MORNING COMMUTE:
This morning my mind was elsewhere and I wasn’t paying too much attention to the buses and trains. I was thinking about whether or not I should ditch visiting the gym I called up on Saturday. The only thing I can recall is that I did make it to work on time without major incident.

CONCERN OF THE DAY: Should I Do Curves?
Today, I went to my appointment at the Curves fitness center. I went to the one on Garrison Blvd. The owner is a Muslim woman. She wore a head covering. She was very nice and got me through the circuit training. The workout in total took only 30 minutes. It was not as strenuous as I thought it would be. However, I haven’t entirely mastered all of the equipment they have there.

While working out they played very upbeat Motown music. Every now and then a bell would sound and you would have to move on the next workout apparatus. My favourite apparatus is the one where you get to jump up and down on the board.

I first learned about Curves by way of NPR. NPR was doing a story on Curves, the fast growing fitness center in America. In addition to NPR’s upbeat story about the center I recently I noticed that they have a tie in with Avon. The tie in is that you buy a certain number of products and you get a two week free pass. I thought it would be nice to give it a try before I decided to either get a free pass or sign up for membership.

My experience with the Curves on Garrison Blvd was very positive. I know that I will return there in the future. Right now, I’m thinking about going to the Curves on Light Street by the Cross Street Market. I want to go there to see how the different facilities run before I settle on just one. However, right now the one on Garrison is in the lead.

When I called the Curves on Light Street the woman who answered the phone sounded like she didn’t want me to come there. She kept emphasizing the fact that Curves was everywhere and I could select one closer to my neighborhood. In actuality the one on Light Street is closer to where I live. Now I feel a little reluctant to go to the one on Light Street. If I go there will I be the only person of colour? Should I even bother to go? To the woman who answered the phone’s credit she was nice enough to give me an appointment albeit reluctantly.

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today, I’m
wearing pink long sleeve shirt, jeans, and beige tennis shoes.

At Curves I wore a tacky long sleeve black t-shirt with Las Vegas gambling casino’s emblazoned on it. I also had on blue cotton sweat pants. Both the items I had on were both wrinkled from being folded into my backpack. I also bought tennis shoes along. However, I decided against wearing them in the gym. Instead I decided to keep on my simple beige canvas tennis shoes. The main reason I kept them on was because I saw an old gray haired lady wearing canvas tennis shoes. I wanted to increase the ranks of the sisterhood of the canvas tennis shoe wearer.