Bouncing it out

Time is flying by, and I'm getting pumped for my evening. WATER AEROBICS, here we (Ashhole and I) come!

We started in early January-- going twice a week. At first, admittedly, I thought it was a bit lame. But now I'm totally into it. All I needed was to step up my barbell game and buy some gloves!

Ash and I are the youngest in our class by at least 2 decades... maybe 3. And we weren't particularly warmly welcomed by all. Last week we got yelled at for talking to much. HELLO... we've got important things to discuss and I KNOW our conversation is way better than hearing the instructor yell out directions. Nothing against the instructor, but by now, we know the moves, and she's doing them on deck.

A week or two back we had a sub-- the Richard Simmons of water aerobics. Talk about balls to the walls! Sadly, I was unable to bring my A-game that evening. But WHAT A CLASS! He had us do all sorts of crazy moves. My favorite was what I like to call the suck it move-- which is like making the motion like we used to in the 8th grade. He ran, he skipped, he jumped. He pretty much had it all. Including mardi gras themed music.

And if I'm sharing with you my water aerobics experiences, I must tell you about the old lady with the orange lipstick. She just floats. Can't hear or see the instructor, so just floats floats floats... which, with the floaty belt, is very very easy. At first I was annoyed by her, because when we "travel" (read: move- usually skiing but sometimes jogging) she gets in the way. But I've come to grow fond of her, and look forward to seeing her orange lips tonight.

My favorite move you ask? Or maybe you didn't-- but I'm blogging so I'm going to tell you anyway. It's really really hard to pick just one. But if I absolutely had to, it would be the jump rope move. It's a like a vertical butterfly kick (very short fast kicks) whiel you move your arms in circles under water.

Locker room chats afterwards are also fun. More often than not we talk about bunions-- I kid you not.

Come by a session sometime. But please, try not to over-do it. My lifeguarding certification recently lapsed...