I Hadn't Heard

I have barely been to the gym since mid-December. First came our trip to California to see the family, then the holidays were upon us. After the first of the year my exercise was packing, carrying, and unpacking boxes at the new condo. Then shortly after we moved in I had to go to the Urgent Care for a finger issue. I milked that injury for all it was worth, deciding that strenuous exercise would not be good for it.

After the suture was removed from my finger I started making time for exercise as my schedule permitted. (Or not. It seems like each week there's been some winter weather, and I used that for an excuse to stay home.)

I belong to a large local chain of gyms, and at our new place I'm equidistant from two locations. So, depending on what my plans for the day were, I can decide which one to go to and what time to show up for the class that interested me. For the most part I've chosen the one directly to the east. Today, though, I was headed in another direction and decided to check out the other facility.

I walked in just behind a woman that I knew from the location by my old house. She seemed surprised to see me, and asked where I'd been. We walked into the group exercise room together and I set up my equipment just to the right of her. The woman started telling me about her exercise routine, which was two days at that location and two days as a different type of gym. When I asked her where the original mutual gym fit into her routine she gave me a "what a dummy" look and said that the location had closed the middle of last month because the mall the gym was in had been sold.

Five years ago today: Car Lot Conceding