Parking Sucks

Everything – Michael Buble’

You’re a falling star, you’re the get away car.
You’re the line in the sand when I go too far.
You’re the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you’re the perfect thing to say.

And you play it coy, but it’s kinda cute.
Ah, when you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don’t pretend, that you don’t know it’s true.
Cause you can see it when I look at you.

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It’s you, it’s you, you make me sing.
You’re every line, you’re every word, you’re everything.

You’re a carousel, you’re a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You’re a mystery, you’re from outer space,
You’re every minute of my everyday.

And I can’t believe, uh that I’m your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we’ll see it through,
And you know that’s what our love can do.

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It’s you, it’s you, you make me sing
You’re every line, you’re every word, you’re everything.

So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It’s you, it’s you, you make me sing.
You’re every line, you’re every word, you’re everything.
You’re every song, and I sing along.
‘Cause you’re my everything.
Yeah, yeah

So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Wow, what a day!

Went to work for the start of another work week.  to start with I couldn’t believe how fast the day  went.  Work was over before I knew it – I wish every day was like that!!

I had to replace one of the bulbs in my car headlight and I asked Dan (my old workmate in perishables if anyone of the ones we had in store would dothe job, and he showed me one that would.  Woohoo!  So I spent my lunchbreak installing it.  I didn’t think it did anything though!  Grrr.  Ah well.

Work finished and I drove home, but parking is SUCH a bitch here that I ended up driving round the block three times but still couldn’t get a legal spot.  This is so gunna be a regular thing I know, and it’s gunna shit me to tears.  All these non-permit holders in the permit-holding areas, because they are legally allowed to for 2 hours at a time.  Fuck knows how long they’ve been there or whether I happen to come by right on the two hour mark or whenever they move their arse.  So annoying.  But what can ya do?  And I haven’t seen a parking officer here yet!  And I refuse to pay for parking here when I damn well live in the area!

So because I was so annoyed and realised there probably wasn’t much of a chance of me getting a park, I drove to Luke’s place, and I re-adjusted my headlight bulb to see if it would make a difference, but I’d parked toward the sun and couldn’t tell from the glare – silly me.  They weren’t home so I took off again and checked one time near my house for a park  to no avail, so i drove all the way back to Chermside.  Of course I hit the school-kid-hometime-traffic so it took a while. 

I got to Chermside and I walked inside and sat down to think for ages about what i was gunna do.  There was a reason I was there, not just partly cos I knew shopping centres have free parking and I could camp out there until the parking restrictions faded.  I was there cos I had this idea I should probably join the gym.

I was sitting there for ages on the couch inside looking at pamplets, trying to decide whether it was worth it or not.  in the past a lot of me has said no it’s not.  the money can definitely be better spent on other things, but my reasoning for this is because the parking here is so bad, I figure if I go to the gym after work, I can hang out there until I actually have half a chance of being able to park and get home.

I ended up giving it a go.  i went in and asked to speak to someone about membership options.  This nice lady showed me and showed me the place and got my details.  i dispise the whole direct debit thing gym’s do, but there really isn’t another option.  I’d prefer to pay outright, but really it’s not much different is it.  It’s just scary if they go to take out a payment and there’s nothing there – not that I’ve had that problem before, but I haven’t had derict debits before either.  Anyway it works out at roughly $810 a year, for a really nice gym, which I can go to either near my work or to the ones near my home, which is pretty cool.  I was so nervous being there.  it was so unlike me.  My hands were shaking and I felt short of breath.  i hate doing things way out of my comfort zone, but I’d reasoned with myself and  thought it through and basically told myself to stop being such a prude and I went with it.

So I am now a gym-dude. LOL.  She was really nice and explained how it seemed to be nerve-racking when everyone first joined up because of the whole thinking everyone in there was gunna be buff-body builders and whatnot, but there was quite a mix.  There were some guys and girls who looked about 14.  She said they had members aged from 11 to 82!  Whoa!  I think the 11 must be a lit though because on the application form it says members must be at least 14.  Maybe there’s exceptions.

So I’ve signed up for 3 personal training sessions, basically to get an idea of how I’m suppose to do things, like control my breathing right when i lift and drop weights and when to do cardio and stuff.  My diet will be interesting as I’m slim as a rake anyway so I’m hoping I won’t have to change it much 😛  I know I’ll have to eat more – but I swear I inhale the fridge and get I stay the same shape!  Grrr.  Gotta be more of a way to put ON weight.  Cardio probably isn’t gunna help that, but I mainly wanna do that because it can’t hurt to have a stronger heart.

I’m intending to go after work tomorrow, whether the PT has called me or not.  I’m actually hoping he/she doesn’s so i can have a first use of stuff myself, but doesn’t matter if he/she does.&nb

sp; I don’t know who it is yet because the lady who interviewed me asked me if I wanted a male or female PT, and I said it didn’t really matter.  I slightly thought female only because there’s less of a chance of them being homophobic, but ya never know.  Hopefully I get a cool one.  I only want the three lessons and I hope they don’t charge me more after that because I’m not gunna be able to afford it, and the form i signed was only the debit amount so I think I’m all good.  I’ll be keeping a close eye on it though.  So the first two weeks are free, so I’m gunna make the most of them – I hope I can get my breathing and my stretching and stuff downpact by learning from the PT and then hopefully be able to do my own thing.  I’m worried that they’ll be like the boot-camp style ones on The Biggest Loser, but I’ve been assured they analyse you to see what fitness level you’re at, which was a lot more comforting.  I think the PT sessions are like $40 for 3 half hour ones, and I’m sure they’ll double from there, or more.  But I don’t wanna get any more.

It’s actually the same gym Luke goes to, and he said it’d be cool to go gym with him if we’re free at the same time.  I doubt that though with work hours.  Never know though.  It’s just up the road from my work and I figure I’ll gothere after work and hopefully the parked traffic will have died down a little.  I don’t wanna stay there for a full 3 hours and 40 minutes every afternoon, so who knows if this is gunna work but i may just have to make other plans also to kick past the 6pm restriction-lift.  I can also use the Valley gym (which is brand new) and the city gym I can use but it’s an extra $5 a visit.  my GOD what a rip – just cos it’s the city they can charge a bit more.  Pretty sure I can use any one in Australia, but I’d have to get that confirmed.

So when I left there I noticed there was water under my car.  Typical mechanic.  Pay $760 and they did sweet fuck all, it even still vibrate like it always did.  I don’t know why I bother or even if honest mechanics exist anymore.  i try to look on the bright side and say at least they changed my oil.  Yeah cos that costs a lot!  Grrr.  Coulda done that my friggin self.

So the car made it home, which was the main thing and it was well after 6 as i decided to shout myself a pork dinner meal in the food-court.  Sat there alone just thinking about whether I made a good investment.  I wouldn’t say good, but I did it cos I had reaons to.  Who woulda thought parking restrictions woulda been the reasons I actually got off my arse and signed up at a gym?!  LOL

But it’s not like I hadn’t been thinking about it – I had for ages.  i actually passed a stand in  the shopping centre up  the other end to where the actual gym was with a few pamphlets on it, so i picked a few up and looked at the group fitness classes.  There were so many!  i then sat outside the gym for ages and freaked when I thoguht I saw Luke inside LOL – i didn’t want him to see my signing up – how embarrassing.  It’s like he’s he master cos he’s been there so long and I’m a learner driver lol!  i know I’m weird.  Now that I’m an actual member I feel better, and the fact the other people there looked relatively normal and keep to themselves and their workouts.  I loved the look of the steam room, the sauna and the cool-room – something like that you do after a work-out.  I spose if I actually get into this, I’ll enjoy it, and it seems like fun, but I haven’t started yet so who knows, but it’s always good to be positive when starting something productive.  Let’s hope it’ll be eventually productive.

I’m gunna need a lot of self-encouragement though.  I’ve always thought I’ve been too tall to actualyl do anything with my body, as a certain primary school PE Teacher pointed out to me.  it really upset me at the time whilst he talked up a shorter student about how he could get muscles and whatnot.  I was the ‘too tall, not gunna happen model.  I guess it’s stuck with me if I remember that all these years later.  Was that rude of him?  I found it quite offensive – it was like belittling me in front of my entire class, but i was too naive and young to stick up for my self at that age.  Ah well, he was a wanker anyway.  he marked me pretty good in my theory subjects though, but that was probably to make up fior what a tosser he was in sport.

I’ve always loved tennis, volleyball and table tennis, but not too many other sports.  Tennis I kinda of obsess over, but i don’t think as much as Archer lol. 

So that was my day.  I hope tomorrow at work goes as fast as today did so that i can get to the gym.  i hope they don’t try to call me when I’m at work, which I’m sure they will.  Ah well.  I reckon I’m gunna be real tired after a while of this, but i guess it’s more productive than watching the TV or sitting on the set for hours.  I’ll just do that after i can actually walk in my house to do so.

Saturday I’ve got a birthday dinner  to go to and then might be heading down the coast for a mate’s 19th.  That’ll be awesome i can’t wait – haven’t seen him in ages.