Chai

So you know how there are people out there, who have some sort of affinity for mechanical things?  And machines just seem to work right for them, and they can fix them and make them work even better and all that jazz?

Turns out…I am SO not one of those people!  Who’da thunk it?? LOL!    In fact, I qualify as entirely the opposite sort of person.  First my treadmill didn’t work right…so it sat there for years earning glares of resentment.  But hey, I had my eliptical so all was well.  Then, last week, my eliptical died.  I managed to “fix” it with some duct tape, but was very leery on using it (even I don’t trust the things I fix!).  So I finally managed to fix the treadmill so it ran, and I’ve been loving that.   Just waiting for -it- to die now.  

Bit of background here…see, I work from home in the evenings (I take pizza orders for a call center…can we say diet hell??  Talking about pizza and wings for 7 hours a day? Yeesh!)  ANYWAY!  While I’m working from home I’ve been using my stepper (at a pace that doesn’t leave me panting out orders of course, or people might think they accidentally dialed a 900 number or something!  LOL!).

 However…my stepper is now another victim of Chai’s mechanical dysfunction syndrome.  It started to squeal, like someone was killing a small animal or something (and that’s really not a sound you want to hear when you’re ordering food!)…so I couldn’t use it and had nothing to exercise with while working.  Which left me fuming…literally actually, after trying to fix it with WD40 (yeah, duct tape and WD40, obviously a woman here).  The resultant squeals were even louder (I’m THAT good at fixing things…I add oil and they get worse!)…and I was high on fumes.  (apparently you’re supposed to use this crap in a well ventilated area…but reading the can after use wasn’t much help!!!)

 But my wonderful hubby came to my rescue last night…and brought home one of those mini trampolines for me!!  (And thank you OODLES AND OODLES for putting it together…who thought it would be so difficult?  Obviously not Miss Mechanicially Dysfuntional here!  LOL! )

 Can anyone say FUN!?  Holey Crap!  Almost bounced myself into wall at one point (talk about an awkward call!) but otherwise it went great!!  And they’re not that expensive!!  I think these things should be mandatory for people trying to exercise because they’re so totally rocking!!  Wee-heeeee!  Add some weights to wrist and ankles and dance your heart out!! 

 So sorry for the hugely long winded ramble, but to get to the point of the day…I hope EVERYONE has as much fun with exercise today as I TOTALLY am going to!!!

 Cheers!!