Monday Madness

33. Make a list of 10 people I know in my life that have inspired me

Some days I need inspiration more than others.  This week I seem to need more than most.  You see, Monday was a stereotypical Monday.  Everything that could go wrong did. Most were just small things, but the small things add up and become big things.

First thing Monday morning (if you can even call it that) I woke up at 2:45 and couldn't go back to sleep.  I was blaming it on the generic Claritin at the time, but a few days later I think it was actually stress.  When I decide to check my email at 5am I realize that my gym has gone bankrupt and I have nowhere to work out.  Getting the kids on the school bus (well, you know how that goes.........)  Dog has his first inside accident in a week, forgot to send in things for school, spilled coffee on the new couch......you get the idea. 

Every year about this time I get in a mid-winter funk.  Not-so-coincidentally I also begin working out more often because that will get me through.  Problem is now that my gym, WITH childcare option, is now closed.  I can work out while kids are in school, but then I don't have time for other things- grocery shopping, cleaning, doing my actual "work", and the occasional IHOP breakfast. I count on the gym for so many more things too- a social interaction with like-minded adults, a break from the kids during the all-too long time while I am a tax season widow, and as a time to clear my head of my problems and stress.  This option that I have had for the past 5 1/2 years is now gone. What to do next?

I have looked into many options in the area.  None is a good fit- either too expensive, not convenient, no childcare.......what to do?  I get on the computer looking for other options, and what I find warms my heart.

On Facebook I see many messages from members or employees of my now defunct gym.  They are determined to push on and get the gym re-opened.  They are holding classes in neighborhood clubhouses while they figure out what to do.  Instructors are banding together and talking to the building owner about leases.  And then it hits me- I am out a gym, but they are out jobs; paychecks; steady income.  Whatever I am out, they are out much more.

To quote one of the instructors on her FB page:

You can't keep us down! We are chicks with attitude and we can kick butt!

Just take one of our classes...we will spin your legs off,

kick you in the head, dance circles around you,

 pick you up over our heads, and intimidate you with

 our 6 pack abs, grrrrr...we are coming back!!!

These people amaze me.  If they can suck it up and deal with it, so can I.  The right opportunity for me will arise.  Hopefully the amazing people that went to and worked at my old gym will remain a part of my life- they all inspire me and help push me through.  You guys know who you are, and I love you.

And it looks like I got my Zumba class done right in time!!!