I joined a gym. I had never even considered doing such a thing until I had a conversation with a woman in McDonalds about a month ago who was telling me about the gym down the street and how it was pretty reasonable and the childcare was free so she got to enjoy some much needed “alone time”. I had a sudden epiphany. It was exactly what I needed! We need to get out of the house most days or risk going crazy, but there are few places to go in colder months. What better place to go than were they can play and run off some energy and where I can get some BADLY needed exercise? Why had I not thought of this before??!!??

So, I went right over and joined- it’s only $45 a month.  Little D has a mini-panic attack when he sees the play area as he’s still in the “keep Mommy within sight at all times” stage, but he calms down eventually. Big J has to struggle not to have a fit when we leave, and the fact that he loves to go there to play will be added incentive when the newness wears off for me and I start wondering if we really need to go EVERY day. And we do need to go EVERY day, I’m telling you. I am ridiculously out of shape.

Today, as I was walking on the treadmill watching Rachael Ray talk about this new treatment where they freeze your fat cells to get rid of them (!), an instructor came by recruiting for a cycling class. I thought that sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a try. It was not long before I remembered why one should not try to do an hour-long cycling class if one has not sat on a bicycle for over 5 years. It was not the pedaling. I could have done that for an hour, but after sitting on that seat for only a couple of minutes I was wishing for some of those embarrassing looking padded bicycle pants. After about 20 minutes I had to give up, and I felt totally lame walking out of the class. Not that I care all that much what people think about me… It was a fun class. I’d do it again. After I spend some quality time on the bicycles in the main room that is.

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