So I got this new gym membership. Started it last week, and been going almost every day now. It's right here in La Pine too. I'm real happy that I don't have to go very far, especially with the recent weather and those darn hazardous road conditions.

Unfortunately, they're only a seasonal outfit - they usually close up shop in Spring, so this is only a temporary solution and I'll have to look for something different around April. I'm thinking maybe I'll join a swim team or something.

What's really cool at this gym though is that it comes with a complimentary personal trainer - Miss N. She's a real bitch, too. She drives me mercilessly. Mostly, she has me work my arms, shoulders and lower back, but we've been doing leg and butt exercises too. Yesterday, she had me work with heavy weights. Today, it was all light stuff. Not sure I'm seeing a pattern here, but hey - she knows best, right?

She's been insisting that I come work out even when the weather is bad - like she really cares or has something greater in mind for me that I'm not privy to. I don't know what to make of that.

But you wanna know the best part? The gym membership is free. I only had to pay a $20 setup fee. Which is *much* better than the 800 bucks these nitwits are paying for the snobby Athelic Club in Bend ...


Soooo ... you've been "getting" it, right?

Right?


For the not-so-alert readers, those who don't know me well, or those that haven't had enough coffee today (unlike me), let me translate:

Of course I didn't join a freaking gym. The gym is my driveway, "Miss N." is Mother Nature, and the setup fee was for the snow shovel. The workout has been so varied because the snow has been heavy yesterday, and powder today.

My point? Get a grip, people. Why pay $1,600 a year for a trendy gym when you can just move out to La Pine, save 50% on that mortgage, *and* get a workout FOR FREE?

I realize this post is on opposite poles of my anti-La Pine rant yesterday, but I'm trying to come to terms with living in a snowy world after years of perpetual California sunshine.

Mkayyyy?