9PM. Life Time Fitness. Bloomington, MN...

As I pull in to the parking lot I notice it is somewhat empty...Sweet. Not the case when I get to the gym floor. The weights area is packed. The treadmills are packed. The machines are packed. ugh. Don't these people have homes?

A treadmill spot opens up and I take it. I do some walking on that as a warm up anyway so this works out well. 5 mins... 10 mins... wtf? 12 minutes later one of the cross trainers opens up. Sweet, I will wait for the guy to wipe his sweat off the machine and then hop on. I am standing near it now. Where the fuck did that guy go? He needs to wipe this crap down. Oh, he is over on the mat limbering up..

I give him a look, nothing. Fuck. I set my stuff down on the foot pad and walk over to him. I say hi, he smiles. I kindly ask him to wipe down the machine since he is finished with it. He gives me a look again. Ugh. He sighs, gets up and wipes it down with his towel. Heh. He must be new. I inform him that there is spray and paper towels and also wet wipes for the equipment. There is that look again. He finally does it right without saying a word. I say thanks and he grunts his way back to the mats area.

With my lesson on simple gym etiquette finished I start up my workout. Watching the bowl game, I notice a lot of single people here again. A few couples but as much as the other time. The rest of the experience is pretty typical. Lots of new faces in there and lots of bigger people getting fit. Good for them. I have a bunch of fat to drop too. 40-50 lbs of it I hope or at least convert 30 to muscle.

Well we will see what tonight brings, later.

p.s. Yay for Texas last night!
p.p.s. Best Blonde Joke Ever!
p.p.p.s. How to order wine.

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