Let me explain.
Last Monday, Peter (the Polish teacher I get a ride with to Kozienice on Mondays) told me about a gym that is not too far from my place. I checked it out on Saturday afternoon, and Heather and I signed up Sunday (yesterday) and have been both yesterday and today. 150 PLN for three months...this is about $55! Can't complain about that! The equipment is old school, and it's not a big facility - so small in fact that whenever someone arrives to work out he shakes the hand of everyone else already there (Heather and I have been included in this too) - but the stuff works, and it'll keep us in shape! This is so very exciting for me. I have been running some, but I haven't been especially motivated, as the past few weeks have been damp and overcast and foggy and rainy. Do I want to sweat in that? Not particularly. So yes, we've been doing our cardio and weights. There are LOTS of weights and weight machines. This is a male-dominant facility...as in Heather and I make up the female population. Peter said that when he was a member for four months, he only ever saw two females there. We figure because we're female and English speaking, we'll probably get away with what we want - like using the aerobics room as our personal post-work out stretch room. (There are women-only classes but they are ALL during my teaching hours.) And we'll always have the changeroom to ourselves - which I'm pretty sure used to be a storage closet. It's rectangular, has about 12 full-length lockers, and a bench right in the middle to sit on. It's teeny. But it's clean. I'll give them that....probably because no one uses it! Anyways, we're already feeling fabulous, and it's not such a bad thing that guys are offering to help us with the machines. Haha
Ok. So the events of tonight I blame on my current weight-training. After teaching today, Peter gave me the keys to unlock the (company) car for the drive home. It was very dark (and raining, of course), so I chose the wrong key to open the door, obviously. The key I (tried to) use ended up twisting, and when Peter took it to examine it and potentially untwist it, it broke. Do you know what key this was? THE KEY FOR THE IGNITION. OH MY GAWD....I BROKE THE KEY TO START THE COMPANY CAR. Somehow when I was apologizing I couldn't stop smiling/giggling about it. It's wrong, I know, but I was just thinking of Eva and Gosia (the Polish teachers I drive with on Fridays to Kozienice) and how much they hate the car and want a reason to get another one. I felt sooooooooooo embarrassed and stupid but Peter and Dominika (the other Polish teacher that drives with us) told me not to worry, and it's not my fault, and that a key shouldn't be able to break that easily (and that I should stop going to the gym...clearly I'm too built already)! Anyways, obviously it turned out because I am here to write about it. One of the directors came to pick us up, we left the car in Koz, and at least we didn't crash right? They just need another key, and all will be well again.
This is such a Leah moment, wouldn't you agree? Oh dear. Haha
I would like to take a moment to say how much I love the car rides to and from Kozienice. It's single-lane traffic on country roads lined with trees. It's especially pretty with all the colours right now. It's about a 40 minute drive. It can be a little scary though on the rides home - and we've had some REALLY awful pea soup fog lately - because there are no lights...just barely visible reflectors along the sides. Regardless, I thoroughly enjoy the trips.
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I had another slow-paced one - laundry, relaxing, more movies with Heather, coffee with Jocylene. That's the typical routine when we're not travelling. And I am not complaining about this. But this UPCOMING weekend us teachers are going to Krakow! Woo! Very exciting. I booked our hostel this morning!
Last Monday, Peter (the Polish teacher I get a ride with to Kozienice on Mondays) told me about a gym that is not too far from my place. I checked it out on Saturday afternoon, and Heather and I signed up Sunday (yesterday) and have been both yesterday and today. 150 PLN for three months...this is about $55! Can't complain about that! The equipment is old school, and it's not a big facility - so small in fact that whenever someone arrives to work out he shakes the hand of everyone else already there (Heather and I have been included in this too) - but the stuff works, and it'll keep us in shape! This is so very exciting for me. I have been running some, but I haven't been especially motivated, as the past few weeks have been damp and overcast and foggy and rainy. Do I want to sweat in that? Not particularly. So yes, we've been doing our cardio and weights. There are LOTS of weights and weight machines. This is a male-dominant facility...as in Heather and I make up the female population. Peter said that when he was a member for four months, he only ever saw two females there. We figure because we're female and English speaking, we'll probably get away with what we want - like using the aerobics room as our personal post-work out stretch room. (There are women-only classes but they are ALL during my teaching hours.) And we'll always have the changeroom to ourselves - which I'm pretty sure used to be a storage closet. It's rectangular, has about 12 full-length lockers, and a bench right in the middle to sit on. It's teeny. But it's clean. I'll give them that....probably because no one uses it! Anyways, we're already feeling fabulous, and it's not such a bad thing that guys are offering to help us with the machines. Haha
Ok. So the events of tonight I blame on my current weight-training. After teaching today, Peter gave me the keys to unlock the (company) car for the drive home. It was very dark (and raining, of course), so I chose the wrong key to open the door, obviously. The key I (tried to) use ended up twisting, and when Peter took it to examine it and potentially untwist it, it broke. Do you know what key this was? THE KEY FOR THE IGNITION. OH MY GAWD....I BROKE THE KEY TO START THE COMPANY CAR. Somehow when I was apologizing I couldn't stop smiling/giggling about it. It's wrong, I know, but I was just thinking of Eva and Gosia (the Polish teachers I drive with on Fridays to Kozienice) and how much they hate the car and want a reason to get another one. I felt sooooooooooo embarrassed and stupid but Peter and Dominika (the other Polish teacher that drives with us) told me not to worry, and it's not my fault, and that a key shouldn't be able to break that easily (and that I should stop going to the gym...clearly I'm too built already)! Anyways, obviously it turned out because I am here to write about it. One of the directors came to pick us up, we left the car in Koz, and at least we didn't crash right? They just need another key, and all will be well again.
This is such a Leah moment, wouldn't you agree? Oh dear. Haha
I would like to take a moment to say how much I love the car rides to and from Kozienice. It's single-lane traffic on country roads lined with trees. It's especially pretty with all the colours right now. It's about a 40 minute drive. It can be a little scary though on the rides home - and we've had some REALLY awful pea soup fog lately - because there are no lights...just barely visible reflectors along the sides. Regardless, I thoroughly enjoy the trips.
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I had another slow-paced one - laundry, relaxing, more movies with Heather, coffee with Jocylene. That's the typical routine when we're not travelling. And I am not complaining about this. But this UPCOMING weekend us teachers are going to Krakow! Woo! Very exciting. I booked our hostel this morning!
(pictures - the park in the city centre/downtown, my favourite pastry at my favourite cafe, totu, park right in front of my building, and gas station on my walk to the gym! haha)
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