Monday, February 1, 2010

On the First Day.... There was Optimism!


So far, so good... February is off to a very stable, if not exciting, start.

The workday's high point was shopping at the Big Lots at lunchtime. Do y'all have Big Lots where you are? This place rocks. Foods and households and H&B products and petstuff and pretty much anything you could want (or didn't even know you needed) is there. And cheap! Though I could shop there every day, there was an actual point to hitting the Lot today: when I got to work, I realized I had my iPod (still in its dock on my desk) and its condom (laying right next to its dock on my desk)...but I'd left the earbuds at home. D'oh! This would not be a problem while at work, but certainly would be afterward.

I knew exactly where they were, of course. On the floor next to my computer at home. How they magically get to the floor each day is beyond me.... but I do know that they're one of Oy's favorite little chew toys. What is UP with that, anyway? You can get your cat all kinds of fun toys, but they gravitate toward phone chargers and earbuds instead? I swear he must climb up to the desk to knock them down, too.


But I digress.

Earbuds most likely ensconced in the cat's mouth at home, I decided a really good alternate choice would be to hit the Lot for another pair. First: you can always use an extra pair of headphones. Second: you can *definitely* always use an extra pair of headphones when your cat makes a chewtoy of your first ones. And third (and most importantly): if I DIDN'T get a new pair, I would have come home with good intentions to get my old pair and head back out....but I know me. As soon as I got into my warm home, I'd have stayed home. Uh-uh. Not when I just threw out my goals to the universe, a big one being to "go to the gym!" So, yeah. The $5 for my comfy pair of new headphones (not buds) was a good investment. Plus they're shiny bright pink. Score!

The gym experience itself? Pretty much rocked. First of all, the bathrooms are way cool. There are a few big, single bathrooms that include not only the toilet, but a shower. Private showers! Woah! Way cool! I might actually have to try this place in the morning sometime, too, if I can get ready there in such a nice private room before work. The workout? Well, I decided to take it easy today. I've been pretty good in watching what I eat/fitting into my clothes (more or less *grin*), but I haven't really exercised since it's gotten too cold to walk the neighborhood and haven't seen the inside of a gym since July. So I figured a 5K on the treadmill was good enough to start back into things. And, woah! Right at minute 10, the big smiles came out again. Was is that they say is released when you're working out? That stuff that puts you in a good mood? That ALWAYS happens to me, usually right around minute 10. Love it! Totally forgot how much I love it. And, amazingly, home now and chilling out, I don't hurt a bit! Either I am in better shape than I thought, or I'm going to be hurtin' tomorrow.

Either way, I'll be going back. 4-5x week. That IS the goal, afterall.

On a cute note... the sweet little Army boy who signed me up this weekend was there today. He made a point to come over and say hello. Now, now... before you go thinking anything, he is just a nice guy and one of their trainers and he introduced me to his girlfriend, who is another of the trainers too. And he's young. WAY young.

As in, when I was given my key fob (to get in the door 24/7 - bonus!), he explained to me that it would start working sometime this week and in the meantime the punch-code in was "1-9-8-9." I told him, "oh, that's easy! I'll remember that: it's the year I graduated high school." His response? A big smile, all lit-up as if we had something in common: "Really? That's the year I was born!"

Not. Kidding.

Yup. The get-in-shape goal is becoming more transparent: I want to kick that trainer's ass.

*Grin* But, nah... it's all good. Just kidding.

And so was Day 1 of the New Chapter. And, DAMN, did I even mention how nice it was to come home to a clean house? And a tidy bedroom! A crisply-made bed! And NO mounds of clothing piled up, needing to be washed. Hmmm. I say February started off pretty good indeed.

Who needs excitement?