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Oct. 19th, 2012 08:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicIt's been super awesome having Kelly around. I never really did the roommate thing with another girl -- I lucked into a single for most of college, and since then my housemates have always been dudes, which I love, but having another lady around all the time is a completely different experience, and when she's a good friend, that just makes it way fun. I mean, guy or gal buddies, I spend a lot of time talking about wangs, but it's different. Anyway.
Kelly's tagged along with me on a few activities that I would either do alone kind of half-assed or not at all if I didn't have the motivation factor of a partner in pain. We went for a short run through the park near the house, and I got my bearings enough that I think I'll do plenty more of those runs on nice days. We did some cooking (okay, she cooked and I helped her eat, but I made salad!). Then yesterday we went to a BodyPump class at my gym. I've done maybe 5 of them in the past, and each time I've done it I've thought WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF??? OMG GET ME OUT OF HERE!! But last night wasn't so bad. I mean, I'm sore as all getout today, but I didn't hate myself during the workout like I have in the past. The instructor was really fun, too. She's new here from Reno, but she was just subbing at that gym -- she normally works Murray Scholls. I think I'll try to get to some of her classes out there, because she was awesome. I totally wanted to hang out with her after. At one point in the class, she was talking about "pit biscuits" (the little flabby area around the armpit that just about every woman has poking out of her sports bra), and she was like "y'all know what I'm talking about," and made eye contact and pointed at me, 'cause I was just in her line of sight. Then she's like "oh, psshh, of course I look at the skinniest girl in the room. You have no idea what pit biscuits are. Lucky b..." She was very playful like that the whole time, and for the record, I was not the skinniest girl in the room (not even close), but that was a feeling I've never had before, at least not since puberty (before which, yeah, I was the skinniest girl in the room pretty much always, but I have long forgotten what that was like). I wanted to get out my WW Before picture and be like "No! Look! I totally get pit biscuits! Look at me!" Anyway, it was a really enjoyable, albeit painful, experience, and I think I'll go back again in a week or so. I keep meaning to make this class part of my routine, but my regular gym only offers it while I'm at work. I can go to any 24 Hour Fitness location, though, and my new house is kind of equidistant to a few of them, so I can make it happen.
I'm heading back to Olympia tonight for more bridge this weekend -- one day with Cristal and one day with Tree. The weekend after that is Jess' wedding, but the weekend after THAT I actually have very little in the way of plans (I do have to go to Salem one afternoon for a WW training thing), so I want to host a little shindig to introduce Kelly to more of my local friends. First weekend in November. We will do...something. :)
Kelly's tagged along with me on a few activities that I would either do alone kind of half-assed or not at all if I didn't have the motivation factor of a partner in pain. We went for a short run through the park near the house, and I got my bearings enough that I think I'll do plenty more of those runs on nice days. We did some cooking (okay, she cooked and I helped her eat, but I made salad!). Then yesterday we went to a BodyPump class at my gym. I've done maybe 5 of them in the past, and each time I've done it I've thought WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF??? OMG GET ME OUT OF HERE!! But last night wasn't so bad. I mean, I'm sore as all getout today, but I didn't hate myself during the workout like I have in the past. The instructor was really fun, too. She's new here from Reno, but she was just subbing at that gym -- she normally works Murray Scholls. I think I'll try to get to some of her classes out there, because she was awesome. I totally wanted to hang out with her after. At one point in the class, she was talking about "pit biscuits" (the little flabby area around the armpit that just about every woman has poking out of her sports bra), and she was like "y'all know what I'm talking about," and made eye contact and pointed at me, 'cause I was just in her line of sight. Then she's like "oh, psshh, of course I look at the skinniest girl in the room. You have no idea what pit biscuits are. Lucky b..." She was very playful like that the whole time, and for the record, I was not the skinniest girl in the room (not even close), but that was a feeling I've never had before, at least not since puberty (before which, yeah, I was the skinniest girl in the room pretty much always, but I have long forgotten what that was like). I wanted to get out my WW Before picture and be like "No! Look! I totally get pit biscuits! Look at me!" Anyway, it was a really enjoyable, albeit painful, experience, and I think I'll go back again in a week or so. I keep meaning to make this class part of my routine, but my regular gym only offers it while I'm at work. I can go to any 24 Hour Fitness location, though, and my new house is kind of equidistant to a few of them, so I can make it happen.
I'm heading back to Olympia tonight for more bridge this weekend -- one day with Cristal and one day with Tree. The weekend after that is Jess' wedding, but the weekend after THAT I actually have very little in the way of plans (I do have to go to Salem one afternoon for a WW training thing), so I want to host a little shindig to introduce Kelly to more of my local friends. First weekend in November. We will do...something. :)
