liberating Saturday 8/20/05

It is amazingly hot in Dallas today. Luckily my car has air conditioning as well as my condo, so I am not doing any outdoor activity today. I have not been able to do weight training for a while, so anything I do feels a little harder. This weather is warm enough that after 10 minutes into cardio on ArcTrainer, all I think about is getting dipped in the pool! Maybe it is my imagination, but I feel like I see more people in the pool these days. Today I did chest, shoulders and triceps and I tried to use new machines instead of dumbbells that I have been doing. Even the same exercise using same muscles feels different with different machines. Maybe that is what I need to keep me interested as well as muscles not feeling the same old. I am in the office getting ready for the coming week, but if I have time, I will go back to swim. Yes, it is that good over there.

setting routines 8/19/05

The school started! I have survived the first two days, the first week. I have 10am class give days a week. If I wake up at 6am, I seem to get to school around 8am and get a decent parking spot in front of the library. Then I try to get out of the school around 4pm and go straight to the gym. That must be the busiest time at the gym. But at least I made it to the gym this week. I got out early this afternoon and did a lot of shopping and I will go to school to get ready for the next week. I hope to go to the gym before I get to school and if I get enough done early, I may go back to swim, right?

goof continues 8/18/05

I continue to be disoriented. At least, I survived my first day as a Japanese teacher! But that is just about all it is, just survived. I managed to drag myself out of the office at 4 and made it to the gym. I really wanted to swim, but there were way too many people in the pool. So I put myself a workout gear and got on the ArcTrainer for 30 minutes. There is no clouds, which is unusual to me, today and it is really hot. Usually the gym keeps is chillingly cool, but it was kind of warm. So I decided, well, making it here is good enough for today. Then I realized no swimming suit! I am going to have to make a list to pack before I leave in the morning. Grrrr.

skipping today 8/17/05

Although I managed to wake up at quite a good time, I think I will skip the workout today and make it a rest day. My preparation is greatly behind and I am not quite functionable at school 100% just yet. And the classes start tomorrow! I am about to scream!

finally swam! 8/16/05

Yesterday pool was closed at the gym, so I just left the gym. Later it rained for so long and didn't get a chance to take the dog for walk and felt bad about it. So I decided to swim in the swimming pool that I always stare at in the rain for the first time. I noticed the chlorine smell and a few leaves in the pool, but mostly pleasant experience. Today I was rather tired, but made myself get out of the university at 4pm because even on Marsh, which I take for going south and north, including to the gym, the traffic gets horrible. Then the pool was open! There were four people swimming laps, but I waited a few minutes in the hot bath and a lane opened. That is not too bad. So I finally did a decent swim for 30 minutes. I still have a lot of work to do tonight. So I am not watching any TV. As soon as I unload some stuff here, I will set up the computer in upstairs. If I get enough done, I will go workout tomorrow morning. Let's see...

Goof continues 8/15/05

I found out that my membership card was sitting in the parking lot. Thank goodness, I don't have to get a temporary card nor pay three dollars for replacement. Today's goof is that I am wearing sandals and forgot to bring socks. (I do have sneakers. Grrr) So my plan for today is that I just go for a swim. He, he, that is an excuse, but I wanted to swim yesterday anyway. I don't have a lot of time or I don't feel I have a lot of time today, so that should work, right?

goof 8/14/05

Oh, no. I should be talking about new machines and new exercises I could do. However today's entry is titled "Goof".

Goof #1:
I was enjoying my workout totally and thought at least I should get in the hot bath after I am done. It is very big and very comfortable. I never liked going into one because it was smaller and you will get nice and cozy with others in the tub. Then I looked in my gym bag and I didn't find any bathing suit. So I gave up, walked away from the gym. I double checked this one compartment I remembered where I keep my wet stuff and there it is! A bathing suit ready to go. However I was already in the car and I am very strange in a way that once I get going, I can't go back. Maybe I will go back again in the afternoon.

Goof #2:
So I drove back (the drive is starting to feel shorter), checked my mail and got back in the condo. Then I started to unload water and checked the content of the gym bag before I take it to upstairs. Then I realized I am missing a membership card! I am very merticulous about putting things in a designated place in the gym bag. I called the gym immediately and the card is not in the locker I was using. Where would it be? Grrr.