A grand gesture

SuperPat wants to report that he did his situps and push ups and about half of the walks today, although he did not try to walk with water.  He had to go to the Social Security office and order a duplicate card as his has gone missing somehow...  Anyone who has ever had to go to the SSA office knows that it is usually a patience testing, full day ordeal.  But he survived.

SuperPat and SuperGirl have had a very busy evening.  After SuperGirl got into a heated debate over the benefits of eating organic and chemical free (yes SuperGirl has come over to the granola side, must be all the time spent in Boulder as a missionary), it was time to hit Sprouts for some delicious deals.  Can't wait for chicken enchilladas & rock asparagus tomorrow night.  SuperPat was won over by some chocolate covered cinnamon bears. 

Then it was time for the grand gesture.  SuperGirl has been pushing SuperPat to commit to swimming several times a week in the evening but this is rather difficult as the FunPlex pool is only open from 7:45 - 8:45 in the evening.  We considered outdoor pools, but it is getting rather chilly.  SuperGirl had visited all of the indoor pools in town (or so she thought) and discovered that they were either not open in the evening, substandard in their cleaning and features, or both.  It has been very disappointing to say the least.  But thanks to a very hot tip from Pat's therapist, we decided to take a tour at the conditioning spa.  This is where Pat used to take Tae Kwon Do as a child so he knew about it but he was keeping mum on the subject.  20 minutes later, we had signed up for our first ever couples gym membership.  The minimum committment is 1 year at  $65 a month, but after viewing everything including the pool, saunas, hot tubs, etc. we felt like it was a good way to show our commitment to better health.  SuperGirl really loves that SuperPat will be able to go whenever he chooses and the on staff trainers will help him on and off of the equipment so if he chooses, he could go during the day also.  Plus it opens at 5 am so SuperGirl may take an early morning yoga or spinning class, we will see.  And it if is too much to get up early, it is open until 11 pm most evenings.  I wanted Pat to see how important this is to us and to see the committment we were making, so I paid for a year in advance, plus they threw in an extra month for free, so that was nice.

So the commitment is...
- a 30 minute family walk every evening, dogs included. 
- a trip to the gym at least 3 times a week
- two of those times must include some swimming

I think we can make 100%, but even if we don't we are not giving up.  Each day is a new chance for 100%.