First I went to the elliptical at the gym. While I was on the elliptical, I saw the gym obsessive, Jill, was on the Stair Master next to this other woman and that they were chatting. I tried listening but could only hear muffled words. I remain curious about Jill, and this was a rare treat to hear her have a conversation with someone besides a trainer, so I waited till I hit 15 minutes on the elliptical, and then went bounding up the stairmaster next to them and did 15 minutes listening to them. Jill said she was dating five guys in that way of casual dating. Wow, how does she have the time? It was a juicy tidbit, worth sweating it out on the stair master for. Then I did an hour of weight lifting, abs, stretching, yoga and stuff before leaving.
Yesterday I volunteered setting up bowling pins for two hours for kids with special needs as part of a field day with different stations. I think all that did for me physically was strain my back. Mentally it was a great feeling to see the look on children's faces when they succeeded in knocking the pins down, even if it just involved a slight push to the ball down a ramp, whatever they could manage. Then I'd put a little medal around their neck. They loved it, and so did I.
