Dear Diary: For my birthday this
year, my husband got me a week of personal training at the local health club.
Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football
cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and
give it a try. I called the club and made my reservations with a personal
trainer named Christo, who identified himself as a 26-year-old aerobics
instructor and model for athletic clothing and swimwear. Friends seemed pleased
with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to
chart my progress.
MONDAY: Started my day at 6:00 a.m.
Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the
health club to find Christo waiting for me. He is something of a Greek god—with
blond hair, dancing eyes, and a dazzling white smile. Woo hoo!! Christo gave me
a tour and showed me the machines... I enjoyed watching the skillful way in
which he conducted his aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring!
Christo was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching
from holding it in the whole time he was around. This is going to be a
FANTASTIC week!!
TUESDAY: I drank a whole pot of
coffee, but I finally made it out the door. Christo made me lie on my back and
push a heavy iron bar into the air then he put weights on it! My legs were a
little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. His rewarding smile
made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT! It's a whole new life for me.
WEDNESDAY: The only way I can brush
my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back
and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK
as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club
parking lot. Christo was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered
other club members.. His voice is a little too perky for that early in the
morning and when he scolds, he gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My
chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Christo put me on the stair monster.
Why would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by
elevators? Christo told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. He
said some other crap too.
THURSDAY: Butthole was waiting for
me with his vampire-like teeth exposed as his thin, cruel lips were pulled back
in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late—it took me that long
to tie my shoes. He took me to work out with dumbbells. When he was not
looking, I ran and hid in the restroom. He sent some skinny witch to find me.
Then, as punishment, he put me on the rowing machine—which I sank.
FRIDAY: I hate that jackass Christo
more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history
of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic, anorexic, little aerobic instructor. If
there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat
him with it. Christo wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps!
And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the darn barbells or
anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I
landed on a health and nutrition teacher. Why couldn't it have been someone
softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?
SATURDAY: Satan left a message on
my answering machine in his grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show
up today. Just hearing his voice made me want to smash the machine with my
planner; however, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up
catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel.
SUNDAY: I'm having the Church van
pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over.
I will also pray that next year my husband will choose a gift for me that is
fun—like a root canal or a hysterectomy. I still say if God had wanted me to
bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!
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