Monthly Archives: November 2010

November 17, 2010 · 1:52 am

Lemonade

When life gives you lemons…

While I would certainly prefer the circumstances of my last-minute trip down to South Florida be different, I am making the most of it.  My grandparents live in a beautiful community and they just put in a new fitness facility.  It opened last week!  I love the decorating and everything is state-of-the-art.

My grandma attends aerobics class every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday so when I am here I go too.  The instructor is really fun, she has great energy and pushes these women HARD!

The class was a good workout but the gym was just too beautiful to pass up.

I LOVE the design of windows on three sides!

I used this new, high-tech machine which is basically a souped-up elliptical.  It had a very detailed monitor.

While I am working out here my grandfather is busy at the rehab center working hard with his physical therapist.  We head over around noon to spend the afternoon with him.

We got great news yesterday, he is right on track with his recovery and will be home on Monday morning!  He went to the doctor 4 weeks ago after having some difficulty breathing and hasn’t returned home since.  My grandparents have been married 66 years and certainly haven’t spent this many nights apart in a very long time. 

I have been eating lots of yummy fish since arriving here.  For a couple of months fish kind of turned me off so I am glad to renew my love for it, especially salmon!  I think its time for a sushi date…any C’ville sushi recommendations?

Better rest up for aerobics in the morning!

10 Comments

Filed under Uncategorized

November 14, 2010 · 1:54 pm

Flying South

Sunny South Florida.

It’s just like I remember.  Flowers are blooming, bananas are hanging from the bush, birds are chirping.

My trip down here yesterday was exceptionally easy.  Departure wasn’t until 12:40pm so I spent the morning having coffee talk with my mama and then squeezed in a fast and quick run (25 minutes of all out running).  At about 11:45am I left for the airport.  The smallest airport ever.

And this picture was taken from my free parking space!  SO convenient!

Yes, this is West Virginia.  The only restaurant at this tiny airport is this one.

Look closer.

Aww yeah.

My only complaint about my first flight is that someone was ripping a** the whole time!  Every 5 minutes the air was contaminated with the foulest stench!  Change in cabin pressure!  Seriously people, not cool!  It was a 50 seater so there wasn’t much air to begin with, blech!

My connection through Atlanta was tight but I calculated that I had just enough time to speed walk from an arrival gate at the far end of concourse D to a departure in the far end of A.  If you know that Atlanta airport you know this ain’t no joke.  I am pretty sure it was at least a half a mile.  I broke into a jog for the last leg.  I realize I could have taken the train or, at least, the moving sidewalk.  But that’s not how I roll.

When I arrived at the gate, out of breath and starting to sweat, my “zone” was already boarding!

I went straight to the rehab facility where my grandfather is recovering from his valve replacement surgery.  His recovery is going well but it is a slow process.  The physical therapist told my grandmother that my grandfather was overmotivated with his exercises!  This is actually not a good thing in their eyes because some exercises and improvements can only make significant gains over a period of time.  If you rush training you risk injury and burn out. I certainly understand overtraining but I am so proud and inspired to see my grandfather giving his recovery 150 percent effort. 

Time for a little yoga out here

and then back to the rehab center.

2 Comments

Filed under running, travel, workouts, yoga

Tagged as , ,