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Today was 35 minutes stair master (my favorite) at Level 7 down to 1, 2 minutes each level x 3 sets. Then 30 minutes on the weight floor.

When I first got to the gym I was exhausted and feeling kind of lonely because my husbutch is out of town this weekend. Also, Friday afternoons have always kind of depressed me, this feeling that I don't know what to do with a weekend even though I crave it all week.

When I first got onto the stairmaster and set it at Level 8 and started, I just felt soooo tired, like I almost couldn't do it. Also, my miserable, old ipad was flickering in and out. So I took the ipad and went back to the locker room. I played around as usual with trying to improve how it was doing and made some good progress. Thus I decided to go back up and try Level 7. It all worked! And as I worked out, I got more energy, as usually occurs.

I spent a lot of quality time in the locker room with Miriam, the curmudgeonly chubby fellow Jewish woman pal of mine. I asked how old she is and she said she's about to turn 80. Wow, so cool! She had just come from a jazz dance class and was about to have a personal training session. She just rocks my world. She said the secret to being a happy 80 year old was not having kids. Very Miriam! I loved it!

Judith also joined us, dressed oddly as usual, in yellow jeans, flowered gym shoes, and a blue and white striped top. Miriam complimented her brightness. Judith was about to go to see the nutritionist at the gym.

I also made a new friend named Beverly, who is very funny, always complaining about the gym prices since a new gym bought out the old gym.

So, as is usually the case, the gym really picked me up and left me feeling pretty good.