Let's get physical!!

It's been a great day :-)

My muscles are a little sore from the free weight workout that I did on Monday - so started the day of with a Stretch & Flex class. This allowed me to stretch some of the stiffness away. I followed this by a NIA class - I really enjoyed this one - the long name is Non-Impact Aerobics - and combines, aerobics, martial arts and dance. The teacher was a lot of fun - she's holding a workshop this weekend that combines NIA and the Artist Way - I am trying to figure out if I can get there to do it- it's about an hour away and would mean that I'd have to rent a car in order to get there - unless I can find someone else from Durham that's heading that way.

I was so energized and psyched from the NIA class that I decided to join the Group Cycling class - I soon discovered that it was like a beginner's spin class. It was HARD work!!! I really admire those that can do the full blown work out - not to mention folks like Moira & Julian that cycled across Kenya!! After 20 minutes on the bike - with steady, sprints and hills .... my thighs were screaming for mercy ...and everything touching the seat had fallen asleep. I did one more combo - and then begged for mercy - the advantage of being the only one in the class today - we went into cool down - and then stretched for 10 minutes.

After lunch - it was time for our groups intro to weight training class. I paired up with our lone guy - he's great fun and reminds me so much of Randy - very similar speech patterns and humor. Two more lectures to attend ...I skipped the second one ...my inner rebel won out ... and chilled for the hour before dinner.

After dinner - I attended my final fitness class for the day - "Resist-A-Ball" or Pilates on a ball. I was tempted to pass on this one - but as I had signed up for it - decided to go - it's a fun class - but hard work - certain movements served to remind me of my sore muscles!

Tomorrow morning will be busy with an appointment with the nurse at 8 a.m. and then a 2 hour fitness evaluation (I am hoping that I won't be too stiff!) I've signed up to do cardio ballroom and a pilates class - so we'll see.

I have been fighting the urge to check in with the office. It's a bit eerie not having any emails or calls from the office. I know that they are fine- and things are well - but am struggling with the feeling of "not being needed" - it sounds silly - but it was the first thing that popped up when I asked myself the question this afternoon when I opted to skip class and chill out. I haven't figured out the answer as yet ...obviously something for me to work on.

That's it for today!

Lots of love,

Norma