So here is a life update.
School has been going very well. Have been learning some great things about working out. Also have been doing some crazy workouts. Last week consisted of a "warm up" that I wanted to die and my quads hurt like never before. Also did a nice 2 hour boot camp that apparently will be a weekly event. Looking forward to it....sarcasm. But it is going to be worth it. Also did an awesome tabata today. Trainer kicked my ass. Then had an interview today as well and was given a job as a personal trainer for a gym up near NH! I am pretty excited and already have 20 clients apparently. Interview was me coming up with a program for different types of people as well as training the head trainer. I am 3 weeks into my schooling and was good enough to get this position. Should be interesting.
We also had a mini SBA reunion in the city. Although it had to be on the coldest day of the frickin year ( thanks B Wock ). But it was a great. I have found my new favorite show, The Big Bang Theory. Love it! Apparently I have been told that I have the attitude of Sheldon, check it out and see if it is true.
This is kind of a rambing post because I was in the middle of watching The Big Bang Theory so I was distracted, but things are going well and I am excited for these new opportunities. I hope everyone else is having a great year so far and leave a post to be able to catch up on your lives.
Live Laugh and Love....
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Week 1
So let me begin by saying I have only been here for one week and I have already learned some interesting things. For one, red lights in Boston are way too long. Understable because people drive like asses, but still annoying. Second, I realize how dependent on technology we are.
As I am driving around Boston, I tend to see what other people are doing in their cars. I enjoy people watching because you never know what you are going to see. What I did notice is technology plays a very important part in our lives. Every stop light someone is texting, or check facebook or talking on the phone. Most cars have GPS in the windows. Coming from someone who grew up without a cell phone and who had to use maps to get anywhere, I adapted to this technology change as well, I realize I do the same thing. I always wonder what people are doing so I check facebook so much during the day. I can get anywhere and just listen to Helen (my GPS) tell me where to turn and how far I have to go, and I can enjoy the sights of this new venture I am on. My cell phone is basically a part of me as well as everyone elses. We can do anything from saying hi to a friend to ordering a pizza from Domino's to even looking for work.
I do miss the days of going out and riding my bike up and down the road, or playing basketball for hours on end in my yard, and not worrying what everyone else is doing. Life was simple back then. Now we Like every comment and picture people put on Facebook. We post whatever it is we are doing so someone will Like it and make conversation. Oh how life has changed. Makes me think of other changes in my life time, such as, downloading whole albums before they even come out, maps, cassette tapes and even cds. I bought a smart phone this past summer and it was obsolete before the year was even up. Life changes quick and we have to keep up with it. I can only imagine how life will be for my grandkids and what cool new gadgets and toys they will have, and how will I change to that.
As I am driving around Boston, I tend to see what other people are doing in their cars. I enjoy people watching because you never know what you are going to see. What I did notice is technology plays a very important part in our lives. Every stop light someone is texting, or check facebook or talking on the phone. Most cars have GPS in the windows. Coming from someone who grew up without a cell phone and who had to use maps to get anywhere, I adapted to this technology change as well, I realize I do the same thing. I always wonder what people are doing so I check facebook so much during the day. I can get anywhere and just listen to Helen (my GPS) tell me where to turn and how far I have to go, and I can enjoy the sights of this new venture I am on. My cell phone is basically a part of me as well as everyone elses. We can do anything from saying hi to a friend to ordering a pizza from Domino's to even looking for work.
I do miss the days of going out and riding my bike up and down the road, or playing basketball for hours on end in my yard, and not worrying what everyone else is doing. Life was simple back then. Now we Like every comment and picture people put on Facebook. We post whatever it is we are doing so someone will Like it and make conversation. Oh how life has changed. Makes me think of other changes in my life time, such as, downloading whole albums before they even come out, maps, cassette tapes and even cds. I bought a smart phone this past summer and it was obsolete before the year was even up. Life changes quick and we have to keep up with it. I can only imagine how life will be for my grandkids and what cool new gadgets and toys they will have, and how will I change to that.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Changing of Paths
Well let's see.
I begin a new year, in a new place with a very different life than the last year. I thought I had it all figured out then, a great job, great place to live and over all very happy. I was finally growing up and ready to settle down. But I should have seen it coming. The way my life has always been, it changes when I least expect it. I wasn't ready for it of course, but I always adapt to the change and move forward. This time no different. I am excited for this path that I am on now, and am going to make the best of it like I always do.
This change happened, well had to happen, much quicker than the others. I didn't have very long to figure out the next step. I went back and forth between ideas and couldn't make up my mind. "What do I do," I asked myself almost every minute of every day. Basically, was about ready to flip a coin and just go. Heads one way, tails the other. (Sounds like a song for Jimmy Buffett or Kenny Chesney.) It is funny how life works however. When you least expect it, a path forms.And it happened in the form of a random lady that I was speaking to just before I left my gym for the day.
She walked in at 4:50pm to work out. She was all happy and cheerful because she was cancelling her membership after her workout to move to Atlanta to start a new life. To get away from whatever it was that was dragging her down. I laughed and said that I was in a similar situation, but didn't have a destination yet. She started asking me questions about what I want to do. Many people have done this but for some reason, I could relate to her because she was doing what I wanted to do. Long story short, she told me about a program her son did and how it has changed his life and he loves what he does now.
I looked into the program and all of a sudden, here I am, sitting in Boston, MA. Attending the National Personal Training Institute. Applied one day, got accepted the next. Applied for student loans, approved that day. It happened so fast and so quickly, that I thought to myself, maybe this is what I am supposed to be doing. How can it work out so quickly and so easily? There has to be some sort of catch or issue that will happen. There always is.
I arrived on New Years Day without a job. It is 3 days later and I have a job if I really want it at a nice restaurant, that works with my hours for my class. Again I think, way to quick. How is everything falling in to place so easily? I guess I shouldn't look too much in to it because it is working.
I am ready to take this challenge head on and to enjoy my life again. I look back at all the different paths my life has taken me, all the different places I have seen, and all the different people I have met. I do not regret any of it. I am sure people look at me and wonder when am I ever going to grow up and settle down. (I am very sure because I have been told that by people.) My life will settle down when the path I am on settles me down. That is my new answer.
I begin a new year, in a new place with a very different life than the last year. I thought I had it all figured out then, a great job, great place to live and over all very happy. I was finally growing up and ready to settle down. But I should have seen it coming. The way my life has always been, it changes when I least expect it. I wasn't ready for it of course, but I always adapt to the change and move forward. This time no different. I am excited for this path that I am on now, and am going to make the best of it like I always do.
This change happened, well had to happen, much quicker than the others. I didn't have very long to figure out the next step. I went back and forth between ideas and couldn't make up my mind. "What do I do," I asked myself almost every minute of every day. Basically, was about ready to flip a coin and just go. Heads one way, tails the other. (Sounds like a song for Jimmy Buffett or Kenny Chesney.) It is funny how life works however. When you least expect it, a path forms.And it happened in the form of a random lady that I was speaking to just before I left my gym for the day.
She walked in at 4:50pm to work out. She was all happy and cheerful because she was cancelling her membership after her workout to move to Atlanta to start a new life. To get away from whatever it was that was dragging her down. I laughed and said that I was in a similar situation, but didn't have a destination yet. She started asking me questions about what I want to do. Many people have done this but for some reason, I could relate to her because she was doing what I wanted to do. Long story short, she told me about a program her son did and how it has changed his life and he loves what he does now.
I looked into the program and all of a sudden, here I am, sitting in Boston, MA. Attending the National Personal Training Institute. Applied one day, got accepted the next. Applied for student loans, approved that day. It happened so fast and so quickly, that I thought to myself, maybe this is what I am supposed to be doing. How can it work out so quickly and so easily? There has to be some sort of catch or issue that will happen. There always is.
I arrived on New Years Day without a job. It is 3 days later and I have a job if I really want it at a nice restaurant, that works with my hours for my class. Again I think, way to quick. How is everything falling in to place so easily? I guess I shouldn't look too much in to it because it is working.
I am ready to take this challenge head on and to enjoy my life again. I look back at all the different paths my life has taken me, all the different places I have seen, and all the different people I have met. I do not regret any of it. I am sure people look at me and wonder when am I ever going to grow up and settle down. (I am very sure because I have been told that by people.) My life will settle down when the path I am on settles me down. That is my new answer.
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