I’ve been struggling to find that inspiration to write. I started to write this blog because I had been told that my story was interesting, inspiring… all of that jazz, but now, most of my story has been told. What now? I’m living the story which means it takes longer to build up enough content to write. So what has been happening since my last post? Well, Jazzercise just celebrated its 50th year anniversary! Our little center also celebrated its…
When I was in college, I got a part time job working at the Banana Republic Outlet in Commerce, GA. I just so happened to be shopping there with my college roommate, and the manager there recruited us. I liked the clothes, wanted the discount, and needed a job, so I thought, “Why not?” I ended up working for the company for over five years, and before I left, I had worked my way up from part-time sales associate to…
Pssst. Lean in. I got something to tell you. It’s a secret. Promise you won’t tell anyone else? Come in closer. Let me whisper it in your ear. You ready? It’s going to be a shocker! Pinky promise me not to repeat it to anyone else. Here it is. I’m not perfect. Yes, I realize you already knew that. So, it’s not really a secret, but for someone like me, this is quite disturbing. What do I mean “like me”?…
You know that old saying, “Practice makes perfect”? Apparently it does not apply to me! Haha! Last week, I took a break from team-teaching at Jazzercise because I had volunteered to work at vacation Bible school (aka VBS) for my church. VBS engulfed all my morning hours, and I knew myself well enough to know that I would be too exhausted to want to teach in the afternoon. In some ways, I became anti-social in the evening after being surrounded…
Today was the big day. I had my audition to become an instructor this morning. Of course, the weather was awful (storming insanely), I was feeling pretty awful (due to a certain timing of the month… if you get my drift), and my kids were acting like nothing was different about today. What?!?! Didn’t they know how important today was? From the first sip of my morning coffee, I was receiving text messages from friends, uplifting me, letting me know…
On the very last game of my son’s soccer season, some players didn’t show up for the game, so my son played goalie for the second half. He hadn’t played goalie all season, but he rose up to the challenge. He played really well, made some great stops, but also had 2 goals scored on him as well. Overall, he had a really great game and his team won. After the game, his dad and I asked him if he…
I’ve been getting a ton of telemarketers on my cell phone, so if there’s a phone number that is calling me, I typically don’t pick up the phone and send it straight to voice mail. So on Friday when I got a call from Florida while cooking dinner, I just ignored it. When I heard the alert that I received a voice mail, I assumed it was another cut off robot voice telling me that I owed the IRS money…
With all of my pregnancies, I really tried to do low impact exercise to stay healthy and active. Most of the time, that meant I walked a lot, but my third pregnancy was a summer baby. The last thing I wanted to do was walk while being all hot and big in the spring and summer Georgia heat. Then, I remember reading on Facebook about a free month trial of Jazzercise at my local recreation center. I had a fellow…