It's the Little Things

So a few weeks ago in kickboxing, a few of us came to the decision that it was time we started learning the names of some of our fellow kickboxers.� I mean, I talk to many of these people when we are waiting in the hallway outside of the room for Spin class to be over, so we can go inside and I didn't know anyone's name!� So, I learned Teresa and Caryn and Barbara and Rod and a few others, so it was nice to have names to finally go with the face.



Last night, about 15 minutes into class, my sugar tanked.� I made the dire mistake of eating a few Twizzlers before leaving for the Y and every time, without fail, eating a "fat free" high sugar indulgence like that causes me to go hypoglycemic. I felt it coming on, the cold sweat (way to early into the class for that much sweat) and the feeling of not being able to keep up and actually being confused about what we were doing.� I stopped once or twice to take a drink of the new Crystal Lite with electrolytes but it wasn't helping very quickly, so I sent JJ to the car to grab me a butterscotch hard candy that I keep for such emergencies.� He returned with it and about five minutes later I was coming back to myself and able to keep up with class once again.



We reach the part of the class where Jack McFarland tells us to take a small break while he changes the music and then we run the whole cardio routine we have learned that night back to back several times.� Caryn and I walked over to our water bottles and towels and she remarked to me how hot it felt in there.� I agreed and then remarked to her that my blood sugar had tanked for a few minutes there and I'd had to send JJ out to the car for a piece of hard candy to bring it back up.� Caryn remarked she sometimes had the same problem and then said "Never had it until I had my gastric bypass."� My mouth fell open and then I told her I'd had the same surgery and we both agreed it was the best thing we ever did.� What's a little hypoglycemia in the midst of being able to keep up with a high intensity cardio workout?� I love finding other people who get where I've come from.



So if that wasn't enough excitement for me for one night, after class, Aaron, my teenager was chatting to Jack as we walked down the hall about this paper he had picked up in the gym about biking the C & O Canal and how he wanted to bike it with me.� I remarked that I wasn't sure I could ride 40 miles in a day.� Jack looked perplexed and said, "You don't think so?"



"My butt would hurt," I stated as it was better than saying "I love biking on the canal but my girly bits don't!"



Jack asked if I had a gel seat and I told him no and he said, "How about I bring mine in and you can give it a try," As I raised my eyebrows, wondering if he was kidding or not, he added, "Seriously."



There are some things I am still a teenager about and it is all good.� My GBC bringing me in his gel seat for me to try would be one of those things.� However, he will not be there next week so he will probably forget between now and then but we shall see.� But with The Brit going away a few days next week, Jack not being there means I get to chose a�new class to try.� I shall keep you informed.



Tomorrow, in lieu of Thursday 13, I am going to share some thoughts with you on a special day.� Anyone have any idea what tomorrow is and no, it is not my birthday?



I leave you with a quote I recently saw and loved:



"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."� Richard Bullock



Words to live by, in my opinion.



Happy hump day!









ETA: I need to say that today is Kelly's birthday, so Happy Birthday to one of the best people I have had the pleasure of calling "friend".� I told her on Facebook that I bought her a birthday card which is sitting on my desk at home....oh and she got what tomorrow is right away!