Too darn hot!

I did my first spin class yesterday. All in all I don’t feel too wrecked today. It was not what I expected. I thought my main issue would be keeping up with everyone, and pushing myself to the limit. The problem was heat, it was almost unbearable in the room. I hate to cycle when temperatures rise above 85 degrees, so I thought a spin class would be a cooler, indoor alternative. I went though a little bit of heat shock when I got home last night and now I'm a little annoyed as my master plan to maintain fitness had a big bubble burst yesterday. I am unsure whether I will take another spin class.

I "own" my goal weight

I am at my goal weight and have been for a few weeks. I have successfully transitioned into maintenance mode. I now "own" that weight; to me that means - I consistently see that weight every morning, it's not a mistake, it's not dehydration, it's my weight! What is weird is that last year I would have killed to be this weight, now I'm used to it I wonder…would 4 lbs less look better? I certainly don't look skinny, I've only dropped one dress size, would 4 lbs get me another dress size? Yesterday I checked my BMI and it was 22.3, that is right in the middle of the acceptable range, what shocked me was that if I lost 10 lbs I'd still be in the range. I think 10 lbs would be too much, I'm sure I'd have no boobs and no butt!

I joined 24 Hour Fitness last week…I haven't used my Bally's membership in years, so it felt a little silly buying another membership. I also have a personal trainer package so it will be interesting to see what they say. Though I suspect I will have problems taking advice from a skinny person 15 years younger than me with no science or medical background. Oh, just call me old and skeptical!

I set the basement on fire yesterday.

I have a kiln, loaned to me, that I must have mistakenly knocked the on switch when I moved it. It was resting on a fireproof pad and heated up to 2000 Fahrenheit for a few hours before melting the pad and burning a plywood sump pump cover. The plywood was the only wood part of the basement, if I had set the kiln down 2 feet in any direction I would have hit concrete and not had such a smoke problem. A small square foot of plywood was scorched, the smoke billowed out of the basement window, made visibility very difficult and the rest of the house smell like a bar-b-que smoker. We used the fire extinguisher and have had fans running since.

I am amazed at 2 things; the amount of smoke the small piece of wood made, and the fact our smoke detectors didn't go off.

I am annoyed with myself for not noticing I had turned the kiln switch on when I moved it...and

I am scared to use the kiln, which is a shame because I was having fun fusing glass - it was my artistic outlet from a process driven and very repetitive existence.