Boot camp!

So, today I went to Central Park in NYC to do a FitApproach SweatPink ambassador meet up/boot camp/yoga session, followed by brunch. I have to say that I had no idea what to meet, and while it was a 1.5 hour drive, I knew that if I didn't seize the opportunity I would look back and regret it later.  See, Alyse and Jamie, the founders of FitApproach are based out of San Francisco and I didn't know when or if they were planning on coming to the east coast again.  And, if you know anything about me, when I do something, I either do it 100% or I don't even start it. As soon as I heard about this meet up, I KNEW I had to be there.  Have I mentioned how excited and glad and awesome this experience was.  I got to meet awesome women like myself and we all share a common goal, to help get ourselves into shape, whatever that means to us. SO, while I was extremely nervous at first, I quickly got over that. When I first got to Central Park, I was a little a lot overwhelmed.  I have never been there before, so, getting there by myself made me a little nervous. At first I thought I was lost, but then I looked for the group wearing their SweatPink shirts. Once I spotted them, my fear and nervousness left because I was getting to meet my blogging friends.  We got to chit chat a little bit and get to know each other, some were in NY for Blogher conference and 2 of them were there because they had just graduated from Yoga Instructor training.  We all came from different walks of life, and yet we were already like a family.  It was awesome. Jamie and Alyse were on time (hey, no penalties for getting lost, from what I saw today Central Park is HUGE). Jamie jumped us right into boot camp. It kicked my butt, and I am so pumped! My core is one of the weakest assets, so I am glad to hone in on them any time. I wish I lived in San Fransisco so I could take a boot camp class with her more often. It was the best/worse 45 minutes of my day :) After boot camp, we settled down with some yoga. I have dabbled a little bit into yoga before, and as always I was hesitant to do it again. For some reason, I just don't think I fit into the "yoga type" persona. Anyway, yoga was taught by Melissa, who just graduated from Yoga Training. I would not have known it was her first class. It was an awesome class where I learned a lot and because she is very tactile, stuff I was doing wrong was corrected so I could really feel what she was trying to tell me to do.  I really appreciated the time she took out to teach us. It made me miss the dabble in yoga I did and made me want to take it again just so I can learn how to do a head stand.  If only I lived closer to her in NYC!!
So, what had I learned so far today...that I really am interested in becoming a personal trainer, so I can teach boot camps to make people love me/hate me all at the same time. Not only will I push others to better themselves, but since I will be participating in boot camp, I will be bettering myself. Oye, look what steps are doing to me!!!

After we sweated up a storm, we took  a short walk to a place called Sarabeth's were we all had brunch and continued to talk and learn about each other. I couldn't have asked to better spend my day than with this awesome group of ladies. I cannot wait to reach out to each and everyone of them, learn from them, grow with them and hopefully meet up with them again sometime soon. Thanks so much for a wonderful day. Not only did I get to do a boot camp, yoga, continue my ab challenge, and see Central Park, but I really truly feel I made some awesome friends. Thanks again!

Wednesday

Wednesday, we took a break after moving the living room and had company over. My cousins Sunshine and Princess were there, as well as my friend Liz and her son Anthony. Also, Andy a recent addition to our mutual friends also stopped by. We cooked on the grill, hung out, just enjoyed the company of others. It was really nice, and I can see Penguin and I doing it again in the near future. Also, we actually met some of our neighbors, which we have only met 2 from the other building in the year that we lived there. They all seem pretty cool, and we all have dogs, so it is definately a zoo in our complex. Our neighbor Raif (I think that is how it spelt, J suggested Ralph and prounounced (Ray-f) works at a hospital and his wife, Michelle is a massage therapist. They are from Chicago, and seem pretty cool. I know that Uncle Joe always has the mentality for the more the merrier, so since Raif and Michelle don't have any family here, they will be joining us for Memorial Day. Anyway, now it's back to life, back to reality and I will go now to continue to provide excellent patient care for my patients and their families. This move is taking forever, but hopefully soon it will be completed so that I can clean the old place. Hope you had a good Hump day. Just think it is now almost Friday!!!