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Oh my freaking god, Zumba is the most fun workout EVER. And it's not too hard to follow; with my dance training, I picked it right up. And it's a good workout. I think my abs are going to be sore tomorrow!

I know I've enjoyed a class when I don't want to stop afterward and I have to make myself calm down and rest so I don't overdo it and be totally wiped out the next day. I want to keep dancing!

And it included Shakira's Waka Waka song! I just taught myself the dance steps for that today from the video on YouTube! That was cool. I mean, it was largely that song that made me want to go to Zumba. But then I went to the class and I thought "wouldn't it be cool if they had that song? Nahh, they probably won't- HOLY CRAP IT'S THAT SONG! I LOVE THAT SONG!"

Then I had Pad See Ew and some ice cream. Good times.

I rode my bike to the hardware store today! I had not ridden a bike in years! I needed to buy a small stepladder (along with a drop cloth - I'm finally painting the bathroom and bedroom!) so that made it a little awkward but I hung it from the handlebars and that worked. BUT I had not taken into account that I live at the top of a hill. I had to walk up the last bit and then I collapsed on the couch for a little while.

Now I want Taco Bell for lunch. I COULD ride my bike - there are a lot of stores close enough to my house that I can start biking to them, it's so cool - but I'm still a little tired :(

AND I need energy to start painting. I have all the supplies I need now, no more stalling!

OK, driving to Taco Bell and then I'll get painting.

Mmm, taco salad (hold the beef, extra beans).

ETA: It was not a big ladder! It's about 2 feet high. So it easily balanced on my handlebars. I'm not THAT crazy ;)

Wow, lots of public posts today!

It thought I'd get more done but I've been sitting around waiting for a driver for my camera to download. I was just doing some routine updates this morning when a message popped up saying I had to get a critical update for the firmware that would prevent the camera from catching on fire*. So I downloaded that but when I tried to install it from my computer, it said I had to have the driver installed and I guess I never bothered to do that. Of course I can't find the disk now, so I'm downloading the driver. It's taking hours.

I'd get something faster except I can use my parents' AOL account for free and that's pretty nice.

I don't want to leave it unattended in case AOL logs me off (it's not supposed to while I'm downloading something but it has before). So my activities for today have consisted of:
1. Practice the TurboKick routine. I've got the warm-up and punches sections down now.
2. Heat up some Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls out of one of those tubes that goes "POP!" when you open it.
3. Read things on the internet.

There's a TurboKick class tonight and I'll go to that. I assume the downloading will be done by then.




*I'm not even exaggerating. It said if I used a regular battery (instead of the rechargable battery it came with) then tried to plug it into the recharger, the camera could get way too hot and possibly catch on fire. Not that I'd do that with the battery anyway but I thought I might as well get the update.

Man, I'm sore. I went to belly dance on Saturday and yoga on Sunday. Tonight, I'm going to try a hip hop dance class. It's at the gym so I don't know how much of it is actually going to be technique & choreography and how much is going to be just aerobics to hip hop music. We'll see.

I took a yoga class for the first time today. And this weekend I have a Jiu-Jitsu seminar. It's going to be cool. Yoga is hard. I knew it would be but still...
So I decided to spend this time between college and work getting fitter. I just saw The Transporter. I'll be like that guy. Woh-pah!