Things that have made me smile this week:
1. Martinis at St. Paul Hotel with the roomski.
2. One of my interns losing her voice and sounding like a chipmunk.
3. Finding a fab birthday gift for la mamacita.
4. Thinking about my future puppy. Who will look like this:
5. Seeing how excited fans are to buy Vikings Playoff tickets for the NFC Championship this Sunday.
6. Annnd hitting the gym with the roomie and Elle J. now that they are LTF members. And the lovely new friends we are making. Or avoiding.
*Note to LTF lifters – most specifically, our new friend Guantanamo* When a couple of ladies are gabbing away while lifting, and you don’t know them, the best ways to start a conversation do NOT include:
1. Starting a conversation with one of them like you know them. Making eye contact once or twice over the course of two months does not mean you have a deep connection with someone. Slow down, say hi, and maybe introduce yourself before pretending you’re old chums.
2. Telling them that we should lift differently. Here’s a tip: most girls aren’t at the gym to be bodybuilders. And we don’t like it when people watch us work out. We want to keep fitting into those cute jeans we just bought. And if we really want help, we’ll hire a trainer, TYVM.
3. Commenting on how defined their jawbone is getting from their workout. Yeah, we get it: when girls work out together they talk. A lot. For some of us, this is our social hour – we have a lot of gossip to fit into that hour long gym session.
4. Asking to see all of their tattoos. I’m not showing you my hip in the middle of the weight room. Can’t you talk about the weather or something?
5. Pestering them about their ethnicity. Wanting more than a bland explanation of a girl’s heritage isn’t gonna happen at the gym. 1/4 black + whitish does not equal Native American. Seriously? Please stop questioning this. Seriously. Oh – and repeating what girls say in a weird accent that is clearly not natural? Yeah, that’s only going to creep her out.
[...] (fortunately?), we have not run into Guantananamo since last week’s incident. Which means we have been talking while working out without [...]
uh oh! those are definitely all no-no’s at the gym!
That puppy is TOO adorable! I want one!