And yet another morning at the gym.
Workout was good this morning, but felt like it took forever. Barely 15 minutes into it I was seriously considering cutting it short. I was tired, out of breath, and prematurely feeling the burn. As the lyrics, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can" rang out from my mp3 player (10 points if you know what song was playing) I felt compelled to skip to a "cool down" song. I was in no mood to be motivated. I showed up earlier this morning, 5:15 rather than 5:45, so my usual gym pals had not yet arrived. So for a brief period I tried looking around the room and giving out more nicknames. There was Quentin Tarrantino (who was suprisingly buff) and Butter Face (if you don't know what that means, I will explain it later), but this wasn't holding my attention like it usually does.
I had to complete the workout through sheer will. For those of you who haven't figured it out by now, I am not so much blessed in the will power department.
But I did it. I managed to make it through by continually telling myself that I only had five more minutes to go. At the 40 minute mark, my body caught up with my brain and realized that my sneaky brain had succeeded in tricking it into being sweaty and hurting. At this point it screamed, "I demand satisfaction!!" and I got off the elliptical. I did my "I have no clue how to use weights" routine and headed out the door.
But not without a little chat with Clappy. Yes, my new best friend Clappy and I have finally exchanged words. We discussed what a nice gym we were in, and how I had been working out every morning. Clappy extended words of encouragement, and some claps. We did not discuss the horrors of back fat, but I have begun to lay the groundwork. Someday I will learn how to destroy this clever foe.
Mood: a little sleepy, a little hungry, but otherwise content
Music: Innocente by Delerium
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8 comments:
I GOT IT! You were playing the Audio book to The Little Engine that could!!! Bonus points for me!
J
Well I guess you get a few points for trying....but no, that is not the correct answer.
Consolation prize: the soundtrack to every pep rally WOHS had circa mid-late 90s. (That should narrow down the era of the song for ya')
Way down south, yo we play this game, It's the Quat(?) City DJ's and....something something something...SO tell your mother,your brother, your sister and your friend...Come on ride the train, ect ect...I think I can I think I can
I believe I get some sorta bonus points now.
Jessica B
And the prize goes to Jessica! Good job...your award is getting to work out with me at 5:30 am! ;)
Wow isn't there any other way to redeem my 10 points?! haha, Well I'll be there at 5:30 Friday, but as for the rest of the week...6:00 is already pushing it. But you never know....
Jess
Maybe you can cash in your points for a bottled water or something :)
to "jess" who said it was the Quat city DJ's. My darling it is the QUAD City DJ's. Don't disrespect the dirty south like that.
My deepest apologies, but I DID put a little (?) by the name...and hey, I was probably only 9 years old when that song came out! No disrespect to "tha dirty, dirty" though. ;-)
Jess
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