Double Excitement
I have two reasons to be really excited today. 1) School got out and today is my official first day of summer! and 2) I actually went to the YMCA today for the first time.
Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my job. I work in a classroom that does multi-tasking sorts of things with elementary children. Our school is 50% free/reduced lunch eligible and is on the skirts of a high crime/poverty ridden area. I love it. If a kid is having a meltdown, needs some extra help, needs a quiet place to calm down, or just needs a hug...they come to me. We completely believe in not sending a child home unless we have a safety issue, instead they spend time in my room. I get to de-fuse them and talk to them about what is going on in their lives. So many of them have other issues that school just isn't one of their top priorities. But...by the time school wraps up...I need the break mentally and physically. This is my re-charging period.
My biggest excitement today was the trip to the Y with E (my oldest son). We had planned to be there at 5:30 a.m. to work out for an hour but we kind of didn't get up until 7:00 a.m. But we did spend an hour working out. I did the trendmill for 35 minutes and some of the weight machines. When the heck did weight machines become so ...ummm...technical?? I couldn't figure out the bike thingy but noticed E had...so I quizzed him on the way home. There should be a "dummy" button on those things...geez...I didn't know that I had to pedal to get the bike to turn on. *sigh*
I did some other machine that looked easy...you sit down and figure out what weight you want to use (that's another thing...how do you figure that out...?). Anyway, you grab this two little grips and push them up...I think it was supposed to work your pecs but still not sure. I did about 20 of them before I realized that I hadn't chosen any weight, so basically I wasn't lifting anything. Kind of embarrassing... I quickly wiped down the machine (that's one of the big rules at the Y, wipe down the machine for the next person...the lady told us at least 30 times when we walked in...wouldn't want the "wipe down police" to get us"). E was doing something with his legs...he has more experience than me because the high school has a weight room.
I did break a small sweat for my first day. It was alright and I did feel good after I left (that may have been relief that no one caught me lifting without the weights on that one machine) but anyway, I figure that I'll do it again...some day. E said we needed to go every other day but I'm not so good at committing to something that I can only do once in awhile. I did go all day without a soda today...now that was an accomplishment for me.
Wonder if I'll be sore tomorrow? Can you get sore from not lifting weight on a weight lifting machine...hmm....
Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my job. I work in a classroom that does multi-tasking sorts of things with elementary children. Our school is 50% free/reduced lunch eligible and is on the skirts of a high crime/poverty ridden area. I love it. If a kid is having a meltdown, needs some extra help, needs a quiet place to calm down, or just needs a hug...they come to me. We completely believe in not sending a child home unless we have a safety issue, instead they spend time in my room. I get to de-fuse them and talk to them about what is going on in their lives. So many of them have other issues that school just isn't one of their top priorities. But...by the time school wraps up...I need the break mentally and physically. This is my re-charging period.
My biggest excitement today was the trip to the Y with E (my oldest son). We had planned to be there at 5:30 a.m. to work out for an hour but we kind of didn't get up until 7:00 a.m. But we did spend an hour working out. I did the trendmill for 35 minutes and some of the weight machines. When the heck did weight machines become so ...ummm...technical?? I couldn't figure out the bike thingy but noticed E had...so I quizzed him on the way home. There should be a "dummy" button on those things...geez...I didn't know that I had to pedal to get the bike to turn on. *sigh*
I did some other machine that looked easy...you sit down and figure out what weight you want to use (that's another thing...how do you figure that out...?). Anyway, you grab this two little grips and push them up...I think it was supposed to work your pecs but still not sure. I did about 20 of them before I realized that I hadn't chosen any weight, so basically I wasn't lifting anything. Kind of embarrassing... I quickly wiped down the machine (that's one of the big rules at the Y, wipe down the machine for the next person...the lady told us at least 30 times when we walked in...wouldn't want the "wipe down police" to get us"). E was doing something with his legs...he has more experience than me because the high school has a weight room.
I did break a small sweat for my first day. It was alright and I did feel good after I left (that may have been relief that no one caught me lifting without the weights on that one machine) but anyway, I figure that I'll do it again...some day. E said we needed to go every other day but I'm not so good at committing to something that I can only do once in awhile. I did go all day without a soda today...now that was an accomplishment for me.
Wonder if I'll be sore tomorrow? Can you get sore from not lifting weight on a weight lifting machine...hmm....
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