was sweating buckets even during the stretch. i am glad quan tuo introduced me to bringing one in especially when it's this warm. despite, of course, my making fun of him using one before. he did not train tonight as he is still recovering from whatever it is that is making him feel nausea & clammy. his new haircut is sweet though. he's more clean cut than ever. i asked him to regrow his beard while at camp sac.
i guess that my mind is too busy. we are making some major changes which will require a lot of work. we have decided to cut costs at this time, moving in with a friend who has a loftspace for the next few months & saving up for a new flat in the new year. there are costs to this too - privacy, t aggravations, increased distance to everything. but in the end, we have to move anyway & this affords us the luxury of banking some rent & giving us more time to look for a new place at our leisure. the dogs will also enjoy it there, though it will be hard for tenzin as he's lived no where else but at my flat with the balcony. quan tuo & i will make do with the new circumstances as long as we stick to our plan & as he said we are together. the last half a year has been a financial pain in my arse. it would benefit us greatly in the longrun to make this sacrifice of sharing space.
now comes the active part: purging & simplifying the move by tossing things. already when i look at each room i can see what i am willing to part with. the rest i will store until the new year. i figure bare necessities will be all we will bring as well as plants & the stereo. we will miss the balcony but there is roof access there. quan tuo & i have been talking about outfitting ourselves with bicycles to get around in. it may be good for my stamina too. not just using it & feeling like an 8year old. the dogpark is farther away but my friend also has a car we can use from time to time. it's a decision we have been dancing about, first thinking we can let out his office as i had done before he moved in but we didn't really want a stranger in the house, at least i didn't! it is time we got a new place anyway, where we will have new memories together. as much as i love my flat, i know the time has come. quan tuo really wants central air & heating. it's a complete switch from my walk up where some things are just accepted as ill-functioning, if at all. so we, rather i, have my work cut out for me: my clothes alone will be a big to-do to sort through & decide which items to discard. but it is an exercise in minimalism, which i often tout as one of my distinct qualities. it will be good. i just feel like i should start now.
i trust my good apartment chi will prevail. tomorrow, i will put together my lists. it will be a nice feeling to be able to check things off & start disposing of things.
but first sleep, precious sleep. maybe meditation will help...