Excited? Nervous?

Both! After I graduated BYU I got my "dream job" ... managing pools! I know it's not anything super amazing or life-changing but it was what I wanted to do until I had kids. Infact if you would have asked me when I was at BYU what I wanted to do, my answer would have been, "graduate and manage pools until my husband (whoever that is) is done with school." That went exactly as planned and my three years of running the pools, lifeguard programs, swim lessons and water asrobics for the YMCA of Central Texas may possibly be some of the best memories I will have. But when the time came to be done I felt ready to be done. I was incredibly happy that I got do exactly what I wanted but I was ready to move on, to stay home and raise my kids.

Five years later ... I have a different feeling. What on earth am I going to do all day while my kids are in school? Now keep in mind that Austin isn't even in Kindergarten yet but still I wonder this alot. Work full time? Absolutley not! I want to be home when my kids get home from school. I want to chaperone their field trips, I want to attend soccer games and maybe even be the little league coach. So full time was out of the question. Well part time? What could I do? Starbucks? Target? Maybe even the Library? Those all sounded boring to me and besides that I wanted something tnat required growth, learning! Photography? I could learn all about it...be the best! Take professional pictures for people and master photoshop! I kind of liked this idea, even begged for photoshop for Christmas one year(and got it) but I never really learned to love it. So I decided to turn to what I have been secretly wanting to do for a really long time now! Branch out and teach more group x classes other than just spin!

This is perfect for me! So very very perfect! I get excited just thinking about it! This way I can do all the things with my kids I still want to do, I will be there when they get home from school. I can still host their classroom parties, I can be the little league coach and go on the field trips. But there's more to it than that. I love it! I have a passion for exercising! I so often wonder what happens to people as they age that makes it so they no longer enjoy moving their bodies? I am so excited to share my energy with other people. So I have registered for my first Les Mills Training!



There is a huge part of me that is nervous for this. What if I can't lift heavy enough weights at the training? What if I can't get the beat to the music right? What if my form is wrong? What if I go through the whole training and then mess up on the video I send in(yes you have to send in a video of you teaching before you can get the certification)? It's all very scary to me but I think thats part of what makes it exciting. I have found what I am looking for, something I'm excited about but will also challenge me. Something to help me grow! And on September 16th I will be there in my work out clothes ready to be challenegd, ready to sweat and ready to have a good time!