As an employee of a Very Large Software Company here on the Eastside of Seattle, JB gets a membership to an enormous, fancy gym. Actually, it’s not a gym: it’s a health club. With a spa. Where you can purchase Botox. I am not even making that up.

The Fancy Gym is over 250,000 square feet of machines, classes, courts, pools, and a restaurant. Also, an interesting little gift shop by the front desk where you can buy workout gear in addition to very expensive jewelry, in case maybe you’ve been having a lustful affair at the racquetball courts every day at noon and your conscience pings you on the way out the door.

As JB’s official spousal unit, I got a free initiation fee for the Fancy Gym and a reduced monthly rate, which we dutifully paid for a very long time. Way past the point when I hadn’t been there in months years, in fact, because I felt too guilty to just cancel it.

Of course, paying money every month for the privilege of continuing NOT to go somewhere eventually makes you feel guilty too, so we finally canceled it last year. Since then, every time I think about going to a gym I think of re-signing up for the Fancy Gym and paying their enormous initiation fee to re-activate my account, and trying to find the time to get over there — it’s just far enough away to be inconvenient, especially during heavy traffic.

In the meantime, there’s a slightly grubby 24 Hour Fitness that I drive by just about every day, that’s maybe three miles from my house. And it finally occurred to me that hey, I bet if I don’t need Botox or an Olympic-sized pool or an on-site florist (!), 24 Hour Fitness would be just fine.

So I went in to check it out (I will spare you the description of their sales pitch except to say it was like having my leg wildly dry-humped by an incredibly inept and stupid dog) and aside from kind of a crazy parking situation where I have to sprint from an overflow lot across a busy road Frogger-style, it’s a totally great gym. They have a challenging yoga class which I have taken once and loved and they have a Turbo Kick (like Turbo Jam, only gym-franchised, I guess) class that was so fast and hard I had to stop halfway through and grope blindly around on the floor for the lungs I was sure had escaped from my body.

I am so excited to be going to a gym again. I can’t even tell you. It does wonders for my self-esteem, just the feeling of walking through the doors with my workout shoes on and my hair all nerdily scraped into an unflattering, complicated holdback system.

I switched my upcoming work/daycare days slightly and so starting May 5 this is the work/stay home/gym schedule I’m planning:

• Monday, Tuesday: work
• Wed: stay home with boys, Turbo Kick at night
• Thu: stay home with boys, yoga at night
• Friday: work
• Sat: yoga in the morning

That’s two days working, two days home, one day working, two days home. I don’t know if I could possibly ask for a better compromise than that. And being able to escape to the gym at the end of my two SAHM days is going to be . . . well, I never thought I’d say this about going to a gym, but it’s going to be RAD.

It is so incredibly hard to find balance as a parent — at least that’s been my experience — and at the moment, I think I’ve got a good situation to work with. Right now I am feeling really positive about the days to come.

Comments

Subscribe
Notify of
guest
64 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
debt consolidation company

For the reason that the admin of this web site is working, no hesitation very rapidly it will be well-known, due to its quality contents.|

satellite internet
9 years ago

Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an very long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Anyways, just wanted to say great blog!|

e
e
8 years ago

Wow, incredible weblog structure!Ӊow lengtyhy Һave yօu
ever been bblogging for? ƴoս made blogging looκ easy.
Tɦe total glance of yοur site is fantastic, ɑs neatly as
tҺе content!

buy steroids stacks online

Long term partnership and enterprise is what we’re seeking for.

buy injectable steroids mexico

The one year I like, but I wish they would fine him his entire purse and give it to a charity.

www
www
8 years ago

There are hundreds of brands out there manufacturing the shoes.
All footwear at Bourne is hand-crafted especially by Opanka construction and the use of adhesives and
machinery is minimal while creating the shoes, thus making the designs eco-friendly.
1990’s – Bra became a highlight on women’s wardrobe.

nba playoffs
8 years ago

Howdy! Someone in my Myspace group shared this ite with us so I came to give it a look.I’m definitely loving the
information. I’m book-marking and will be tweeting this to
my followers! Excellent bog and superb style and design.

zajrzyj
8 years ago

It is not better to select high-heeled shoe, if you are an obese.
Style- Most of us looks at the design and style while buying any item.
Fresh pairs of UGG products arrive in latest designs and fake boots are
replicas of these originals.

uroda
8 years ago

The brand of Moda in pelle provides extremely stylish, durable and comfortable shoes.
Thread and stitching – thread used in stitching is always the same as
the colour of the leather. Fresh pairs of UGG products arrive
in latest designs and fake boots are replicas of these originals.

www
www
8 years ago

So, it is necessary that you plan your shoe budget before buying one.

Thread and stitching – thread used in stitching is always the same as the
colour of the leather. The Fashion Industry is totally focused on how people look and larger people do not figure on mainstream fashion’s radar.

automobile code reader for iphone

Since itt is a fairly nnew idea to local business owners, there are some services out there that
just whte label other people’s services annd brand them ass their own andd charge an arm
and a leg for building mobile websites. The
most popular of these niches are restaurant
guides. It’s essential that communicational techniqhes are cheap for both the customer,
but also the mobile marketer.

Feel free tto visit my web blog: automobile code reader for iphone

buy steroids site review

In today’s market a legal steroid is just as powerful as regulated steroids but without the unfavorable
adverse effects.

éclairage extérieur
8 years ago

Furthermore, it can store the spectral properties in the unit’s electronic controls.
So what are the obvious advantages of LEDs for mains.
Yes, that is how durable the LED GU1 are while compared to the
incandescent which are not cost effective by any means compared
to the standards of the LEDs.

manifestation miracle heather matthews

To live more authentically, becoming mindfully aware that life is more than life and death is a part of the
journey. In the book Acre of Diamonds by Russell Conwell mentions this very thing about those that walk
away from success when they already have it, totally unaware or taking their focus off of what they have and putting it somewhere
else. You should do everything you can to protect your energy from people who steal your
positive energy.