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A badass workout

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My third time at the gym since I bought the membership two weeks ago. Last time I almost died after 30 minutes of TRX. Today I did 30 minutes of CXWORX and 60 minutes of spinning and this was easier. Well, I am sore all over but I didn’t feel like I was about to die. CXWORX was pretty tough though and I couldn’t do much. I think my stomach and shoulders will be hurting a lot the next few days. CXWORX is a short but very intense class that goes through the whole body but focuses on the core.

The spinnig was easier than in the States. I guess it’s because we have a puls watch and are supposed to be at specific percentages of our max pulse instead of just doing gears. It felt good!

During the day I was downtown buying thick papers and spray glue for that card game. Mom printed it yesterday on normal paper so I glued it to thicker paper today. Tomorrow I will cut them into the right sizes and then laminate them. They are gonna be beer-safe.

After that I spent one hour at Chalmers writing a bit on the thesis. Back home and change my address with the IRS, otherwise I can’t get financial aid with my rent.

And I found a website that turns my photos into canvas on whatever size I want. It wasn’t that expensive so I will do that with a few of my photos from Hawaii and put it on my wall. The painting I had got destroyed so I need to replace it with something and what couldn’t be better than my own photos from the best trip ever?

I also confirmed with a future au pair about a interview tomorrow afternoon at a cafe downtown. And that’s what happened before I tried to kill myself at the gym.

When I came home mom had dinner ready and I started googling on where to go during Christmas. I know it’s far away. But there are so many islands in the Caribbean and I have no idea which to go to! If anyone has any knowledge about the Caribbean, please don’t hesitate to tell me. Central America would be fine too.

I think I need to go to bed now. I have a lot of things to do tomorrow. Have lunch with an old coworker at SCA for example :).

Gym membership

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Two days and I haven’t even thought about updating the blog. It’s not that I’ve done a lot of things.

On Monday I bought a six months membership at Fysiken Gym and went to two classes with mom. First some weird stretching with a foam roll. That hurt, and not in a good way, so I probably won’t do that anytime soon again. At least not until I know how to do it correctly.

Right after we did a Body Control class. You have a pilates ball and then use it to work on the inner muscles in your core. It feels kina ridiculous jumping around on it, but I am still sore, two days later.

Yesterday I had lunch at Chalmers with Hanna and the two other people who are going to CalPoly with me. Hanna talked about a lot of things and I don’t remember it all. But I don’t need to think about that much right now. I just have to finish my application so I can hand it in tomorrow.

Last night I realized I don’t want to go home during Christmas. Johanna wanted to go to Hawaii, but I don’t want to go there again, so I decided I want to go to the Caribbean instead. I have a lot of ideas, but can’t decide just yet. Jamaica, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba? It’s not easy!

This morning I had a meeting with Chalmers about my thesis. It went well and I have now a much better idea of what to do. And I’m guessing it will be a lot clearer on Monday when we will talk to Veidekke again. I and Johan went through everything after the meeting, came up with a rough time plan and a description of the project. I think we will manage to do this!

I am tired now, I just had lunch, and am watching TV shows. I’ll probably take a nap…

Rainy and foggy The weather’s been awful since I came home. One or two days was pretty okay with a little sun. This is depressing!