Thursday, March 7

Today I am grateful for:

Sunshine, and some time at home just to be outside with the outdoor animals. The temperature was only about -10, so very pleasant compared to last week or so. I spent some time trimming the goats' feet, and walking around the horse pasture with Roxy.

I went to the small, local gym for a new class that started up. I wanted to see if I liked it, because I've been getting stale working out at home, and because I feel like it's important to support anyone trying to do something like that in our area (all too often, you have to drive over half an hour away to go to a class of any kind).

I ended up being the only person in the class tonight. Others are supposedly interested, but didn't get there tonight. So, in a small gym with nothing else in it' a big, empty room, me and the guy leading the class. I felt SO SELF-CONSCIOUS, but I wasn't going to leave. I was worried I would fart, or my butt would get sweaty or something. Anyhow, he'd done personal training lots, so he was good at small talk. He needs to work on the music, maybe, because he just had AC/DC playing. I think he lifts weights to it.

The workout was tough, but not impossible. My cardio is so bad, and I was surprised at how hard the ab part was, given that I've been working out at home. There was one scissor-lunge thing that was killing me. So, it's stuff I could use. If I hadn't been working out at home, I don't know if I could have done it three years ago.

The good thing, is that I found out that a bunch of the machines that were broken when I went there a couple of years ago (kind of why I quit going) got fixed, and they got a new cable-weight machine. So, I might renew my membership, and maybe go to this class.

I had to laugh, because he kept playing AC/DC for the cool down, so he found some Coldplay.

So, I'm grateful that someone is trying to host some fitness classes so close to where we live, that the gym is there in the first place, and that I didn't fart during the class, and I didn't embarrass myself.

Also, the sewer is thawed out at my sweetie's work house, so he can poop again, and use the shower and so on.

Friday, March 6

Today I am grateful for:

Much warmer temperatures, and pretty, fluffy snow that didn't make it too hard to drive.

Getting River and his friend fed. River seemed sleepy and relaxed.

Spending some time in the pottery studio, tweaking the mugs. I'm hankering to spend a whole day in there, as it seems that lately I only get to work in two or three hour bursts, which just isn't enough sometimes.

Not needing to buy groceries or extra feed for animals. It's nice not to have to go grocery shopping today.

Delicious mushrooms (still from that tour) that I fried up for supper.