take your mama out

my mum has asked me to help her with her efforts to get healthy. so we've been making our way down to the community centre gym near home. its been interesting to say the least to be able to tell her what to do instead, and call it like it is when she 'cheats' at resistance training.its been so convenient working out near home that i hope after my mum is more confident to work out on her own, i'd still be willing to put up with the hour-long commute to my usual gym in town. i don't wanna waste the 3k that was spent for membership! and not to mention i miss its plethora (ok just a wee bit of an exageration) of exercise machines and excellent ventilation. but one thing that's a welcomed difference at the community gym is that most patrons are friendly and have no 'airs' about them unlike those at the posh gym in town where so many of the patrons are so affected. and seeing actual heterosexual males working out is not too bad either.

i need to change up my resistance workout though cos of late i haven't been feeling the soreness that i'm accustomed to. who'd have thought i would ever complain of NOT being sore. hah. weirder things have happened. like being awakened(awoken?) in the middle of the night by severe abdominal cramps. i never had cramps, or 'normal' periods for that matter, for most of my adult life and my body seems to be making up for it now. hey but signs that i'm still functional right?

on a side note is there a manual out there on how to not act like a total doofus when interacting with the opposite gender?? god. a relatively good looking male approaches me and i turn into mr or rather miz freeze. or the incredible klutz. haha. not so funny when dumbells are involved. i thought we were supposed to grow out of our awkward teenage years?? i feel like ugly betty most times, but it'll all be good if there's a dreamy boss in my near future somewhere ;)