I've learned through this moving process that I am definitely not a natural at any sort of home renovating or DIY - not that I ever really thought I was in the first place, but this move has definitely confirmed. Since we have a very open floor plan (ie our bedroom has no walls), we decided to get curtains to separate the living room and bedroom a little better. We have now been to Bed Bath & Beyond and Target multiple times to return wrong-sized rods, and one-sided curtains that clearly would not work. We finally have the rod up, which was a task in itself, and now have one set of curtains purchased. Because of course Target was sold out of the ones we liked, so we have to order another one online. Overall, I feel like unpacking and settling in has taken much longer here than any of the other moves, but I think part of it is that a) we have a lot more stuff, b) we get distracted easily by things like going out to dinner and exploring our neighborhood and lastly c) I think we are being a lot more thoughtful about where we are putting things and trying to be as organized as possible in our smaller space.
Last night, Paul and I decided to go to a spinning class at Recycle Studio near our apartment. We both decided that we needed to get serious about getting into shape before Naples, and now we no longer have gym in our building. That's not a big problem since I hate gyms, especially the ones that come in apartment complexes. They are just beyond un-motivating to me. I need to be at a class where I am constantly moving so I don't get bored, and where someone is yelling at me so I don't get lazy. I took a boxing class once last year and loved it, but I couldn't find any near our apartment. I figured the best way for us to attend a class would be something that we could easily walk to, especially in the cold, so I thought spinning would be the next best thing. I had no idea what to expect since neither of us had ever taken spinning before. We looked at getting shoes before the class, but figured we should probably try it out a few times before really committing ourselves. Anyways, as most of you probably know (and I should have), spinning is HARD. I don't really know what I expected but it was intense! The girl leading the class was seriously the most in shape person I have ever seen - her butt didn't touch the seat at all and her legs moved so freaking fast, all while she yelled at us. Paul and I were definitely the slowest/most out of shape in the class - and there was a lady spinning whose due date was YESTERDAY. Even she was spinning like a maniac - that is serious commitment. Thank God your feet get locked in or I most definitely would have flipped myself off that bicycle at least a million times. There were multiple times where I would try really hard to keep up with everyone, and then I would slow myself down because, like, would I rather be the best newbie in the class, or accidentally knock out my front teeth when I crash face first into the handlebars. So, yeah, that was my experience with spinning. Despite the agony that my body is in today, I am definitely going to go back - I need an intense work out to kick me into shape before Naples! We'll see what happens after that...
This sums up how I feel right now:
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