Rec Center Week

When I began attending PSU, they had already begun construction on what would be our new campus rec center. This center was completed at the close of the fall term, and is now open for use to the student body for free. It took me until last week to finally get myself into said rec center but now I am hooked.

I first went in on Tuesday, intending on going to a fitness class. Luckily, I was there early and was able to sign the necessary waivers to be able to take these classes before they started handing out passes for the class. Unluckily, I came back to pick up a pass moments after the last one had been handed out. But, having already changed into my workout garb and feeling brave enough to explore the building, I went up to the cardio floor and tried the eliptical machines, treadmill, and stationary bikes. I hate stationary bikes.

Stationary bikes don't allow you to ride aggressively like road bikes do, because they have you sitting more upright. I can't stand this. I have only ever ridden a road bike in my post adolescence and I simply have no patience to learn to be comfortable on anything else. Needless to say I haven't been back on one since Tuesday. In fact, I haven't been back on the eliptical machine either. I've simply kept to the treadmill telling myself every day that next time I would go down to the weights floor and do some weight lifting afterwards. That hasn't happened, yet, of course.

What I find most amusing about this, perhaps, is that it has resulted in taking fewer showers at home. Because the locker room has nice clean individual showers and I have travel sized toiletries, I've simply been showering on campus every day this week. Its an interesting experience, especially since I haven't gotten into this process well enough to always remember everything I need for the day. Thankfully, I have yet to forget clean underwear. No one likes to go commando when its 40 degrees outside.

I wish that I could go today, as I had to miss a workout yesterday, as well. Today, however, I am not feeling my best. Last night, likely due to stress, exhaustion, and mild food poisoning, I began to feel terribly ill. Though I feel better having slept for 11 hours, I still am not quite at my best. Especially since those 11 hours took away from being able to complete a research paper that is due tomorrow. Said research paper is a subject I would discuss further if I thought I could do so without using extremely profane language. I'm certain that its impossible at this moment in time.

Now I should try to find something that sounds appetizing... another feat that seems rather impossible at the moment.