That was what I previously experienced in Sydney but San Franciscans appear to be a tad soft. Boot Camp started yesterday morning - nice and early. Not as intimidating as Sydney but it still accomplished the goal of getting the heart rate up and to enliven some dormant muscles.
Who knows what the motivating factor was that possessed me to do it, but I do know that group outdoor activity is the only form of exercise (apart from our leisurely bike rides) that I tend to embrace. Exercising in the apartment’s free on site fitness center bores me, I simply don't have the will power to persevere after the first huff and puff.
Darren has graciously offered to save the $200 boot camp fees and take on the role of Sergent Daz but that has a tendency to end in a dummy spit of some description.
I guess PREVENTION is my motivation to participate; not letting the flabby bits get too wobbly or that authentic looking baby belly of mine appearing like I am getting another month closer to delivery…
Lotions, Potions, Pills, Designer Salons are everywhere, to provide prevention for everything from: hair loss, wrinkles, sagging bits n bobs , high cholesterol, tooth decay, 'most of us' seem to participate in some degree of preventative action.
With our seven-year anniversary celebrated over the weekend little did Darren know I have been doing a little bit of extra prevention - in the lead up to our significant milestone.
Now I know that the seven-year itch is all about the ‘Years of Marriage’, not just total years together, but I don’t think there is any harm in using preventative measures to guarantee smooth sailing through this celebratory event.
So for the last couple of weeks I have mischievously been crushing these special "7 Year Itch Prevention Tablets" and hiding them in his meals (visualize what pet owners do when worming or medicating their dogs and cats)
I was able to buy the tablets after watching an ad on television, featuring a young newly maturing couple looking all loved up and happy on their anniversary.
All thanks to the 7 Year Itch Prevention Tablets.
TV and magazine advertising for pharmaceutical drug companies is allowed in the United States – in fact it is the only industrialized nation in the world to allow drug ads on television.
The TV advertising generally shows actors role-playing people whose lives are in disarray and then miraculously, thanks to the consumption of the medication, the actor’s life is transformed completely. The picturesque scene then tends to end with a split second screen listing the adverse side effects that you don’t actually get to read.
I took the time to read the side effects for the 'Itch Prevention Tablets' because I didn’t want Darren to know that I was doping him. On close inspection the only caution was as follows:
Consumer may experience a higher level of intestinal gas:Oh Yes!!! I felt pretty confident that Darren would definitely be none the wiser.
(flatulence, belching and bloating).
When I haven’t been doping my husband, Darren and I have been pretty boring really, getting into some of those mundane duties - like job interviews and having to work.
We have been focusing our spare time on uncovering the secret treasures of San Francisco.
Q. Do you know where the Fortune Cookie originated?
A.
Yes indeed! Right here in the Japanese Tea Gardens in San Francisco Golden Gate Park.
Who would have thought?
Although many have disputed the claim, the Court of Historical Rule declared that the Fortune Cookie was invented by Makoto Hagiwara, a gardener at the Japanese Tea Gardens in 1909.
I got a little transfixed on the Fortune Cookie for abit - they taste so good.
So after a bit more research and thanks to some reviews on Yelp.com, I discovered a dingy little factory in Chinatown, where some ladies sit and manually fold the 'hot off the press' cookies. We met the well known little Chinese man that welcomes all his visitors and I paid my $1 bill to take his photo. We left with our X-rated bag of mixed original and chocolate Fortune Cookies.
X-Rated you may ask - well the reviews all mentioned that they were simply entertaining and not at all what you would rate as explicit.
I did however make the mistake of offering our x-rated cookies to some colleagues and when they cracked open the following, I didn't hear the end of it all day....
Fu Ling Yu Says:
As is said in Australia, "Keep Your Pecker Up."
Q. Who says that???
A. Only the Americans in the office... with a giggle every time they walked past me.
As my fortune would have it I received a call this morning from the Financial Controller of a pretty funky Internet based company that I went to an interview with earlier this week. The temp work wasn't really working out all that well for Darren Me. Two days on, followed by four days off, wasn't the best scenario for someone who has been living it up for the past four months, Of course I agree wholeheartedly. So it appears they want me, shucks!!! I start on Thursday.
Good Fortune to you all... and remember
Keep Your Pecker Up!!!
XX
Mel
Sometimes life in a different country, simply doesn't offer any newsworthy content..
Bills must be paid, the occasional days must be spent on the couch doing nothing but watching Home & Away and McLeod's Daughters episodes on YouTube.
In these dire situations , I resort to Poetic Licensing.... or put quite simply, I make stuff up.
To be clear, of course I would never dope my husband, or treat him like a dog for that matter.
But I must say occasionally I do feel like I am on something... Darren??????
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