Fireman Bachelor Auction

I got an email from my friend Tiffani, on Wednesday, asking me if I wanted to go to the Fireman Bachelor Auction...."Um..yeah", was my response. Of course I wanted to go. I didn't know that these things really existed. Obviously I'd heard about them, but I just thought they were urban legends or mythical beings...like unicorns. Well, I found my unicorn yesterday and it was FUN!!!

When I got the flier, the first thing I noticed was that there were two levels of tickets: general admission and VIP. Naturally, I wanted to know what VIP included and tried to figure out if it was doable. It was more than reasonable, but I needed 7 other ladies to go in on it with me. The deal was that you buy a booth and you get a fireman server, champagne, appetizers and dessert, a goodie bag and the best seats in the house. Or, you could pay a few bucks less, get nothing and stand for four hours. To me, it was a no brainer. However, aside from Tiffani, I didn't know anyone to ask.

So, yesterday, we're standing in line waiting to buy our tickets and we were still talking about how we wanted VIP. We decided to "work the line" and get other ladies to go in on it with us. Well, being that outgoing people that we are, we were super successful and our night was AMAZING! We had a few issues with the service and the website being misleading, as far as what was offered and included in our package. But once we spoke with management, let them know it was unacceptable and told them what we expected, it was all cleared up and better than we ever could have imagined!

I think back on last night and am reminded that all life is is a series of choices. If I would have decided that it wasn't worth it to ask random people to go in on a table with us, or if I had decided to not tell management we were unhappy, then my night would not have been nearly as spectacular. I met some great people last night, and I'm not only talking about the firemen. LOL. Although, they were great. But, I'd like to think that if I make the most of every situation, then I won't ever have to look back and think "what if". "What if I would have only asked?" My mantra has always been, "If worst case scenario is that someone says 'No', then what is there to lose? A no will only leave you with what you already had. A yes can turn your world around."

Pilates

I can't just disappear for a month and every time I resurface, start my blog off with a surprised statement about how I've disappeared. It's old. I get it.

I finally broke down and joined the gym next to my house, mainly because I live in the dessert and it's freaking hot, and because I was bored of the work out DVDs that I have. My theory was that I could join a gym, and I would have options. I was right! Not only do I have options, but I have HEAVILY air conditioned options. That's the best!

I should also tell you that somewhere between me not blogging and me joining a gym, I decided to run a marathon. No, I didn't already run it...I just started to really think on planning to train for one. Haha. Needless to say, joining the gym was the first step in the 26.2 mile direction.

Yesterday I packed my gym bag, went to work, and then left work and immediately went to the gym. I was very excited to A) start running again B) start running in my new gym, and C) start running in my new gym's cardio theater. What is cardio theater, you ask. I'll tell you. (I was excited about this too.) It's a theater room and instead of comfy chairs, there are exercise bikes, treadmills and elyptical machines. They play a different movie every day! Yesterday was Terminator 3. I would have preferred 2, but I was okay with 3. I did learn something about myself. I learned that I am completely incapable of jogging and watching action movies. I almost fell of the treadmill about 3 times! Yeah. There would be a loud explosion and fight scene, and for some reason, my first reaction was to stand and watch. Well, you can't just stand and watch when you are RUNNING on a treadmill. I had to grab the bar SEVERAL times. It was fun though, despite the many near death encounters. I thought they were brilliant for coming up with that!

Today I thought I would take it easy and go to pilates for some stretching and "light" strength building. I should have gotten up and left when the instructor said, "my pilates class is different. I like to call my class intense pilates." Intense pilates? Yep, intense pilates. Then, THEN, she asked us to keep and open mind and proceeded to work us senseless. My poor, poor body! My easy, stretch, recovery day was shot by intense pilates. Now I need a recovery day from the recovery day. It was a good ab workout though....I'll probably go back on Thursday.