Crazy Birthday Week

First off I too 2 work days off to celebrate my birthday. Our original plan was to go away, but friends convinced me I shouldn't break my gym routine when I am doing so good....so Jeff and I just went away Saturday night down to the shore to see the beach and enjoy the Casino. Monday morning I get up 5 am to go to cardio.

Mon. 4/19 cardio. Hoping my misbehavin on Sat would not effect me but I couldn't break the 1.07 mark. I was pretty wiped after the workout. Then Kristin asked me if I wanted to come in later on Tues since I didn't have to work......GREAT, 7am...why didn't I ask that for cardio....such a dummy.

Tues 4/20 My BIRTHDAY, Big 43. Lower Body 7am...walked in got the gym and there were no lights on, just natural light from outside. Kristin and her husband and owner Bill are inside and at first I thought they must have just gotten there, but come to find out there was NO POWER. A truck had hit the pole on the street on Monday afternoon and they haven't had power since. They actually were upset thinking they may not have power for a few days.....but business as usual. Lower body by natural light. Bill was trying to hook up a generator to get a treadmill going....i was wondering if there would be power for Wed, 5 am...no natural light at 5am. Beautiful weather for my birthday, spent the day with Jeff in the Litchfield Hills and enjoyed a dinner with my daughter. Great birthday...wonderful spending 4 days with Jeff. He helped make it very special!

Wed 4/21 Cardio. 5am Power back on, we drove by on tues. and saw them working on building. I could tell instantly Kristin was determined to change the 1.07 that hasn't changed in 3 cardio sessions....not....not much fast walking in between jogs and runs, it was real tough, bt i was getting thru it ony 5 minutes...I know I will break my time and I was working so hard i put my arms down in front of me trying to catch my breath in a walking minute and closed my eyes...and accidently hit the emergency stop button...I had no idea what happened. I said what happened and Kristin said you hit the emergency stop button...Cardio is now over.....I couldn't stop apologizing, I felt so bad, we couldn't break the time or anything and I could hear the disappointment in her voice, even though she says it happens all the time and its fine. i said lets at least do another 5 minutes, which I felt better at least getting the 20 min in. I walked out of there like a dog with its tail between it's legs. Back to work!