I suppose it's just going to be a mess of ramblings. I haven't had a coherent thought in a few days but here goes.
Today was decent. Day after an all day training and my students were wacko. I'm not very motivated to do anything school related because there is SO much expected of us at this time and not enough physical hours to get in the planning to implement these things that I just want to chuck it all and do something else. I look at these little babies that need me to teach them and then I look at my whiteboard with my ever growing list of things I have to get done, then I look at my calendar and see all the after school meetings and planning days and I wonder, seriously, when I'm supposed to find the time to plan to implement these strategies knowing the administration will be popping in at random to check to see if I'm doing them. I feel the anxiety levels rising, along with my coworkers, and it's only the 21st day of school. How the hell am I supposed to make it to 180???!!!!!!
Tomorrow, a minimum day, would be perfect to plan for next weeks new theme, change my walls, make copies, etc etc.... Can I? NOPE. It's a district mandated double meeting, from 2:15-4:45, with less than an hour in my class after school. Have to spend time training on how to teach second language learners. Um, hello? Have we not been trained for countless hours in the last 10 years? Sigh. I'm waiting to be injected with a new sense of motivation, a new sense of energy where my classroom is concerned. This is not a good thing to be feeling this early in the school year.
BodyPump- thank goodness for my classes. It's what is saving me, with how I feel about school right now. I'm subbing on Monday's for the next 4 weeks, for Willi's girlfriend Madds in Daly City. Brings my weekly BP total to 5 a week. I was a bit concerned about it but yesterday was my fourth in a row and I felt pretty good. Sore but not as sore as, say, after the quarterly in Texas. So I think I can handle this. I am wondering how to get more cardio in my life because all I'm doing is BP and a little walking. I know it's not enough.
Daly city - it was better than I had hoped. I haven't taught at many other gyms than in San Carlos. I've subbed in San Mateo, PAC is a breeze now, so I was nervous but my co worker Jeanett lives close by and so she came with me, and Lisa, a participant that comes from SF to my Sunday classes, is the one who connected me with this class because she takes Madds' classes and wanted me to sub. With the two of them, at least I had familiar faces for my first class. It's interesting though, how much more comfortable I've become in unfamiliar situations. Don't get me wrong - social situations still are not easy for me. But for some reason, in the Group X room, preparing to teach a program that fills me with excitement, I forgot that I had just been standing at the front desk with jitters in my belly. The room was quite small and reminded me of the room at Gold's gym. I got set up, figured out the stereo, and still had 15 minutes before class. There was no class prior to mine so it gave me s chance to chat with members. People kept walking in, a bit tentatively because Madds' name was still on the schedule because my PAR had not gone through yet, and people were wondering who I was and if there was class. I had time to chat with them, and shared a brief version of my weight loss journey and was so honored when I got a round of applause :-)
With a renewed sense of energy, I took Daly City by storm! I had an amazing class, with plenty of smiles during and after the class. I had several people come up to me to ask if I was taking over, how long I would be there for Madds, etc. And I felt very welcomed. Made me look forward to coming back there for the next few weeks.
Last night's class was OFF THE HOOK! There were probably 45 people. EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF equipment was gone. I didn't even get all my own weights because they were gone while I was getting my mic sept up! This was fine with me to not have all my plates because I was going lighter anyway since it was day four but two very "generous" members, Brenda and Jen, gave me their plates for squats and back. It was amazing to me that just because I had a playlist that I LOBE, I still had the same energy I had four days before. It was a great class. I had one of my regulars tell me that she was inspired by the bio that is hanging outside the Group X room. I never get tired of hearing that someone is inspired by my story, and makes me feel so good to have that effect indirectly.
I'm going to do the launch for BP79 on Saturday OCT 8 in San Carlos because Kristin can't and Angie asked me to do it. It's Cassie's birthday and I was going to get a sub for PAC anyway but it's a 9:00 am class so I can do that and still have the rest of the day with her. Gotta get learning that chorey!
High point of today was seeing Janet....she's doing some testing at school so she had lunch with us, damn I miss having that woman at school!
Off to bed.....and although I have that stupid training tomorrow, I look forward to BP tomorrow night :-)
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