Good, Bad and Laura

Hi. It's Laura.

Happy FridayJ! or notL

I am feeling kind of mean todayL

I got up a little earlier than usual because of the toeL

I am seriously challenged on cardio workouts, so I thought I would go back to spin classJ. The only reason stopped going was because the weather warmed up last March (like it does every March) and I was able to ride outside (my preferred) J.

When I first woke up, I put my iPhone and my Fitbit (Fitbit is a modern day pedometer that measures steps, stairs, sleep and calories) on the bedside table to start my morningJ. Then I hear a huge crash. One of the cats had knocked my Fitbit and iPhone to the floorL

The phone was fine so was the fit bit but I had to have The Husband get it from under the bed because it shot all the way to the middle. grrrr. damn catL

I laid out my clothes the night before so I would be on time for classJ. I have been severely undisciplined about being in the gym by 5:30. Now I get there when I can. So you can imagine my panic when, at 5:45, I can't find my gym membership card (I know exactly where it is, it’s with my credit card hiding in a place where I would never think to lookL).

5:50 still no card. Gotta go. I race around the corner (yes my gym is around the cornerJ) and head through the metal detector (because I have no card) and up to the 4th floor to check in for class that starts at 6:00. I get my water bottle filled and borrow a pair of cycling shoes (my cycling shoes of course do not fit indoor bikesL). The first ones I try fit. YAYJ!

I rush to a bike that is not in the usual spot that I used to likeJ. The room is stadium like so I go to the back row and find a bike that is not near anyone (JCC spin classes are nothing, crowd wise, compared to Soul CycleJ).

I get settled on my bike and start spinning. I realize that its 2 min after the hour. PHEW! I start looking around and the room is filled with the exact same people from the last time I was in this class. Even better, they are all in the exact same seats! I know we humans love patterns but not one new face.

Two more people come trickling in, its 5 after (class has not yet started FYIL). One woman enters and I know her from the gym floor. Every time I see her on the treadmill she is holding on for dear life. She starts to adjust her bike and can't so she switches bikes. She tries again, no luck. On her third try she winds up on the bike that is directly next to mineL.

Normally I don't mind [Editor’s note: Of course she minds]. In a room with 27 bikes and only 10 people, why on earth would you want to be right on top of someone? grrrL

Apparently the JCC got new devices for all of their bikes and it was a very big deal to discuss how to calibrate them in order to get your ride loggedJ. If you read the directions it would have taken you all of 10 seconds to figure it out. Because of this class did not start until 6:10. grrrrrL

Because this is the first full week in January, I have been trying to avoid prime time as much as possible in the gym. I know that, being around so many people, most of who will not have much of a clue as to what to do in the gym, will just a annoy me (so difficult with my hair trigger).

I made the mistake this morning of coming home after spin class to have breakfast. I should have just stayed and done my strength training. By the time I got back to the gym I was 8:00am. Prime time! L Granted the crowd looks way different than it does at 6:00PM but a crowd is a crowd.

I have my routine and fortunately for me, it’s flexible. And thank good ness that it is because, every time I went for an apparatus, it was occupiedL. I had forgotten that 9:00 am classes start and the people waiting to go into classes are starting come onto the floor and take up space. You can't calling it working out when they only do one set and they do it with incorrect technique. grrrL

On my way out of the gym I stopped at membership services to get my card replaced. There were FIVE people in front of me. FIVE? at 9:00am? WTF? L Better for me to get homeJ.

Going to the gym should be this stress free on a Friday (or any day) and definitely at that hour of the morning. J

I know you are not supposed to sweat the small stuffJ. But when there are so many small things, it's like they make one big thing. Today, I will call that big thing “Morning”L.

Once showered and fed, I start my work day. I settled into my work space with a cup of Green Earl Gray J (thank you Long Island GirlJ) but not before I threw the spoon away with the tea bag. grrrrrL.

Have a good weekend and I hope it ends with a smile. LJLJLJLJLJLJ

Play hard!

Laura