Finally!!!! I was able to find a class and attend it. This morning, at 8:05, I took a 55 minute deep water aerobics class at the Sunset pool. That is the pool I thought was closed due to seismic maintenance updates. I chose that over the shallow water aerobic class because it was different from any I had done before. Hooray! It was great fun and I'm about 100% sure that I will hurt tomorrow.
There was only one man in attendance, with perhaps a total of 30 or so ladies. The instructor was about 20 years younger than me, which was OK because I was at least 20-35 years younger than every other person in the class. But those seniors were kicking my butt at balance and ab workouts. I cracked myself up trying to keep up with them. A couple of well meaning older ladies reminded me to take it easy on my first time out. Hee hee! It was pretty darned funny.
I think I worried some of them when we brought the swim noodles into the pool. We were already wearing aqua belts, then we had to put the noodle into the water and stand on it. Did you know that it is entirely possible to fall when you are hanging out in the middle of the deep end of the pool? Trust me! I did several times. Again, I think I really worried a couple of the nice older ladies. A couple of them kept trying to give me helpful tips such as, "perhaps you should hold on to the wall this first time," or "try sitting on the noodle first, then standing on it... like you are climbing a wall," and other such handy suggestions. Those of you who know me well are well aware that I've been known to fall into a wall that was just standing there, doing no one any harm. Yep, they are not aware of Lack-Of-Balance-Girl!
Anyway, I had a great time. I made it through the whole class without having a heart attack or overheating or even having a cramp. All good! A couple of the ladies invited me to go out for bagels with them tomorrow. I have a car appointment at 11, but I can probably fit it in before I go.
I came home and took a shower and suddenly felt all of the muscles that I haven't used for years, until this morning, come to life. It is a good thing that I'm married to a massage therapist. While my muscles were still warm, he gave me an excellent massage and helped everything chill out a bit. Hopefully it will make a difference tomorrow in greatly reduced day after exercise pain.
This afternoon, we went downtown to Bridgeport Brewery for lunch in the Pearl District. It used to be this funky cool brewery/pizzeria with the best pizza I've ever eaten. Now, it is a hipster-dufus (my brother's term) place that is really expensive and soulless. We had an excellent bowl of chicken-corn chowder, but the rest of the meal didn't quite live up to the $34 price tag for lunch. The pizza crust was still excellent, but the toppings were uninspired. Still, that soup was amazing!
After lunch, we went shopping for some more winter weight pants for me. I'm freezing most of the time here in Portland (at 50 degrees) and need some pants that might keep the damp out: corduroys. I bought two more in size 12 (!!!!) and one in size 14 (different brand, different fit). So now I should be warm for the season. While in the Pearl District, we popped over to CUPCAKE JONES... the world's BEST cupcake joint. We had three full sized cupcakes between the two of us (sort of... I only ate half of each of my halves, meaning that I actually ate 3/4 of a cupcake). The cupcakes were: chocolate, peanut butter cup and gingerbread. MMMMMMM. They were (Laura) MIGHTY FINE!!!!! Sorry for all of the caps. I think I had more sugar today than in the last 9 weeks put together, so I'm a little excited. We sat right there in the store and ate them, although I had to ask for a box for the other half of mine. The folks next to us did essentially the same thing we did and then were on their way next door for some Ben and Jerry's. They looked at bit sheepish, which made me laugh. More power to them, I say.
To complete out shopping trip in the Pearl, we went to Penzy's Spice for clove and cinnamon, Sur La Table for a knife and some cocoa powder (we didn't buy the knife and they didn't have the chocolate), to the Pearl Bakery for a load of bread, then finally to Smith's Tea for some tea.
Steve Smith is the guy who started Tazo Tea and Stash Tea. He has since sold both of them and is focusing his amazing tea talents on this brand which bears his name. In other words, he has left those two in the dust and is now making some even more amazing blends. Take a look at their website if you are interested. We had a blend today that was herbal with peppermint, cinnamon, anise and stevia. I was not a fan. Too much licorice and too much stevia. I hate to say anything bad about their tea because every other blend I've tried is stellar. I'm currently drinking Red Dawn, a blend of roiboos and honeybush, which is rich and delicious. This morning I had a cup of Fez tea, which is green tea with spearmint and lemon grass. It is amazing. Today we bought the holiday blend, which is a black tea with pine needles and cinnamon. I've had it before and it is really lovely. I like tea.
Now, I'm totally stalling and I need to stop. I have not written a bit of my NaNoWriMo book today and if I don't start now, I'll be up until midnight. That would be bad, since I was up until 11 last night and out of bed at 4:43 this morning. I need a good 9-10 hours per night. This six hours of sleep garbage is not for me.
Be happy and healthy!
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