Helen ~ Heynen

I’ve had some rather rushed workouts lately (yesterday and today) and I don’t like it one bit!! I’m gonna log them here before I forget.....

Yesterday -- Frik...can't remember!

Have you ever driven from one place to the next and the who drive was a blur...that's it.

Hold on....I did Legs and Back....and 2o min on the EFX.

I believe I did some ARX in front of all the Gym freaks... but I’m not really counting this b/c it was more to show off than anything.

But today....oh today....let me tell ya.....

Many people know I don’t like close talkers unless they smell quite nice and are easy on the eyes…..And I definitely DO NOT like speed walkers that tailgate you while you are minding your own business walking. For crying out loud, people, walk around!!! Pass me on the right, the left, jump over me, I don’t really care. Just don’t trail behind me about 2 inches away from my heels and huff and puff and sigh….I am a looking around people -- get over your walk rage!!!!....because belive me......I know you are there alright…..that is mostly the reason for my walking so slow, stutter stepping, jab stepping, stop-n-go and no use of turn signals….GET A CLUE and STAY OUT OF MY BUBBLE!

Note: she DID NOT smell quite nice…..it would have been a different story then.

Yeah, so this this lady was following very closely behind me. Was she trying to hide from someone? I don’t know. Maybe. There were about 100 open lockers…she picked one about 2 lockers away from the one I went to. Nice. Oh, what is this? She started throwing clothes everywhere and obviously was in a VERY big hurry. I thought of this as more of a competition. I was determined to get undressed/dressed and out of that locker room faster than her. I think she knew it, too. Shoes off! Towels out! Pepper spray out! Throw bag in! Done!!! "Woo Hoo! Yes! IN YOUR FACE, close walker!!!" If she didn’t know it was a locker room changing competition before, she did after I yelled that and threw my hands up in tha air. I was just trying to show her that you can, indeed, get changed quick and not walk QUITE so closely to people, mainly me!

So I do my 30 min swim session and a kick boxing class as planned. It is ridiculous how on top of things I am!!. and at 5 am this morning (making apocolyic history) This only requiring 2 involuntary stops at Tim Hortons between my apt and the gym and then from the gym back to my apt.

But after my workout......I went to kill some time in the steam room. I poked around with that baby for awhile. After pushing several buttons.....It said I had to wait 4 min or so for the the stream to run through...yea right! I sat in there like a foo for much longer patiently waiting...and waiting...and waiting....NADA! (probably busted the sucker). So then I walk across to the sauna and seen that it was empty so I went in. You just can’t pass on an opportunity like that so I had a nice stretching session for about 10 minutes or so -- Then the freaks started coming in. Stretching session over, but.......OH, I’m sure people saw it…..at least I didn't leave any sweat butt marks behind!

So as I am walking out of the sauna room....here was a girl there who had a full face of makeup on coming in talking all about her 3 Yoga sessions a week...yada yadda yadda.... I’m not kidding, like everything…foundation, powder, mascara, she had her hair done and I’m sweating my butt off!

I don’t understand how people do that. How can you stand it? I already had my towel that I was carrying around, but I wanted to go up to her and ask if I could have hers since she didn’t need it. Can anybody figure that out? Is there something I don’t know. I mean, even if the makeup was all waterproof, sweatproof, bullet proof, whatever….why would you want it caked on your face when you workout? Anybody….? Excuse me now, I’m gonna g paint my walls and spray them with a hose!!!!!!!

So then later in the day, I head to sportscheck, and notice how those brainiacs that strategically place all that cool last minute stuff right by the checkouts!! They work it from a million different angles. First of all , you are feeling all warm n fuzzy cause you got someone in front of you, someone behind you, maybe you’re even getting a piggy-back ride standing to here–you are basically in the middle of group of total strangers, but you can’t help but feel kinda like a family. Well, at least teamates for a few minutes. Standing there, you all have the same goal in mind which is to get your stuff and get the heck outta there!!! I don’t know all the convoluted logistics of it all, but I know they are totally playing on our emotions. Any sports store....I’m instantly attracted by default and those places really know how how to blast some good tunes through the joint….another tactic by the “higher ups” as well, I’m sure. I fall for it every single time.

Why?…..WHY? …..trickery, friends…strategic checkout line trick trick trickery

Other needless items I picked up: New "Nike" socks! 2-in-1 body wash/shave stuff which I’m sure is really a lie, some shiny spray hair stuff... 8million yards of dental floss….oh, and a giant spoon. A GIANT SPOON!!! I really needed one….