A New Gym & Why I like 5am

I have been working out in my little garage gym, and though I like it, it just ain't it for me. I really miss the gym. I miss the variety of equipment, I miss the added push I put into my workouts, I like that it almost feels like I have a nice, quiet, workout partner. Sooo, this week, I have FINALLY convinced Sweet Love to let me join a local gym that is actually open at 5am! YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH! I am SOOO excited! Of course, he had all kinds of stipulations, but I will work around them! Ha, he cannot hold me down! He should know this, we have been together since '94. If I want something, I will make it happen. I need to make the $$ for the enrollment fee and the first and last months fee, then I can join. Good thing I was planning on going to my parents this weekend to work for them! WAHOO. Take that Sweet Love! ;) Oh, and I was super smart. I got myself a week free pass, so I got to start working out, before I made the $$. Today was my first day. AWESOME.

So, why I love 5am. First, I get some odd satisfaction from having gotten up at the crack of dawn to workout. I KNOW that most of the rest of the world is snug in their beds and it just makes me happy. Also, NO traffic, and almost all the lights are green. I love green lights. Next, since I hate the general public so much, the added benefit of everyone else being asleep is there are not many people in the gym. I LOVE that. LOVE, I tell ya! LOVE. Today, I was the second one there, and there were only 10 people there by 5:30. It only started to get 'crowded' (as in maybe 15 people) when I left at 6am. Flippen AWESOME. Another thing, the people that are crazy enough to get up that early, are serious about this working out business. If you are going to go to bed at 9pm so you can roll outta bed at 4:45am, you have some commitment. This translates to... no talking, no ogling, and no standing around taking up space instead of working out. I especially like the no ogling part. I never liked being looked at that way, and I love that men are too tired, or too focused to ogle anything at 5am. Haha. And finally, when I get home, the house is STILL quiet, and should Sweet Love get up soon, he is all bleary eyed which I find amazingly cute and funny! Hehe, I am evil, I know. Oh wait, another great part, I am awake enough to actually get something out of my quiet time AND it is still early enough to get it done in peace!

Oh how I love thee 5am.