For the past few days, Mari and I have been talking about how we really want to start exercising! If only the Batumi weather would help us out and become absolutely gorgeous every day. Low and behold, today there was more rain. Therefore I did not get to go for my afternoon jog :(
But Mari, wonderful person that she is, looked up a local gym for us to go to! This is only theoretical at this point because of our busy schedules. She found a gym that is just down the street (thanks to the local Sports University there)! PLUS, we can pay to have our own personal trainer 3 times a week! For an excellent price. Today we embarked on a journey to pinpoint the exact location of this gym and talk to the personal trainer that we recommended to us. The only details we were given was "in the building behind the Sports University." Descriptive, right? We took a quick jaunt down the road and began our exploration! When we reached our destination, we had two choices: the green building or the pink building. It reminded me of a game show, Let's see what's behind the green curtain! Except in this case, it was a green door. Well, we stepped into the green building and a rather rancid smell climbed into our nostrils. We walked through the foyer in our attempt to escape the smell and find someone who could tell us if we were in the right building. We found a gymnasium where a lovely group of gentlemen were having a little wrestling meeting. The coach had no idea where a fitness area was, so we figured we were in the wrong building. Thank goodness! That smell was absolutely putrid! I am so glad that was the incorrect building.
Moving on to see what is behind the pink curtain! This time we found a some very nice ladies who said we were in the right place and gave us the phone number of the personal trainer to call her down. Mari took control of the phone call, obviously since my Georgian is not up to par. I took it upon myself to watch the gymnastics practice that was taking place in this gym. There were some younger boys starting a warm-up right by the doors, some older boys working in the far corner, and in the middle of the room were some girls working on their floor routines. After watching the floor routines, I recognized 3 of the girls. They are some students from one of my 4th grade classes! They were wonderful. I can't wait to talk to them about it tomorrow!
When the trainer arrived, she informed us that the only time available is MWF from 8pm-9pm. That's awesome. Since Mondays and Wednesdays were the 2 days we were trying to avoid. Schedule rearranging in underway. Hopefully I'll know soon if I get to join in the fun! And when I know, you'll know.
Another funny moment of the day involves doing my laundry! This morning before I left for school I threw A LOT of things in the washer. I'm a little surprised that things actually got clean. Upon returning home from school, I hung my things out on the wires on the balcony and in the stairwell. Did I mention that they don't have Dryers here in Georgia. Well, they might but I haven't seen one. Another luxury of home! So I hung my things up and waited for them to dry. When we left on our personal trainer hunt this afternoon it began drizziling... and all my clean, almost dry clothing was outside. Whoops! Well the first thing I did when I got home from the hunt was to grab my things and get them out of the rain. At one point I was unpinning my delicates and I hear "Hello Ms. Kristina!" I look down in the parking lot and 3 boys from my 6th grade class are watching me. I pop my head into the kitchen and say to Mari "Some of my 6th graders are watching me take care of my underwear. Awesome." Luckily, we're on the top floor.... I hope those boys didn't realize that's what I was handling. If so, oh well!
When in Georgia!
Until next time. Adventure is out there!
But Mari, wonderful person that she is, looked up a local gym for us to go to! This is only theoretical at this point because of our busy schedules. She found a gym that is just down the street (thanks to the local Sports University there)! PLUS, we can pay to have our own personal trainer 3 times a week! For an excellent price. Today we embarked on a journey to pinpoint the exact location of this gym and talk to the personal trainer that we recommended to us. The only details we were given was "in the building behind the Sports University." Descriptive, right? We took a quick jaunt down the road and began our exploration! When we reached our destination, we had two choices: the green building or the pink building. It reminded me of a game show, Let's see what's behind the green curtain! Except in this case, it was a green door. Well, we stepped into the green building and a rather rancid smell climbed into our nostrils. We walked through the foyer in our attempt to escape the smell and find someone who could tell us if we were in the right building. We found a gymnasium where a lovely group of gentlemen were having a little wrestling meeting. The coach had no idea where a fitness area was, so we figured we were in the wrong building. Thank goodness! That smell was absolutely putrid! I am so glad that was the incorrect building.
Moving on to see what is behind the pink curtain! This time we found a some very nice ladies who said we were in the right place and gave us the phone number of the personal trainer to call her down. Mari took control of the phone call, obviously since my Georgian is not up to par. I took it upon myself to watch the gymnastics practice that was taking place in this gym. There were some younger boys starting a warm-up right by the doors, some older boys working in the far corner, and in the middle of the room were some girls working on their floor routines. After watching the floor routines, I recognized 3 of the girls. They are some students from one of my 4th grade classes! They were wonderful. I can't wait to talk to them about it tomorrow!
When the trainer arrived, she informed us that the only time available is MWF from 8pm-9pm. That's awesome. Since Mondays and Wednesdays were the 2 days we were trying to avoid. Schedule rearranging in underway. Hopefully I'll know soon if I get to join in the fun! And when I know, you'll know.
Another funny moment of the day involves doing my laundry! This morning before I left for school I threw A LOT of things in the washer. I'm a little surprised that things actually got clean. Upon returning home from school, I hung my things out on the wires on the balcony and in the stairwell. Did I mention that they don't have Dryers here in Georgia. Well, they might but I haven't seen one. Another luxury of home! So I hung my things up and waited for them to dry. When we left on our personal trainer hunt this afternoon it began drizziling... and all my clean, almost dry clothing was outside. Whoops! Well the first thing I did when I got home from the hunt was to grab my things and get them out of the rain. At one point I was unpinning my delicates and I hear "Hello Ms. Kristina!" I look down in the parking lot and 3 boys from my 6th grade class are watching me. I pop my head into the kitchen and say to Mari "Some of my 6th graders are watching me take care of my underwear. Awesome." Luckily, we're on the top floor.... I hope those boys didn't realize that's what I was handling. If so, oh well!
When in Georgia!
Until next time. Adventure is out there!
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