There were two fellas on the two stairmasters chatting as they used them, so I kinda figured this was a tea party I was not going to be able to interrupt anytime soon.
Warily I went to the Matrix ClimbMill. I HATE that it's called a climbmill, way too hampsterish and just silly! But mostly I hate that it's not the Stairmaster because it doesn't fit me as well. I think Stairmasters are good for short people.
I did 40 minutes on the ClimbMill. My heart rate was like upper 150's- low 160s. I did levels 5-1 but mainly stayed at 3. As usual, I felt like I was on a bucking bronco. Also I was next to a farter on one side and a perfumer on the other side! Ladies, sweating brings out your perfume- just stop! You'd think the perfume would cancel out the farting but it doesn't work that way, at least not on a ClimbMill. Oh boy. Like life isn't hard enough on a ClimbMill.
Still I persevered, finishing the really good Mike White movie on Hulu "Dinner with Beatriz" and then starting Hulu's "Darknet" a doc on drug trade on the internet which I abandoned because I found it boring. Then I started Hulu's "Tabloid" a doc on some eccentric woman (not me), which I also found boring but I was too preoccupied managing myself on the ClimbMill to check out yet another show.
It was after seven on a weeknight, and the gym was packed! Sometimes I like it in a certain way when the gym is packed. It makes me feel like I'm in the right place. Sometimes when I'm there and others are not I'm confused about whether I should be somewhere else in life at that moment. Like, where are the other humans and should I be doing what they're doing too?
I tried to pass by Judith on the way out pretending not to see her because I was just so sweaty and heated from that ClimbMill but she yelled out "Jenny!" to my back, which made me feel special because it meant she was not going to let me pass without conversating.
Even though I've casually diagnosed Judith as being on the spectrum, I STILL find her a mystery. I'm STILL intrigued by her sexuality and might even find a way to ask a bit about it. Tonight I reviewed her background with her, which we've talked about, but I wanted to hear it again. She is from Hong Kong; she went to college in Canada, majored in math; went to law school in New York City; worked in finances for companies; now works for herself trading stocks. Trading stocks? Fascinating! She just sits at her little laptop and trades stocks! I don't even know what the fuck that means! Go Judith!
Judith doesn't understand why I don't eat more of my meals at the gym. She looks at me like I'm crazy to go home to eat, even for dinner! She tends to have soup at the gym cafe or to bring it into the couch/t.v. area of the locker room. I would never eat my meals at the gym! Maybe a bar here and there but... Hmmm, maybe it's fun to eat at the gym
Happy exercising, friends!