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Change. It's skeery.
Jun. 25th, 2008 10:54 amSo this is it.
I'm doing it TODAY.
No more stalling.
Frankly, I have no idea why I didn't do it sooner.
Well, okay--maybe I do.
Anyway...this is the fweetahded way I typically schedule my workday
7:30 - 9:00 Sit at my desk like a slave
9:00 - 10:00 Remain seated while everybody else takes a 15 minute break. Or close.
10:00 - 11:00 Crank crank crank crank
11:00 - 11:05 Maybe zip to the shop a half-block away for something VERY quick
11:06 - 12:00 Eat lunch holed up at my desk while everybody with a BRAIN takes an hour. Or so. Rough estimate. Kinda. For lunch.
12:00 - 1:00 Wrap up some things for a process I can't actually tell you about
1:00 - 3:00 Chase people that I can't get things done without all around the damned office until I corner them and get them to do what I need them to do
3:00 - 4:30 Wind things down
4:30 - 4:40 Power-walk like a crazed freak to my car
4:40 - 4:50 Drive down 94 to Midway like there's a pregnant woman crowning in my back seat
4:50 - 5:00 Park, whip off all my clothes...and put on more. Cuz I'm at Belly's Total Fitness.
5:00 - 5:24 3.11 miles @ 7.8 MPH on the treadmill
5:25 - 5:35 Shower and dress
5:35 - 5:45 Nearly run over three people daily on my way back to work
5:46 - Get back to work, having spent no more time than your average person spends on lunch. Or at worst, their lunch and one of their breaks combined. Tho there may be a couple who'd spend that much time on breaks alone, for all I know.
Now why in the name of all that isn't stupid am I doing this nonsense for a workout while there's a Lifetime Fitness literally six blocks from my office? And accessible via skyway at that? Somebody cue Nancy Kerrigan, please. WhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhy?!?!?!
Cuz the monthly fees are three times as much, that's why. And when I talked to a rep when they were first opening that club, initiation fees were in the neighborhood of two hundred bucks a head.
But what's most expensive to me these days? Dollars and cents? Or time? And think about the price of gas and all, too...not to mention the wear and tear on my car. True, I'm only driving six miles round-trip, but that's not the point. Shoosh, Google maps, shoosh! I'm workin' up a head of steam!
Once upon a long, long time ago when I joined, Belly's was a 24-hour club with free towels and a couple locations with basketball courts. After I paid my initial contract, my rate dropped to only $7.50 a month. But now, the hours aren't so great, the towels are gone, the monthly rate has crawled up to $21 and the locations are none too convenient. Actually, the closest location to home was closed and plowed over for condos.
Besides, my health care plan will cover $20 of my monthly fees if I go 12 times a month (Hello not a problem?) and what I save in rent alone will cover the rest. Not that I save much. At all. But that's another story. Besides, there's even a special on the initiation fee this month. It's down to a bit under $100, if you add them up together.
But change is always a little bit scary. Inertia resists all change, even if the change is more than worth it. So I've been a-draggin' my heels.
Okay, that does it. I'm on my way.
I'm doing it TODAY.
No more stalling.
Frankly, I have no idea why I didn't do it sooner.
Well, okay--maybe I do.
Anyway...this is the fweetahded way I typically schedule my workday
7:30 - 9:00 Sit at my desk like a slave
9:00 - 10:00 Remain seated while everybody else takes a 15 minute break. Or close.
10:00 - 11:00 Crank crank crank crank
11:00 - 11:05 Maybe zip to the shop a half-block away for something VERY quick
11:06 - 12:00 Eat lunch holed up at my desk while everybody with a BRAIN takes an hour. Or so. Rough estimate. Kinda. For lunch.
12:00 - 1:00 Wrap up some things for a process I can't actually tell you about
1:00 - 3:00 Chase people that I can't get things done without all around the damned office until I corner them and get them to do what I need them to do
3:00 - 4:30 Wind things down
4:30 - 4:40 Power-walk like a crazed freak to my car
4:40 - 4:50 Drive down 94 to Midway like there's a pregnant woman crowning in my back seat
4:50 - 5:00 Park, whip off all my clothes...and put on more. Cuz I'm at Belly's Total Fitness.
5:00 - 5:24 3.11 miles @ 7.8 MPH on the treadmill
5:25 - 5:35 Shower and dress
5:35 - 5:45 Nearly run over three people daily on my way back to work
5:46 - Get back to work, having spent no more time than your average person spends on lunch. Or at worst, their lunch and one of their breaks combined. Tho there may be a couple who'd spend that much time on breaks alone, for all I know.
Now why in the name of all that isn't stupid am I doing this nonsense for a workout while there's a Lifetime Fitness literally six blocks from my office? And accessible via skyway at that? Somebody cue Nancy Kerrigan, please. WhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhy?!?!?!
Cuz the monthly fees are three times as much, that's why. And when I talked to a rep when they were first opening that club, initiation fees were in the neighborhood of two hundred bucks a head.
But what's most expensive to me these days? Dollars and cents? Or time? And think about the price of gas and all, too...not to mention the wear and tear on my car. True, I'm only driving six miles round-trip, but that's not the point. Shoosh, Google maps, shoosh! I'm workin' up a head of steam!
Once upon a long, long time ago when I joined, Belly's was a 24-hour club with free towels and a couple locations with basketball courts. After I paid my initial contract, my rate dropped to only $7.50 a month. But now, the hours aren't so great, the towels are gone, the monthly rate has crawled up to $21 and the locations are none too convenient. Actually, the closest location to home was closed and plowed over for condos.
Besides, my health care plan will cover $20 of my monthly fees if I go 12 times a month (Hello not a problem?) and what I save in rent alone will cover the rest. Not that I save much. At all. But that's another story. Besides, there's even a special on the initiation fee this month. It's down to a bit under $100, if you add them up together.
But change is always a little bit scary. Inertia resists all change, even if the change is more than worth it. So I've been a-draggin' my heels.
Okay, that does it. I'm on my way.
