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I love the GYM
By Tracy | February 21, 2008
Never thought I’d say this . . . but I love the GYM! I love the GYM!
I found out that there’s a Women only Goodlife on the 2nd floor at my grocery store and was really excited. Not that the Gym was there, there’s a gym closer by at the Community Rec Centre, I was excited because they have a child minding room!!!!
I made an appointment to talk with someone the next day and was really surprised. The prices were very reasonable. $60 a month, no joining fee, no extra for group class, just $60 for everything. The childcare was the only extra cost, and even that was reasonable. Both kids, unlimited visits, 2hrs of childcare per visit, $30 a month! That’s both kids for 30 bucks! That would only get me about 5 or 6 hrs with a babysitter! So we joined, of course!
The first visit I was a little nervous about leaving the kids. I had talked with the women that ran the Child Minding Room and they we very nice and very experienced, but I’d never left Maya with anyone but her Grandparents before. Wyatt was fine of course. He was actually upset that he had to wait in the hall until we’d signed the paperwork (legal stuff) before he could go play with all the toys.
They have a nice, clean play area with lots of toys for the mobile kids and lots of exersaucers and bouncy chairs for the stay-put ones. Maya was fine when I dropped her off (she’s not stranger shy yet) but the girls said she cried off and on. I was quite surprised because she doesn’t really cry that much at all, but the girls said I was normal for the first few times at her age. She was a little worse the next time, so I was worried she wouldn’t settle into it easily, but this weekend she got her top tooth through the gums! Maybe that was part of the crying.
Sure enough, yesterday, she didn’t cry at all. She played and explored and got into lots of trouble! She kept crawling to things and standing up. The girls had to go move her every couple of minutes to something a little safer to hold on to. She kept them busy they said! They’re really good with the kids, even the ones that cry a lot. They’re very calm, better than I’d do I think!
Wyatt is liking it too. I wasn’t going to go yesterday because Wyatt seemed to not be feeling great, but after breakfast he said “me go Ji”. Ok I guess we’re going to the gym! I’m glad we went.
I warmed up with 10 min of jogging on a treadmill, did about 20 min of weights, then finished with almost 20 min of jogging. 20 min straight! It was really easy to jog when you can just watch TV. So I jogged and watched 20 min of The View. Yay! I then moved to my favorite part of the gym, a long HOT shower! At home I usually end up sharing my shower with Wyatt, while Maya whines about having to sit in a chair in the bathroom. Not very relaxing, but at the gym . . . Perfect! I even get to sit and read in the sauna! Talk about a workout reward!
I think this is going to be a long and wonderful relationship!
I love the GYM!
Topics: Fitness, Running, The Kids |