Flirty Girl

What an incredible week.  Simply incredible.  It started out with a huge bang, and I've ridden the shockwaves like a surfer, navigating the alternating calm and choppy waters of this vast ocean I call my life.  My personal life is getting better and better, and it really fills me with energy and motivation, which get carried into other parts of my life.  Here are some of them:

Monday night was BodyAttack release night - definitely upped the intensity with this release!

Wednesday night was BodyShred with a different instructor.  She did a very legs-heavy routine, so my legs and butt felt it for a few days.  It's nice to have a change.  It keeps it fresh and forward-moving.

Thursday I went for a run around the neighbourhood.  Just 20 minutes, but harder intensity than usual.

Friday was BodyPump and CXWorx.  CX was actually a new release class, so it was all new for us.  It was also leg-heavy, so I'm still feeling it a bit today in my butt.  Good stuff.

Saturday and Sunday were social bonanzas.  

For Esther's bachelorette on Saturday, we went over to Flirty Girl Fitness for a pole dancing lesson.  What?  That's right.  Pole dancing.  It has, in recent years, become popular as a fitness activity, and not just a hyper-sexualised performance that you see on TV and in movies.  We had a wonderful instructor who taught us some different moves and then put together a little choreography for us.  All of us at the party are active ladies, so we caught on quickly and were eager to learn as much as we could.

We then went dancing at El Convento Rico.  I loved when they played Latin music, because I just pretended I knew how to salsa.  I threw in all the Latin I could muster from deep in my soul and we danced the night away.  It got really hot and sweaty in the crowd.

Even a bachelorette party can be great exercise. ;)

My niece has arrived for another stay!  This time her parents are staying the whole time, so it'll be nice to catch up with my brother (he didn't come last time, just my sister-in-law).  It's only been about a month, but I find it a lot easier to lift my niece.  Must be all those push ups…?!

I signed up for another 10K run.  It's happening on September 8th, so I have a month and a bit to prepare.  Then I'm doing a 5K run on October 6th, so I have a few more months to train for that one.  I'm excited and nervous.  It's going to be great!  What a way to keep me inspired.  Though I have to say, I never want to skip my gym classes.  Not only do they make me feel good, but they're also social events.  They've become a part of my routine.  In fact, I get grumpy if anything threatens my attendance.  I guess that's when you know you really enjoy something.

This week has been simply amazing.  It's been like a dream come true.  It's the end of July, and we still have another month of summer left.  Let's all make it the best month we've ever had.