TGIF...Almost

Whoops, didn't mean to take a few days off. My bad.

TUESDAY:
Woke up early, at the gym for 7. Did about 45 minutes of conditioning but not a lot of legs because my hip has still been bothering. Then after my real job I worked at the gym and did only a few miles on the bike.

WEDNESDAY:
My normal day for working with Zach. Had a session with him at 5 and pretty sure we did a lot of jabs. We also worked on how I can cut someone off in the ring and get them into the corner. Good stuff. Then did class at 630 and then sparring after. Did two rounds of only jabs with Knuckles because she has two weeks left before she can throw her right (she's about the only one that listens when told not to do something). And they were good rounds! There some kind of disconnect in my brain when it comes to sparring. What I do on pads is awesome. I'm fast and throw a lot. When I spar? Not so much. Well, this time? I flipped the switch and.it.was.good. Hell, if I'M saying it was good then it means something because 99% of the time I think I suck. I feel bad because I made her nose bleed pretty good (blood ended up on her shirt) but she bleeds so easily it's crazy.

But, of course, Zach won't tell me it's a good round straight out. Today I showed Jaime the round (Koala was kind enough to tape it on my phone). Her reaction: "Holy crap, that was awesome!"

TODAY:
Got an email from my gym boss asking if I would teach the teen class. Say what now? OF COURSE I'LL TEACH THE CLASS! Only problem, I get out of Real Job at 430 and can't get to the gym until just before five. One of the other trainers was nice enough to stay and start off until I got there. It.was.awesome. Not for the teens, though. I might have been a little bitchy. But they know me as Nice Behind the Counter Girl/Girl That Is Always There so I couldn't let them get away with anything. This is what I had them do:

2 rounds of footwork (2 min each)
2 rounds on the bag (3 min each)/1 round on pads with me (3 min)
1 round speed on the bag (3 min/20 sec on with 10 sec rest)
8 minutes of ab work

I had so much fun. I really hope I get to teach again. I was so nervous, though. Mike, the regular instructor, came in halfway through and was at the desk but I don't know if he was watching. Then Jaime came in and I have a feeling was paying attention to what I was doing. Really hoping I impressed because she'll give feedback and I'm hoping it's very positive. My plan is to try and get something out of her on Saturday as she's killing me.

Then I wrangled...I mean babysat Jaime's daughter while she kicked Sonic's ass. One of the cutest kids I've ever seen and she didn't cry once! Yes! Success! After that I did some work and after the last class I had the intention of doing a couple rounds of jump roping and doing some major time on the elliptical. What did I end up doing? Going to the mall with Sonic and Catastrophe and we did some major gift shopping. But seriously it was over an hour of walking so that's some form of exercise, right? And our brains were dead so it was an interesting trip, to say the least.

Tomorrow I have my Real Job holiday party at an awesome Italian restaurant so I have to thinking carefully about what I want to eat. Regardless of what I end up getting I'm going straight to the gym after to do some bag/jump rope/cardio work.

Very busy weekend of boxing training coming up. And I get to sleep in on Saturday! That might be what I'm most excited about.

23 DAYS!