YMCA Charaters

I do love the community feeling of the Y.  There's young and old, women and men.  People you'd never otherwise cross paths with.

Last week, the girl on the elliptical next me was a college student (I hope).  I only know this because her friend walked up to her and they had the most entertaining conversation.  Something like this...

"Oh my God, I can't believe you are here after last night!"
"Oh, I have to burn it off." (BTW, my internal thought was college students are so much healthier today.  It NEVER crossed my mind to go to the gym after or because of a night out.  I really mean NEVER.)
"Can you believe Susie didn't hook up with anybody?"

Oh, it went on and on.  I was so amused.  I have to admit that I am one of those annoying people that peeks at what the person next to me's machine is doing (oh, and don't do that to me because I hate nosey people like that, ha!).  She was definitely working hard to burn off the night before and consequently making me work harder since I am a little competitive and don't like to be next to someone killing it if I'm not.  Unfortunately, I was not out the night before, I just can't resist my children's goldfish crackers.  Oh, how lame I am!

Anyway, next up, is the bird guy.  Yesterday, I'm in the gym on the stair master when I hear a bird.  It was like a perfect chirp, like a bird makes that noise but rarely would you actually hear it so perfectly.  So I casually look around at the ceiling wondering how a bird got trapped in the gym or could there possibly be a person with some sort of bird whistle?  I had no idea and it only happened randomly so with no bird in sight I kind of just ignored it.  I move on to the weights circuit.  I had to skip around since others were taking forever.  I get to my second to last machine, the abdominals one where you face a different direction.  I was stalking my final machine since every time I was ready for it someone was on it.  Anyway, while I'm on the abs one what do I witness??  Some guy who makes bird noises as he exhales!!!  It was so strange, perfect chirping noises.  I did the entire circuit with the exception of the one the bird guy was nesting on.  Back extensions, I will see you next week.

Finally, I saw "naked old lady who's kitchen is on fire" again, working the reclining bike.  I noticed she does not appear to wear a moo-moo dress, just the house coat snapped shut.  I pray she wears underpants because that would just be so scandalous.  I mean really, who rides a bike, reclining no less,  in a dress?