Someone in our house is sick, always sick. I'm not sure that we've had a bug free week since before Christmas.
Got screwed over with our taxes because although I asked to have taxes taken off my EI for mat leave, the government didn't take enough so I owe.
Then there's all of the family drama; someone's always dragging us into drama of some kind or another. We do pretty well at keeping our distance but sometimes you get thrown under the bus and BAM! there you are right smack in the middle of it all.
This list could go on for what seems like forever these days but this isn't a total whine session and most of you are probably wondering what the hell any of this has to do with my fitness journey? Well besides being able to completely ignore my cravings for crap that are completely stress related, I'm getting there!
So, remember how I mentioned in my last blog post that I had won that gift card towards personal training at another gym? Well, I went to check it out yesterday. I met with the owner who was very nice and took me on a tour of the facility. It was tough for me to even walk through those doors, feeling like I was completely stabbing my mentor in the back but I did it. All I can say is, "WOW! That is sooooooo not the place for me!" Don't get me wrong it has a lot of great features, bells and whistles that would attract most people and the staff were very friendly but it just wasn't my scene. I had a really hard time even entering the contest to begin with and in hindsight wish I hadn't at all. Finding out that I had $300 to use towards personal training there seemed great because I know that I want and could benefit from it but we just cannot afford it, it's nowhere close to being in our budget right now, especially with my mat leave set to run out soon. I was more than disappointed to find out that the first $100 of my gift card would have to be used towards their assessments, leaving me with $200 to use towards the personal training, only the shortest contract that you can sign up for is 3 months of $300 each after taxes... so far beyond our budget that I wanted to laugh out loud. Had I known that I would have to sign up for a contract, I wouldn't have entered the contest, I would have definitely stepped aside so that someone else who has the means could benefit from it.
Needless to say, I was and still am disappointed. I was looking forward to having personal training and having that extra kick in the ass to push myself even further than I have been pushing myself but it's just not doable. Seems like lately it's one step forward, two steps back.
Soooooo, anyone want a $300 gift card towards personal training? Lol
Maybe this world is another planet's hell. ~Aldous Huxley
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