Amber - To Pee or Not to Pee, that is the question

As you may guess from the title, I ran into a small problem yesterday. Traffic is always a pleasure in Northern Virginia. Rt. 28 was backed up as normal. Only yesterday I left about 5 minutes late to make the 6 pm class. To make up for the back up, I decided to try some back roads. Those of you that know me, know that I am queen of the back road. Well, I hit every light on my back roads. I got to class 5 minutes late. I changed and got into class just as they were starting the half-moon. I jumped right in. Then it dawned on me at the beginning of this 90 minute class... I have not used the restroom since 7 am. Then those thoughts began to consume me. I was being haunted by thoughts of rivers and waterfalls. I could see Ashley's message in her blog dancing in front of me saying "Whatever you do - don't leave the room." So I made it through the standing series. The standing separate leg, head to knee pose was a bit of a challenge. Actually anything that you have to suck in your stomach was a challenge. Oh that was every pose, in case you were wondering... On to the floor series... the first asana on the floor is where you lay on your back and bring up one knee to compress the ascending colon. Then you bring up the next knee for the descending colon. Finally you bring up both knees so you're like a ball to massage the transverse colon. You can call it colon all you want - but to a full bladder - it was like a water balloon about to pop! do not leave the room... do not leave the room... Next we roll over on to our stomachs - or protruding bladder - whichever you would like to call it. This is the spine strengthening series. Lift one leg, lift the other legs, lift both legs, lift your arms and legs so you are just on your belly, grab both your feet and roll forward... waterfall.... river... do not leave the room... Now I am within 15 minutes of class ending. I can't possibly leave the room now. So I just took it easy the last 15 minutes of class. I got through the final breathing exercise and I grabbed my things and darted out of the class.

I have one moral for this post - ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS, pee before class.