Notes from SunnyJay

As you may know, I’ve tried several times to get in shape. Each one usually dies and whithers away after a brief period of time. However, this summer has been a surprising one on the fitness front!

I’ve actually started going to the AU gym after work at WAMU 88.5 FM, and yes, using the equipment there! It’s been quite a lot of fun.

It all started at WAMU’s June Birthdays Celebration. Each month WAMU serves some kind of food to celebrate all the birthdays in that month. It was Strawberry Shortcake for June. Mmmm! The other Business Admin Associates and I were sitting around a table when we started talking about fitness, and how we all needed to lose weight. Some of us where in worse shape than others. Thankfully I had started walking on the treadmill from the moment I arrived back from college, so I was beginning to lose weight already. But there wasn’t much camaraderie in it.

So I suggested that we all, as a department, go to gym together after work on the three days we’re all in the office, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. To my surprise, the group loved the idea, and we started that very next week. together, as a group of accountants, we braved the world of the jocks, and muscle-clad, to achieve a fat-free existence!

Things were going really well, but during the 2nd week, people started dropping out, and skipping weeks (as I had partially expected). But a friend named Don Michael and I remained faithful. We were determined, and stuck it out faithfully.

This was unusual, because I have suffered with an overwhelming fear of the gym, and of athletics in general, or most of my life. It is mostly what we call “Fear of Man” and is directly related to my sinfully excessive concern with what people think about me. However, going with my nerdy little group of accountants has made all the difference. We’d talk of XGAR reports and XGEX Reports while doing our 30mins on the elliptical. We’d talk of recent problems while debiting the receivables, all while doing crunches. It was a very unusual time for others, I’m sure, but we had fun and enjoyed each other’s company all the while.

This was the way things rolled until last week, when Don Michael received an early birthday present from his dad. Apparently, his dad noticed his interest in getting in shape, and decided to give him a gym membership to a local sports and health club. (why you would pay for a gym, when you can use it for free at school, is unknown to me, but that’s what they did.) Don Michael no longer goes to the gym with us, leaving me with the two unreliable girls. One of the girls announced that she will be leaving the city, and WAMU. Which means, she won’t be going anymore, and the other only works on Mondays, so that’s only once per week, IF she decides to go. Which leaves me going all by myself, susceptible to the intimidation of the jocks!

But, my the Grace of God, I’ve been keeping it up on my own. And, I actually, really enjoy the exercise at the end of the day. It makes the hours sitting lazily at my desk accounting feel much less fattening! I’ve also lost 10lbs so far this summer, which is wonderful! I came home from college weighing 178.8 I’m now 168.4. That’s good for me! Lets go for ten more pounds! haha.

Until next time!