64 days until Christmas...OH MY!
Yep, 64 days-- can you believe it? Well, I won't dwell too much on that at the moment, but considering it's been over two weeks since my last post and it feels like a month- I'm getting a bit scared at how quickly time is flying and how things are just not getting done as quickly as I'd like.
The past few weeks have been busy with learning the new releases for Body Combat and Body Pump- we had the Re-launch at Gold's this weekend and overall it went well. I had two tracks for Body Combat and 3 tracks for Body Pump. I definitely have a higher comfort level when teaching the new Pump stuff vs. Combat stuff. I know this feeling will wear off in time...but it was a little unnerving. Of course, when I went to teach my track 4 in Combat, the microphone was not cooperating and that threw me off - so I started wrong, but knew instantly where I had gone wrong- kept going for 4 reps and then switched to what I was supposed to be doing...it worked out and I don't think anyone except the shadowing instructors knew- but I was so mad at myself- it's like that microphone wiped out my memory banks in a heartbeat. Nailed track 5 and had a lot of fun with it. Overall, it was a great launch day- lots of participants and Robin, the director said after Body Combat she had several people come up and ask about the classes and when/where could they take it--so that's really good news! Just sucks that I won't be teaching class for 3 weeks with vacation coming up. Morgan came to the launch and I introduced her to Robin- very excited for her to go through training- it's going to be a great experience for her!
I did make the decision and signed up for Body Flow training in December- I am super excited about this and was able to order two past releases- so my new fitness regimen starting this week is going to include doing Body Flow 3 times per week in the living room to gain back my flexibility once again! I will need it for training- but I really can't wait to add a third Les Mills format. I know the El Camino Y is going to add the program and I think I'll be able to get my foot in the door. Also, I spoke to Robin about adding it at Gold's and she is open to the idea, but she needs to get Combat into all 5 locations first. I absolutely LOVE that she is a Les Mills supporter!
October has been birthdays galore! Brynn turned 11, we had a lovely Friday night dinner out with the family to help her celebrate - it was a really nice time out with great friends. It was also nice to be out with the kids and seeing them mature and not really need to have friends with them- they were happy to be with family. Kinsley & Shelby had their birthday party this weekend to celebrate 7 & 6 years...they are getting so big - a good time was had by all.
Mom is doing pretty well- she had a procedure this past week on her leg- there was some blockage shown in her vein study- so they did an angioplasty type of procedure and everything went well. She had to spend the night in the hospital, but everything was routine. They will want to do a procedure on her other leg sometime soon- probably before the end of the year.
We are moving along with mom's house- finally. I was able to get several painting bids this past week and we should be picking one tomorrow who can start this week and get the outside of the house taken care of. Steve's friend Christian is coming down tomorrow and he will be working on the house to take care of all the interior stuff. The hope is to be done in two weeks and be able to get this house on the market and hopefully get mom what she is hoping for....the market is remaining hot and there is not a lot of competition on the market, so fingers crossed.
We finally got our refinance- so after all of my patience and insistence- ok stubbornness to not settle on higher rates - we did confirm and lock at 4.25%- so I am a very happy camper with that! Things are coming along perfectly.
So the coming weeks- well we have our Royal Princess Caribbean Inaugural cruise next weekend- I can't wait to get on a cruise...it's been too long since we've actually vacationed on a cruise. This one is going to be a lot of fun! But golly once we get back, it's going to feel like off to the races...it'll be November and really not too many weeks left until Thanksgiving- which equals Christmas decoration weekend and lots to get done for that to all fall into place. The garage is a disaster zone right now and I have lots of things that I need to try to sell for mom on eBay or Craig's List..just have not had the time to deal with it- but I need to make the time. Our reunion is November 9th and it seemed so far away- but voila, it's not! I had hoped to be done with Christmas shopping before this cruise and although I've made some great progress- I'm not sure that it will happen...I need to focus on getting work done before I can dig into more shopping. Oye!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Saturday, October 05, 2013
Great Day!!
Today really was a great day...
Started the morning with my YMCA Spin class..they are a small group, but a very nice group- I feel like we are becoming a small family. It went well and was a great kick start to my Friday! I had plans to be super productive today and dubbed today a "work in PJ's day" and that's exactly what I did after my shower! I got a lot done on the travel work front which was so needed. Overall, a very good, productive day.
Then it was about 415pm and the day was winding down, I knew I had to get ready to go teach 530pm Body Combat and I decided to log into the Les Mills Instructor Portal and when I did, it no longer looked the same on my certification page...I knew instantly that my video had been assessed and I had PASSED! I seriously did the Snoopy happy dance. I really did feel good about my video and felt that I had passed, but until the fat lady sings, you just don't know for sure. I was thrilled.
I still am so humbled by the number of people who are so supportive of me. It's just simply amazing! I went to teach class and it's a class in the building...slowly. I had 1 person show up- a sweet girl by the name of Amy- this was her first Body Combat class and I could tell by track 3 that she thought she bit off more than she could chew - but how do you discreetly leave when you're the only participant? I completely toned things down to make her feel successful and to keep trying. I hope she comes back next week. I hope that this class builds- I really want to get this class to take off so that it's successful when I turn it over to Morgan. I'm sure excited that my niece Morgan is going to join the Les Mills tribe and go through Body Combat training next month. Since she lives in Santa Clara- this class is a great fit for her and I will gladly give it to her to get rid of the nasty friday night commute to Santa Clara.
It was a great class, fun to teach and I felt different teaching it knowing that I was now official! Now to start thinking of the next fitness challenge. I have been toying with two options for the weekend of December 7th...I'm either going through AIM 2 for Body Pump or going through Body Flow training. I hope to make a decision soon with this. I'm excited- I would have done all of these years ago if we had the venues that had awesome Les Mills programs like we do now! Getting excited for the Vegas Super Mega Q in March 2014...it's going to be EPIC and I'm even more excited now that I have two formats under my belt- maybe by then I will have three. It's amazing how this makes me feel so alive and how much I love sharing this with others.
We are getting ready for the big launch at Gold's on the 19th of this month. This time around the launch is at the Mt View location- so of course since this is my home club, I feel very attached to its success. I was subbing spin the other day and most spinners just spin- they do not participate in group x classes- they just spin and spin and spin. Well, I did my PSA and I think I actually have one gal who is going to come to the launch saturday and try Body Pump and Body Combat...we'll see. It's going to be a great day and I was so honored that Robin asked me to coordinate the Body Combat master class- assign tracks and get the instructors all on the same page. I should have that set this weekend- just waiting for the last instructor to RSVP is she will participate or not. It's going to be great and I can't wait to have a fun Super Saturday with my Gold's Tribe members! Kia Kaha!!
The rest of the evening: signed loan documents for our refinance- had the surprise that they expected us to write a check for $3500- I need to get to the bottom of this with the broker- but I do see the error- the payoff included interest effective 10/1 and I just received my statement today showing that we paid this interested yesterday...so it should work out that we don't have to come out of pocket much. Dinner and much earned WINE while watching great Friday night TV...although mostly alone since hubby nodded off about 3 hours ago ~ time to wake him up and head off to bed. It's going to be an early morning for me with the JCC launch (I am teaching one track) of Body Pump, then off to Gold's to take Body Combat and teach Body Pump! Lunch and then a much needed facial appointment...
It's going to be a great weekend!
Started the morning with my YMCA Spin class..they are a small group, but a very nice group- I feel like we are becoming a small family. It went well and was a great kick start to my Friday! I had plans to be super productive today and dubbed today a "work in PJ's day" and that's exactly what I did after my shower! I got a lot done on the travel work front which was so needed. Overall, a very good, productive day.
Then it was about 415pm and the day was winding down, I knew I had to get ready to go teach 530pm Body Combat and I decided to log into the Les Mills Instructor Portal and when I did, it no longer looked the same on my certification page...I knew instantly that my video had been assessed and I had PASSED! I seriously did the Snoopy happy dance. I really did feel good about my video and felt that I had passed, but until the fat lady sings, you just don't know for sure. I was thrilled.
I still am so humbled by the number of people who are so supportive of me. It's just simply amazing! I went to teach class and it's a class in the building...slowly. I had 1 person show up- a sweet girl by the name of Amy- this was her first Body Combat class and I could tell by track 3 that she thought she bit off more than she could chew - but how do you discreetly leave when you're the only participant? I completely toned things down to make her feel successful and to keep trying. I hope she comes back next week. I hope that this class builds- I really want to get this class to take off so that it's successful when I turn it over to Morgan. I'm sure excited that my niece Morgan is going to join the Les Mills tribe and go through Body Combat training next month. Since she lives in Santa Clara- this class is a great fit for her and I will gladly give it to her to get rid of the nasty friday night commute to Santa Clara.
It was a great class, fun to teach and I felt different teaching it knowing that I was now official! Now to start thinking of the next fitness challenge. I have been toying with two options for the weekend of December 7th...I'm either going through AIM 2 for Body Pump or going through Body Flow training. I hope to make a decision soon with this. I'm excited- I would have done all of these years ago if we had the venues that had awesome Les Mills programs like we do now! Getting excited for the Vegas Super Mega Q in March 2014...it's going to be EPIC and I'm even more excited now that I have two formats under my belt- maybe by then I will have three. It's amazing how this makes me feel so alive and how much I love sharing this with others.
We are getting ready for the big launch at Gold's on the 19th of this month. This time around the launch is at the Mt View location- so of course since this is my home club, I feel very attached to its success. I was subbing spin the other day and most spinners just spin- they do not participate in group x classes- they just spin and spin and spin. Well, I did my PSA and I think I actually have one gal who is going to come to the launch saturday and try Body Pump and Body Combat...we'll see. It's going to be a great day and I was so honored that Robin asked me to coordinate the Body Combat master class- assign tracks and get the instructors all on the same page. I should have that set this weekend- just waiting for the last instructor to RSVP is she will participate or not. It's going to be great and I can't wait to have a fun Super Saturday with my Gold's Tribe members! Kia Kaha!!
It's going to be a great weekend!
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Great Mother-Daughter Day
Sometimes you just have to say "Carpe Diem". I was looking ahead to this week and saw how crazy it was mapped out to be...between a few extra classes to teach (my new line dancing series in Newark - although October snuck up on them and they had not advertised for it yet- so we will now begin next week instead- probably a blessing in disguise) and a few appointments for mom- I was starting to feel the stress. However, I remembered that this week was the final showing of the Classic Series at the Century theatre and the movie is a mom classic "Vertigo", so I mentioned it to mom and she got all excited- so I realized then that I was committed to take her because disappointing her is the last thing I will ever do.
Monday was pretty much UNproductive...mom had 3 appointments - eye doctor who always takes forever and never predictable as to how much time we will be there, followed by the super efficient plastic surgeon to remove the stitches from last week's tumor removal procedure (yes it was skin cancer and they are not sure they got it all, but this type of tumor is not one likely to spread- it may just produce another growth again and we'll remove if that happens) and then off to the hospital to get the sonogram follow-up on her legs/vein study to make sure the blood flow is all good. Well the technician did see some blockage- but you don't take what he has to say until you hear from the Doctor. Anyway, I didn't get into my office until close to 3pm and did a few things, but just was not motivated to get anything done. Not a great way to start off the week when I know I have things to work on.
Tuesday was wonderfully productive- in large part because the line dance class was canceled and I was on a "get things done" roll and really did make progress yesterday. Today I did get some things done, but had to leave at 130pm to get mom and go to our movie. So glad that I did- the movie was good (I had never seen it) and she really enjoyed it. We ran a few errands afterwards and it was getting late do we picked up Bill and went to dinner at Lucia's and she really enjoyed that as well. She is a hoot! She really makes me laugh and I love to see Bill laugh at the things she talks about - he has said numerous times that he knows exactly how I will be when we're old and gray and we just laugh about it- seriously though I'd love to be like my mom when I get to be her age...she's smart, funny, witty and she cares about herself and others immensely. She's amazing.
Of course, I get the call from her vascular doctor and sure enough - the blood flow in the leg is compromised and now we need to see about a procedure - similar to angioplasty, but for the bypass in the leg. I will have more information tomorrow, but this should be an easy procedure and most likely an outpatient or overnight stay. Fingers crossed- I tried to reassure mom that this was preventative to avoid having to need another bypass down the line and that she is so much healthier than she was in 2012 when she had the femoral bypass, so she'll bounce right back. Let's just hope and pray that this is the case.
Monday was pretty much UNproductive...mom had 3 appointments - eye doctor who always takes forever and never predictable as to how much time we will be there, followed by the super efficient plastic surgeon to remove the stitches from last week's tumor removal procedure (yes it was skin cancer and they are not sure they got it all, but this type of tumor is not one likely to spread- it may just produce another growth again and we'll remove if that happens) and then off to the hospital to get the sonogram follow-up on her legs/vein study to make sure the blood flow is all good. Well the technician did see some blockage- but you don't take what he has to say until you hear from the Doctor. Anyway, I didn't get into my office until close to 3pm and did a few things, but just was not motivated to get anything done. Not a great way to start off the week when I know I have things to work on.
Tuesday was wonderfully productive- in large part because the line dance class was canceled and I was on a "get things done" roll and really did make progress yesterday. Today I did get some things done, but had to leave at 130pm to get mom and go to our movie. So glad that I did- the movie was good (I had never seen it) and she really enjoyed it. We ran a few errands afterwards and it was getting late do we picked up Bill and went to dinner at Lucia's and she really enjoyed that as well. She is a hoot! She really makes me laugh and I love to see Bill laugh at the things she talks about - he has said numerous times that he knows exactly how I will be when we're old and gray and we just laugh about it- seriously though I'd love to be like my mom when I get to be her age...she's smart, funny, witty and she cares about herself and others immensely. She's amazing.
Of course, I get the call from her vascular doctor and sure enough - the blood flow in the leg is compromised and now we need to see about a procedure - similar to angioplasty, but for the bypass in the leg. I will have more information tomorrow, but this should be an easy procedure and most likely an outpatient or overnight stay. Fingers crossed- I tried to reassure mom that this was preventative to avoid having to need another bypass down the line and that she is so much healthier than she was in 2012 when she had the femoral bypass, so she'll bounce right back. Let's just hope and pray that this is the case.
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