Gym, career and buttons

I went by Zap today to potentially join but they have all of these extra fees before you even start. It's $23 a fortnight, as I knew, but it costs $60 for the key card to get in and out, something about paying for the last 4 weeks or for the 4 weeks coming, and for paying for half the week or whatever. So I'm not sure I'll be joining any time soon. Mum is going to check out the prices for her gym, the one in the Hospital where she works, and see if it'll be as cheap for me to join as it was for her. I can go walking up the hill near home and do the spin class I found in a magazine and even sign up for yoga at the Lotus Centre. I'll do a walk tomorrow. I don't need to go to the gym unless there is a class there. I love classes.

I was thinking about my ideal job today and it struck me later in the day that it's perfect as I'm not great with writing and getting good marks at school as you can probably tell from this sentence. It will also coincide with my desire to travel the world. I want to be one of those volunteers who goes to places and builds things for communities but I want to be paid for it, so maybe I can be in a higher position with the company that organises those things. I would get to travel and see other cultures and do something productive and positive and not have to do too much writing, hopefully. I think it would be great. Just have to figure out how to get into that kind of job.

Today I did some more on my Buttons to Cover journal book and ordered the fabric. I can't wait to get more fabric to start making these earrings. I have two lots of the wrong earring backs [they are 6mm instead of 8mm] so I might have to re-sell them on eBay. I'm also waiting for some rings and have found some generic white buttons but will test some similar sized ones out before I buy. With the 12mm buttons, I'll get either an 11mm or 10mm button depending on how much room needs to be left. 11mm might fit the best but I don't know if such a button exists. Mum has some odd buttons around the place so I might test it out with that. I got some super glue from Office Works the other day so hopefully that will keep it all together. There are 11mm buttons out there so it all depends which of the two is the better fit. I want to make the bracelet soon too and hopefully start selling! Yay!

Spin class

The other day I was reading in a magazine about a great way to exercise and it was to do with exercise bikes. I have recently put my gym membership on hold as I don't have enough money to pay for it and I have been slack going but I might be able to do something at home. Spin classes area great apparently, and I really suffered through the only one I went to at my gym, so it would be nice if I can master that and get fitter.

Warm up	10km/h x 5 minutes
Interval 0	8km/h x 2 minutes	Recovery
Interval 1	14km/h x 3 minutes	Work
Interval 2	8km/h x 2 minutes	Recovery
Interval 3	14km/h x 2 minutes	Work
Interval 4	8km/h x 2 minutes	Recovery
Interval 5	14km/h x 2 minutes	Work
Interval 6	8km/h x 2 minutes	Recovery
Interval 7	14km/h x 2 minutes	Work
Interval 8	8km/h x 2 minutes	Recovery
Cool down	6.5km/h x 5 minutes

These are the times they wrote in the magazine for a 30 minute program. All I need is an exercise bike [I might borrow my mum/sister's one] and possibly a timer. The one my family has is fairly old looking, not a fancy one they use at the gym, so hopefully it would be okay to use. I think this could be good for me. I also need to get back into my Leg Magic workout for 13 minutes a day. That's nothing! Since I won't be at my gym, I should start routines here. I would love to do regular Yoga classes somewhere when I have a bit more money and I'd also love to live near a beach so I can run on it each day. They are some of my fitness goals. Fingers crossed!