As Heard at the Gym

Today I joined the fitness center at the hospital. As opposed to other gyms, this one seems more like my type of place (no egotistical bodybuilders with huge necks in sight). Most of the people there were employees or cardiac rehab patients. The various machines are all tied into a computer system that logs your time, range of motion on the weight machines, and likes to flash your weight in the opening screen. My hope is that before or after shifts I can just run upstairs and swim or lift some weights.

Though there may not be big body builders, it is always a blow to my own ego to have a 70-year-old kick my rear end on the elliptical or weights. When I'm running at the park, its inevitable, just when I get tired the man with the leg braces passes me on the track. =0))

While there I heard a country song that gave me a good laugh. (note to self...bring Shuffle to gym next time so listening to country music does not become a habit)

(This is for all you sophisticated ladies out there)

She grew up in the city in a little subdivision,
Her daddy wore a tie, Momma never fried a chicken,
Ballet, Straight A’s, Most likely to succeed

They bought her a car after graduation
Sent her down south for some higher education
Put her on the fast track to a law degree

Now she’s comin home to visit
holdin the hand
Of a wild-eyed boy
with a farmer’s tan

And shes ridin in the middle of his pickup truck
Blarin Charlie Daniels yellin, “Turn it up!”
They raised her up a lady
but there’s one thing they couldn’t avoid
Ladies love country boys

(You know its true)

Yeah, you know momma’s and daddy’s want better for their daughters
Hope they’ll settle down with a doctor or a lawyer
In their uptown, ball gown, hand-me-down royalty

They never understand
why their princess falls
For some camouflage britches
and a southern boy drawl...

You can train ‘em
You can try to teach ‘em right from wrong
But it’s still gonna turn ‘em on

Dad, if you're reading...don't worry I hang out with hippies. =0))