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Sep. 27th, 2006 02:32 pmSo, a few people seem to be having a pretty sucky time lately. Bah. Well, September's over in a few days? Here's hoping that makes a difference.
I was walking home from childminding, and I had an idea. *Waits patiently for everyone to stop running away* So many people go to exercise classes and things now - I've been thinking about it, because I'm just so tired of not being fit. Then I started thinking about why it was that I used to be - I wasn't sporty at all, but I had a lot of stamina. It's this: Kids run around a lot. They climb trees, if they're there, they roll around outside with little regard for dirty clothes or scrapes. I mean, they partly do that because they are always so full of energy (which few adults constantly are) but it's got to be the other way around too - they have so much energy because they're physically fit. This is mainly based on my childhood - some kids obviously aren't active in the least. But my point is, they can be - they're not embarrassed, they don't have other cares.
So.
Wouldn't it be great if there was that kind of provision for grownups? Maybe just weekend classes, maybe a full-blown spa type experience with swimming pools with waterslides and things, assault courses, climbing trees. There could be fingerpainting and things, too! Simple pleasures are just as good for you as exercise. Yes. And for meals, there would still be alcohol (no way would people forsake that) but mixed in with smoothies and milkshakes. (I was thinking about serving wine in sippy cups, but there are limits, y'know.) I think it would be fun, and more couple-friendly than spas where you just have endless facials with nothing else to do. I mean, if people wanted, they could still have facials. It's just a fancy word for smearing your oatmeal and squished strawberries over your face, after all.
I want one. I want to do all that stuff, far more than going to a class every evening in the hopes of improving my fitness. I want to squish strawberries on my face and climb trees and run about outside in my vest and knickers.
I was walking home from childminding, and I had an idea. *Waits patiently for everyone to stop running away* So many people go to exercise classes and things now - I've been thinking about it, because I'm just so tired of not being fit. Then I started thinking about why it was that I used to be - I wasn't sporty at all, but I had a lot of stamina. It's this: Kids run around a lot. They climb trees, if they're there, they roll around outside with little regard for dirty clothes or scrapes. I mean, they partly do that because they are always so full of energy (which few adults constantly are) but it's got to be the other way around too - they have so much energy because they're physically fit. This is mainly based on my childhood - some kids obviously aren't active in the least. But my point is, they can be - they're not embarrassed, they don't have other cares.
So.
Wouldn't it be great if there was that kind of provision for grownups? Maybe just weekend classes, maybe a full-blown spa type experience with swimming pools with waterslides and things, assault courses, climbing trees. There could be fingerpainting and things, too! Simple pleasures are just as good for you as exercise. Yes. And for meals, there would still be alcohol (no way would people forsake that) but mixed in with smoothies and milkshakes. (I was thinking about serving wine in sippy cups, but there are limits, y'know.) I think it would be fun, and more couple-friendly than spas where you just have endless facials with nothing else to do. I mean, if people wanted, they could still have facials. It's just a fancy word for smearing your oatmeal and squished strawberries over your face, after all.
I want one. I want to do all that stuff, far more than going to a class every evening in the hopes of improving my fitness. I want to squish strawberries on my face and climb trees and run about outside in my vest and knickers.
