Later that day, K was talking with some colleague's from work and mentioned that he had taken me out to lunch for my birthday. They kidded him that he was a "Big Spender" and invited us out to dinner that Evening at Johnny Carino's.
I love Italian Food!!!One of the men with us is a fitness instructor at a gym and he invited us to come to his 5 a.m. Spinning Class the next morning. NOT! 5 a.m. is actually not early morning it is in the middle of the night! I do really want to exercise though and he offered us one month FREE so that's tough to turn that down. K said he'd watch the kids for me so I could go. That was nice of him considering that at 5 in the morning they are all asleep. I'm not sure I slept at all that night wondering what I had gotten myself into. For starters:
-I haven't ridden a bike in years!!!!
-I am not into group workouts!!!
-and I hate waking up to an alarm clock!!!!
Bright and early, I got up and K went with me (because it was my birthday and I was in charge!) and we went to our first Spinning Class at Gold's Gym.
The instructor kept saying he was going to "kick our butts!" He did! I walked out of class and my legs felt nothing. I had no muscle left. I had to concentrate on flexing my muscles all the way to the car because if I didn't then my legs disappeared from under me. So, for the rest of the day, my legs did not hurt. Nope, never felt ANYTHING! (I have not been able to walk for the last two days because they hurt now though. I'm hoping to go again on Monday. I hate to waste a full month of free workouts!)
We got home by 6:15, in time to get the kids ready and out the door for school and then babysit the neighbor boy until kindergarten at 12:00. Then it was visit on the phone with a couple of my sisters while I cleaned the house and did some laundry, pick up kids from school, homework, and then dinner, Z to Young Men's, J to Scouts, small family celebration with my husband and kids, prayers and asleep by 9 p.m. (because for some reason I felt like I had been up for a very long time)!
One of K's single friends asked me what I had planned for my "Special Day". Her birthday is today so she was telling me about the weekend of party's she had planned and then the trip to Cancun for a week all in honor of herself. I just smiled and and felt a little cheated and told her to stay single!! I thought to myself, "Yep, I'm a mom and unfortunately, my world doesn't get to stop for a week while I party. Also, I really can't justify spending that kind of money on just myself and why would I want to create more work for myself to have to clean up."
Anyways, in honor of my fabulous workout, for dessert we had:
Carrot Cake(No, I am not 27. This is last years cake, and I wasn't 27 then either. I just forgot candles and I feel better about my birthday when my cake says 27 instead of...)
and Banana Splits(I feel I can justify the calories if it has fruits and/or vegetables in it)
So, that leads me to the question you are all dying to know the answer to:
WHAT DID KEN GET ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY?
I got this really cool black gun thingy and 5 new pairs of shoes, one for every possible occasion(church, exercise, winter, summer, and casual. I think there was some guilt involved).
Since the gun doesn't really fit me, (I can barely lift it and I'm not sure what I will ever need to shoot, but it's good to be prepared for anything, right?) I told K I thought that he would get more use out of it so he can borrow it, but that the shoes are nice and they do fit so I'm happy with his choices. (I did shoot it though and it didn't even hurt my shoulder. It did hurt my ears but I can work with that. Watch out, K! I'm considering a new hobby! We could be huntin' buds!)I did remind him, though, that my birthday comes BEFORE his so now I have 2 months to decide what I really need, oh I mean, what HE really needs for his birthday! Paybacks...hum...
Thanks to everyone for your nice birthday wishes, phone calls, and cards. My favorite thing about birthday's is hearing from all the people that I love the most. You all made my day. Thank you!!!!
8 comments:
Sounds like fun. So you really are going to go target shooting by the cellar! Love the shoes.
Sounds like a memorable birthday. I love Carino's yum yum! Shoes and a gun what more could a girl ask for. Happy Birthday!
What a fun birthday. Lunch and dinner out and presents. Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday!
Now, I really do have to know -- what is a spinning class? Do you really spin around in circles -- 'cause that's what I'm imagining and I would never survive that!
Tristi, You made me laugh. That was exactly what I pictured when I first heard of it. Spinning is actually just a cool name for riding a stationary bike. For an hour we listened to crazy loud obnoxious music, the lights were turned down realy low so that you couldn't really see anyone else and then the instructor calls out when to turn the resistance knob for going up hills or take off the resistance because you are going down hill or sprinting. It was crazy and a lot of work but it worked my muscles and my heart without jarring all my joints like running does. I'm getting too old and some things hurt more now than they used to. I'm not so excited about the 5 a.m. mornings though.
Sounds like you had a blast. Love the shoes. Even love the gun.
Spinning Class huh -- outside of all the pain and everything, does it work? Oh, and one more thing . . . I have a bad knee, so is spinning even an option?
Candace, I went spinning again this morning for only my second time so I am in no way an expert but in my opinion, it's a great workout! I don't know if it would work well with a bad knee but I can you tell you my experience. I like that if I want resistance I can put on whatever amount I am comfortable with. My legs are very weak so I take it pretty easy. You can ride as fast as you want or as slow as you want with as little or as much resistance as you want. You can stand up, sit down or half way in between. It is totally your own workout. You can start when you want and quit as soon as you need to. I have had 2 c-sections so my stomach is weak and I have had a bad back since I was a kid. And I HATE to run! I can't breathe when I do and I get bad cramps. This works my lower body and my heart even more than running does because I'm not fighting my body. I am noticing a difference in my lower stomach and in my back. And I hate my saddle bag thighs and my clothes are pants are fitting looser already so I am totally converted. I just need a good exercise for my Relief Society arms! My husband says he wouldn't recommend doing spinning with a bad knee but I think that it's a better option than alot of other types of exercise. Today I could feel the muscles around my knees working but my knees themselves didn't hurt at all. I had a minor injury to my knee in college that hurts every now and then, mostly when the weather changes, so I am a little cautious about hurting it again. Running and walking are definately jarring on every part of my legs. I have no complaints about spinning though. Even the pain feels okay because it is muscle pain not injury pain. I can ask the instructor on Wednesday what he thinks about spinning with a bad knee. I'll let you know what he says. (Wow, I just wrote a small novel!)
I am so glad that you got the shoes, too!
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