Starting nights
Posted on Saturday 10th February 2007
The shift system has rolled round and my first set of nights are starting tonight. We have to do 15 hours (6pm till 9am). In ordinary circumstances this would be a tad too long for my stamina but ,unlike my previous ICU jobs, we get an on-call room to sleep in. I hope all will be quiet tonight, as I don’t really fancy the mental haze that comes from having had too little sleep. I don’t normally drink coffee, which fortunately means I am caffeine-naive, so can abuse it if my eyelids start getting heavy!
The house hunting still goes slowly. Regan’s father and I will be looking at a house tomorrow and another on Tues. We also have a lot of loose ends to follow up. It’s a little difficult to match what’s on offer to our requirements, but I’m sure something will turn up.
Pump is getting easier now I’ve acclimatised to the heat. The gym here has different weights to Fitness First. The bar is very narrow and smooth, which makes getting a good grip difficult when your hands are sweaty. I’ve had to buy some gloves as I was struggling badly on chest and biceps. Fortunately the bars are lighter than I’m used to so keeping the same weight on hasn’t been too difficult. In contrast to the classes in the UK, there are almost no blokes doing Pump. Today I was the only male in a class of 30 people! The girls at this gym lift some reasonably impressive weights, but not quite in Regan, Ellie or Zoe’s league!
Things might go a little quiet here as I will either be at work or asleep between now and Tuesday. I hope you are all well and doing lots of interesting things. Please share what you’re up to by leaving a comment or send an email if you have something private to say!
Being the only bloke in the class are you getting a reputation yet –
Wow the only bloke in the class now that is unusual.goodluck on the house front also doing your long shift that will be tough
Rick u little stud muffin, no wonder you changed gyms you just want all the hot aussie tottys to yourself, (this is the part where you start blushing)anyway best of luck on the house hunting with your daddy in law, you’re a jammy dodger for missing out on the snow, the weather forcasters made a boo boo and predicted 6 inches of snow instead of 6mm, but they did apologise, TOO LATE MATE, the whole of England panicked as they do, but the next day it rained and not a speck of white fluff in sight.
Anyway SLICK BROTHER RICK take care and give everyone on Ramsay street my LOVE
Following your comment on you being the ONLY bloke in the class here’s a qoute from William Shakespeare:
“What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.” DO YOU RICK?
thanks amin et al
it’s one extreme to the other. you lot are shivering in the snow and i’m baking in the heat here.
doing pump in a class full of women is a little freaky. i didn’t want to start chatting at random as they would think i was a perv. however i did get noticed as the instructor wanted to drop lunges and asked for opinions. no-one else said anything so i said “no” and was blamed for us doing them. oops
Nice one bruv, i think you ought to have a word with the instructor and forbid him to drop LUNGES, infact he shouldn’t drop any tracks at all.
Alas! it took an English to upset an Aussie within a spate of few days of joining KP Fitness, they must love you to bits, now that you have put your MARK in that place i think you ought to rattle a few more cages, this will no doubt earn you more respect.
Don’t mess with slick Brother Rick Yo!
Hey Rick its Zoe…you know the best Body Pump instructor EVER!!! Glad your doing well Mark told me bout this site so thought i would see what all the fuss is about! And as far as those oz lassies go..well they will never be as stong as us pure bred brits!! We all miss you down at the gym but its great to know that your having fun in the boiling heat doing 15 hour shifts! Good luck with everything and keep us posted. Zoe Fitness First LFE xx
Thanks for commenting Zoe. I’ve added you to the subscribers list, so you’ll be notified when I write my words of wisdom
By the way who is the best Bodypump instructor ever! I can only think of Mike Sweeney
The best instructor?
I suspect Mark knows the answer, though he might be getting confused with the best-looking instructor