The MVA

OK, so here is the bottom half of my Florida drivers license-- I had to cut it off so my DL number wouldn't be out in cyber world.

As you can tell in this picture that my license expires on Jan 12, 2009-- that was yesterday!

Last Thursday I went to the MVA in Calvert county. Parked pretty far away from the court house annex. Walked to the door, only to see the sign that says, no cell phones. I walked back to the car, put my cell inside, than back to the annex. I entered the first set of doors and see another sign that says the drivers license office is only open Mon-Wed.... OK... I guess I'll be spending my birthday at the MVA.

I go to the MVA office yesterday-- without my cell phone, thinking I will be taking a quick eye test and turning over my sunshine state license for a Maryland one, but nooooooooo! It can't possibly be that easy right? Because I am from another state I have to have proff of residency here-- like an electric bill, and two forms of ID-- one of which can be a social security card. Needless to say, I didn't have a bill or a second form of ID with me. That pretty much means I am currently driving on an expired license until I can locate my passport.

With this much trouble, I can't even imagine what my Russian sister-in-law had to go through to get a drivers license here. At this rate, I'm thinking it will be faster to hop a Southwest flight to Florida and back...

Wipeout!

This show on abc cracks me up. Contestants have to go through an obstacle course and one at a time they are eliminated until there is only 1 standing. First off, they have to stand on a pedestal, in a sack and jump over a fast moving pole...

Each time around the pole gets higher and faster-- that is waist high there!

To make this even more funny-- there are commentaries that show instant replays of people falling... over and over and over... it's hysterical!
IF they make it past that, they go onto something called the "dreadmill". It's a belt moving at 15 miles per hour. They have to run, pass through three doors, and avoid tennis balls. IF they fall, they get tossed backwards into a pit of FLOUR-- so their face is all covered in white!

The final 4 go through a huge course, of whipped cream slides, barrel jumping, they get soaked and have to jump onto a fast moving spin wheel, it is so so funny!

Of course the best part is when you get to see the instant replay of them wiping out over and over again! See the flour on his face?

Your World Gym Trainers

We had a trainers meeting in the Owings location today. All the trainers get together to learn new things, discuss problems, and get questions answered by the big man himself.

Here we all are above, listening intently as our future is discussed. That sure is alot of red and black!

And that's JP addressing us all, telling us how well we are doing, where we are slacking, and what the new policies are for our new year. AND THAN..... He tells us he has ordered lunch for us...

That's right, he has ordered PIZZA-- right there in the gym-- FIVE LARGE PIZZA'S to be exact!

I don't see any veggies on this pizza....

And here is one of your trainer extraordinaire chowing down!

Got a sweet tooth? Don't worry-- we've got chocolate chip cookies!

Ever heard the saying "Do as I say, not as I do?" I think that is one to be followed here.

And here is what's left from Holloways plate-- two crusts and an empty amp can-- is that Amp sugar free?

So! Now you know I'm not the ONLY one that eats bad.... At least I don't do it right out in the open in the middle of the gym floor!

My New Years Resolution

Many of you have asked me, so here it is:

I plan to be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says "oh crap, she's up!"

Damn Wipers!

I'm getting sick of all this rain, I just have to rant about it for a moment. As most of you know, I drive a Nissan Mini-van... It's the top of the line Nissan van.. it has ALL the bells and whistles! That means that I have about 87 speed choices on my wiper system and NONE of them are EVER the correct speed. Too fast, too slow-- how can that even be?!? I've even tried adjusting the speed of my van to get the right consistency.... its infuriating! Even the times that I DO get it just about right, I will be stopped by a traffic signal and all the people around me will have the wipers set at a good speed and mine look like they are going 90 miles an hour-- like I'm afraid to have even 1 drop of rain on my windshield.... UGH!

Please tell me that I'm not the only 1 with this problem. Is there anyway to get 'rain censored' wipers?

Where do they come from?

Over the last several days, I've over heard, or said one or more of these strange sayings. I had to stop and think about where they actually came from...

1. Spitting image... Hum.... again, this doesn't sound like a compliment to me... I mean, spit? All I can think of is the sound of someone hocking up a spit ball... Gee, your child is the spitting image of you...

2. Shit eating grin.... What kind of person eats shit? And than has a special grin about it? What kind of a face must you be making in order to HAVE a shit eating grin? 57 squats just because you have a shit eating grin on your face! OR Wipe that shit eating grin off your face... That doesn't even sound sanitary!

3. More than you can wave a stick at... OK, what?!? Who started this? Is there a certain number that you CAN wave a stick at? There were more people in that spin class than you can wave a stick at? I need to know so I don't try waving a stick when the limit has been met! Let's see, for me that number is ZERO... I don't want to go in waving sticks around... Who started that?

New Gym Workout

I'm not sure I REALLY want to go down this road, but this was too funny to pass up...

http://www.easycurves.com/?gclid=CL-RtsPI7pcCFQMnGgodohebDg

I can't WAIT to hear your comments on this one!