Sunday, June 28, 2009

Oopsy!

Do you want to know how I celebrate becoming a fitness instructor?  

A pizza delivered to my house and a sale made on  Craigslist.  

Do I know how to party or what?!?!!

Holla!

This weekend I spent 16 hours in training classes in order to get some group exercise certifications.  Sunday morning I had to wake up at 4 AM in order to make the 2.5 hour drive to Columbus for a full day of training.  Back to back grueling training days have left me exhausted in addition to the other 5 days I worked out this week.  Intense doesn't even being to explain it, but I totally love what I am going to be doing and it is worth every ounce of effort and sweat that was poured out.  

So when I got home Sunday night, Jason left to go out to eat with his long time buddy who was in town visiting (prior band mates in high school) and of course I was too tired to make anything for dinner.  I did what any sensible half-awake zombie person would do and ordered an extra large New York style cheese pizza for dinner.  So much for the brutal work outs this weekend. 

I plopped down (literally) with my pizza and my 2nd glass of wine and checked my email.  To my surprise I had a request for an item I posted on Craigslist.  A few emails back and forth later, we made arrangements for them to stop by the house in the next 15 minutes to pick up their purchase.  

"Sweet!" I thought to myself - "I'm making $5!  That will pay for a fourth of the pizza I just bought."  

I look over a few more emails, check my facebook page, drink some more wine and double check the last email I sent to Mr. Craigslist Purchaser.    

As I blink through my bloodshot, dried-out eyeballs, I noticed that I mistyped my address.  

Seriously?

Luckily the dude left me his home phone number, so I quickly give it a ring, hoping he hadn't left his house yet.  No such luck.  I gave it a second try with no answer once again. 

I took the item outside and placed it at the end of my driveway and went back in side to check out Mapquest and look up the incorrect address I entered to see if I could intercept him on his way.  Well, Mapquest is retarded or maybe it's just me.  (Don't respond to that.)  It showed a house on the map right down the street from me.  I grab my slice of pizza and cell phone and start trotting down the street barefoot.  

Hillbilly central.

I got down the street to where Tardquest said the house was, but no such place existed.  So I merrily scampered back home and waited for the next vehicle to pass by.  

As I am standing there next to the item, still eating my slice of pizza, a car drives by.  I wave to them, point to the item, and shrug my shoulders.  I sort of looked like a ravenous, crazed, black market street dealer ready to make a sale.  The people just looked at me like I belonged in a mental institute and kept driving.  

A 2nd vehicle drove past and this one was going slower than usual, so I knew it was very probable that it was my buyer.  I did my wave and shrug and the guy looks at me at first with a puzzled look and then stops and rolls his window down.   

He mentions the incorrect address and I explain to him what a freak I am and that I've been up since 4 am and need to learn how to type correctly.  

We both got a good laugh out of it.  And that, my friends, is how I celebrated my demanding, yet rewarding weekend.     


6 comments:

  1. Congrats on your accomplishments. I still like you even if you are a fitness instructor. I have several things I'd like to put on Craig's List, but am a little nervous about doing it.

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  2. Congrats Lynette!!!! I'm so glad you pursued your goal and accomplished it!! I'm sure you make a great fitness instructor. You would probably kick my butt if I took one of your classes though, then again, that is probably what I need in a fitness instructor. I love your blog!!! Take care, Laura

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  3. That sounds like some tough training! Thank you for being more real to me...by ordering a pizza when you got home from it! Your description of yourself waiting with pizza in-hand for Mr. Craigs List buyer cracked me up!

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  4. I laughed out loud at the thought of you running down the street with pizza in hand! Congrats on the fitness instructor, you're awesome!

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  5. You are too funny.... That so sounds like what I would do. No retarded comments coming from my direction. However i would have left my slice of pizza at home while running around the neighborhood...lol....Well maybe i would have scarfed it down before running...lol... sounds like you have life in order. When wil you come back to In and teach a class? Next class don't run off before chatting girl....ofcourse i probably didnt have much breath left after Diane's class...lol... i have been slackin gonmy work outs te past three months..in fact i have gained soo much weight that i am ready to go on a crash diet and a week of hardcore training in my garage to look "ok" enough to head to gym.
    talk later

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  6. I like that story, I'm always looking for something fun to read...thanks.

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