Paul's journal

Almost fell off the bike at spin class tonight. About a third of the way through class and I couldn't go on. I felt like I was going to be sick, I felt light-headed.

I needed to take a seat and a bit of a lay down but I couldn't go on. I came home and was told I looked pale. After a shower and some food I feel better but still a bit shaky.

And I've been good this week, going to bed early and getting more sleep.

I blame the bike. They had all been serviced and the resistance was very strong at the lowest settings. I think I misjudged how hard I was working, and with a two week break it was too much for me tonight.

A little disappointed after my successful email flirting on Monday for there to be an empty inbox the next two days. Oh well, I'm going to keep moving on. Work's really busy afterall which is a good (if not complete) distraction. Hopefully the new site will be up by early next week. There's a few new faces in the office, and of course they are women (sigh!). Didn't feel much like the gym tonight but went and am now exhausted. Had wobbly legs when I got off the bike! Watched the remaining half of the Emmys but not much worth watching in that part that I hadn't already seen on Monday.

A bit of a weird day today at work. I kind of fell in to a couple of meetings including one where I got to see the new design for the upcomming website. I had to go get the keys and help set up the theaterette for the web forum. And I ended the day with a really long to do list for tomorrow.

I missed cake for Anne's birthday but that's ok, cake goes against my "Whip into Shape" attitude I'm trying to stick to. I went back to the cycle class again, makes it fourth in a row I think. Maybe five. I still find it a bit of a chore and kinda boring, but hopefully it helps towards my grander goals.

I try the cycle class again last night and I think I sat in the saddle better as I haven't got the pain I did last week. There were only two other people in the class last night and the gym was really empty altogether. Not sure why. I had considered not going myself but I'm glad I did. I am kind of getting the hang of the class now, but I would still prefer a choreographed aerobic class.

If I'm walking funny today it's because of last night's cycle class. It was a very good class. The fill-in instructor made the class more interesting than the regular instructor does and I thought it was a really good work out. The seats though! Ow! I've got more pain in the parts of my butt from the seat than any sort of muscle pain.

Tonight was the last Results class. The lack of numbers has seen it closed. There were only four in the class tonight so it's understandable. It's a shame though because I liked the class. It's about the only one with good choreography. I couldn't go next week because of the holiday, and the week after's my birthday, so it was going to be the last one I could get to before my holiday. Still I'm sorry to see it go. Now what class am I going to? Hmm

My aerobics class is in danger due to lack of numbers. I didn't help matters by missing the last two classes because of this persistent cold. I'm still a bit sneezy but I wanted to go tonight and I'm glad I did. It was a good workout, leaving me pretty tired which is what happens when the time between classes gets to three weeks. There weren't many people in tonight so I suspect there's a good chance that the class won't be running when I come back from America. I hope the instructor Jodie stays on and does a new class in the timeslot. She's the only one I've had lately who can do a routine smoothly to the beat.

Doughnuts in the office again today, and worse - Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I had this strawberry cream filled one and it was beautiful but then, as often happens, I started to feel sick from eating it. Those Krispy things are just too sweet for me, but they are nice for a few bites.

Because of the doughnut I wanted to go to aerobics tonight and wasn't going to get a flare up of my foot pain stop me. It flared just as I reached the train station and then I had to stand half the way home on the train. But once I sat down for a while and changed shoes I was right to go. I worked pretty hard in class so that was good but I'm a little tired now.

Today was a really humid day and it's got me offside early on. I had a 9:15 meeting I didn't want to go to, followed by putting in an appearance at a training session which I also didn't want to do. The rest of the day allowed me to kind of take it easy.

I went to the gym because I knew I will not go next week. There were only two others who made the effort to go to the class tonight, and I felt like leaving. It was so humid that I sweating without moving.

I didn't get enough sleep last night and was in a bit of daze today at work. I think I got some stuff done but not much. I've got training tomorrow and then one more day and it's the weekend. I went to Aerobics tonight and came out of it much better than I did last week. Was surprised to see another guy in there, and a cute one too. Hmm I wonder? I'm still waiting on an email reply and getting more paranoid about a lack of response as each day goes by.

I have done the results class in four weeks (one week no class, two weeks tennis) and it showed. I got winded during the class and had to give up near the end.

After last night's hot weather and a real lack of good sleep (I was up at about 6 this morning) I decided to pass on aerobics tonight. Of course as it would happen the day was nowhere near as hot as the one before. The max temp was this morning and it got cooler as the day went on.

I spent the day at home today to look after my mum. Other than a brief trip to the supermarket there was a lot of couchtime, I caught up on a whole disc of Ally and played quite a few levels of Mario World. Although I wasn't feeling like it I made the effort to go to the gym only to find the class was canceled because the instructor was away. I spent half an hour on the treadmills but it was rather boring. I could lipread some of Futurama because I know the episode but I wasn't really prepared. I longed for a book or something to keep my mind busy.

I didn't feel like going to Aerobics tonight. All day I felt like giving it a miss. I woke up really tired from a dream fulled sleep and was feeling a little shaky on my feet. The day at the office was a little slow.

I had to go to a meeting about the template stuff that was supposed to happen last week and still hasn't. I should have been chasing people around but it's really not what I'm interested in doing. The afternoon's a bit of a blur, I'm not sure what I accomplished at all.

When there were trains cancelled, on top of a train turned stopping all stations this morning, and I had to stand half the way home I felt like taking it as a sign not to go. But no pain no glory huh, so I went. It was a tough class after two weeks off and the heat of the sun coming through the glass didn't help, but I feel well worked out now which is good.

My unofficial third new years resolution is to get into better shape (which will help bring the guys - and because that comes close to breaking resolution number one this has to be an unofficial one).

The city is covered in smoke again. It's pretty awful outside and I can't imagine how bad it must be in those towns "bracing for ember attack". That expression is scary in itself.

Work has officially arrived in silly season with plans for a Christmas lunch and general shannigans in the office. No decorations though other than my own drawing of Santa on the message board. We even went for a coffee meeting today before lunch.

I went shopping to look at set top boxes and I've been distracted by printers. The cable I'd need to connect my scanner to my laptop costs $40. For $60 I can get a new colour printer/scanner/copier instead. I'm leaning towards that instead.

I wasn't sure if I'd go to aerobics but I did go and I'm feeling pretty fatigued now.

Again I was shopping at lunchtime for KK and now have 50% of the present (two photo frames), plus a frame for myself. Big W are about to have a sale on Classics and the city store had all the first wave plus one Mirage (in the hands of another guy) but Grimlock appeared to have been found already. Hopefully local Big Ws might be the place to get them. The work day wasn't too long but I found some things to keep me busy. I went to Aerobics and there were more people in the class this time, no personal training tonight!

The aerobics class tonight was really quiet with only two other people in the class with me. They both left after the step component so for the second half of the class I had a personal training session. It was good but I was worked harder than I push myself. My arms, legs and abs will feel it tomorrow.

Not much on today. Went to Parkmore with my sister then after watching an episode of Ally, I went for a bike ride. I do enjoy bike riding so I really have to motivate myself to do it more. I'm nearing the end of Ally series two and want to finish it before I start up on the next season of ER. Watched the Aussie film Stepfather of the Bride and it was not bad. Some very funny moments but lacking a bit of pace. The creepy stepbrother storyline got wrapped up too quickly too. Didn't he just say he took of her clothes, took off his, and made a video? What?!

One day of a lot of meetings followed by one with none. There's a couple of people who are really bugging me at work but I will grin and bear it. Didn't really notice the heat of the day thanks to airconditioned trains and offices, but once I started my step class, then i noticed! Sadly this was the last of that class and next week it's being replaced by a 'results' class that will be half step and half high intensity/repetition work. I like choreography! I'll give it a go but it may sway my decision to join the new gym at work. I really do want to get in better shape or at least lose weight.

I've passed on Aerobics this week. My heel's hurting, it's quite warm, and I'll be on my feet all day tomorrow. That's enough for me to excuse myself and stay on the couch!