Personalities

Today my chiropractor and I were discussing the gym. I made mention how I have been observing the many different personalities. He agreed with my observations for the most part.

Here are some of the personality traits I have observed.

Look Important Guy: This is the guy who has obviously joined the gym so people can see him there. He spends much time walking around to and fro. We rarely see him doing much exercise. A lot of time is spent drinking water and looking worn out.

Man I look good guy: This guy does exercise but much of his time is spent flexing in front of the mirror. He does look around a lot and tries to see if people are checking him out. He does have some of the traits as look important guy.

Man I look good girl: Same as Man I look good guy.

Never out done guy: This is the guy who is already working out on the same machine as you are. God only knows how long he has been working out when you show up. No matter how long you exercise he will hang in there till you finish. Just so he is not out done. One often wonders how he does not drop over from exhaustion.

The Librarian: 95 percent of the time this applies only to women. No matter what machine they are on. They somehow are able to read their book. One wonders if this is for looks only or if they are really able to keep their place in the book they are reading. I can see a little bit of Look important guy in this person.

The Hopper: This usually applies to people in their early 20’s. I also refer to these people as the ADHD Exerciser. They rarely spend more than 5 mins on a machine before moving on to something else.

Cell Phone people: This does not seem to be gender specific. I think the men and women are split 50/50 on this one. I am amazed that they are able to talk on a phone and work out at the same time. I must admit that in my home gym I am able to talk on the phone while riding my stationary bike. But how anyone can accomplish this on a machine that obviously requires the use of both arms. Well this is just an art form.

The Water Boy: OK this is gender specific. I have only observed this trait in the men only. These are the guys who carry a gallon jug of water with them from station to station. The jug always has a strap attached to the handle for portable ease. I have yet to see anyone drink from the water jug. One can only conclude that the Water boy is nothing more than a converted Man I look good guy.

The lost: These people are rare. And I must admit that it is again gender specific. This is without fail a male trait. They look like they are lost. They can sometimes be spotted doing some exercise. But mostly they are wandering around as if they have lost something or are waiting for someone to ask them if they need help. I have yet to observe any of the lost work up a sweat. They often times have that somber look on their face as if they are there to serve a life sentence. The lost is a friend of the look important guy. After all he is only there for an audience. What better audience than the lost!

Blessings till I post again.

Toilets and the roof

I accomplished two things today. I'll start with the simple thing first. Some of you may not know this, but I am afraid of heights. This comes to a shock to some of you who know that I love roller coasters. This is something that I can not explain, but it just happens to be one of the quirks that make me... ME. Anyway, Earlier this week we finally got someone to come look at our roof. We wanted to make sure that there was no damage from the major wind storm we got over a month ago. Turns out our roof is fine and we have at least 3 more years life on it. The guy did tell me that the pipe that comes out of our roof (there is a word for it but I can't remember it) needed to be spray painted to protect it from rust. It has already started to rust and we need to stop it in it's tracks or we will have major issues. So we headed to our local home depot and purchased the product needed to do the job. Today I got on top of the roof and painted that pipe. It was not the highlight of my day, but I'm sure I looked silly taking baby steps across that roof today. I did manage to get a few scrapes on my hands from crawling up and down off the roof. Now to the big accomplishment. Our toilet has been making a loud sound lately. We know that the Guts (thats what I call it) has gone bad. So I went to home depot yet again today and purchased new guts and attempted to tackle the job myself. I am pleased to report that I not only finished the job, but as a shock to me IT ACTUALLY WORKS!!! Yeah to me. I hate to toot my own horn, but for me to do something and it to actually work. I HAVE IMPRESSED MYSELF. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

Blessings till I post again.

random

This past Sunday the sermon kept my attention from beginning to end. I even took notes! The sermon was about complaining. My notes are still in my car so I will have to put this into my own thoughts. But the long and short are as follows.

When we complain we do this mainly to blame someone else. Thought: How much time a day to you spend complaining? When we complain it does not change the situation and the only thing that can come is bring us unhappiness. When you think about it, it does make sense. Our words and attitudes are contagious. If we bring negativity by complaining to friends, co-workers or loved ones They are often sucked right into our pity party. Often times in agreement and sometimes they may try to shed new positive light on the situation. Maybe try to get us to look at it from another point of view, hopefully positive. But more often than not they will justify our negative complaints. I really have tried this week to watch my complaining. I've tried to put a positive spin on anything that came up. Even made it a point to stop a few times during the day and ask myself if I had been complaining today. I have to admit that a few times I really had to think about it. It seems that complaining is such second nature to us that we often do it and don't realize it. I'm really gonna try to focus on looking at the good and not the bad this coming year. I need to learn to not sweat the small stuff. Often times when I complain, it is about something that I can not change anyway. So really what good is complaining about something if I can not change the outcome anyway? I know that this is not going to be an easy task to complete. Will I ever be 100% complaint free? Surely not. But maybe I can get to 99.9%. That may be an unrealistic goal as well but I have to start somewhere. I hope that you were able to take something away from tonight's post. If I can remember to get my notes I'll post them in a future blog.

Blessings till I post again.