Another Christmas bites the dust

Christmas has been and gone, and thank God for that. I hate Christmas. I hate the blatant over commercialism, the expectations, the expense, the nonsense and the BS that comes with it. Fotunately for me, I live 2400km away from the family drama in NZ and don't have to go anywhere or do anything for Christmas. Well, except enjoy Christmas lunch at the local RSL with the neighbours, come home, fall asleep on the sofa and get up and go to the gym to burn it off.

A lot has changed in the past few weeks so here's a major update:

• I'm shadow teaching Zumba classes to get experience.
• I've changed jobs. I'm now running a gym and have about 14 staff reporting to me. Not bad for someone who's apparently too stupid to be taught how to do a bit of admin which I'd already taught myself and have vast experience in doing! It's further from home but easier to get to.
• I've finally figured out that workcover owes me money for travelling to and from physio and the surgeon, so I've put in a claim.
• I'm now doing some corporate health check consulting work on Thursdays which pays well but I have to pay tax on the earnings, less expenses of course.
• I've reached sales leadership with Avon but it's really time consuming and I'm getting over it. It's too much work for so little reward.
• I'll be an Independent Intimo Consultant as of January. It's less time consuming, way more rewarding and much better commission.
• I'm going to do more Zumba instructor trainings in 2012.
• I'm going to FILEX as event crew - work half, get the other half free - and I get to go to Beto's master class!
• I'm going blonde.
• I've been to Ballarat and Geelong this month and will be back to both in Jan for the corporate health consulting work. Geelong continues to grow on me, Ballarat not so much.

The shoulder is still munted and I still can't swim properly. I think I'm about 10% impaired. The impingement is still impinged, the movement is still limited and it still gets grumpy. I'm still having physio twice a week - mobilisation, acupuncture and soft tissue therapy. I'm still very frustrated with the situation and considering legal action for damages as I've lost thousands of dollars in race entry fees and coaching and in having to pull out of races.

Aside from all this, not much else is happening. I'm trying to get into a bit of a routine so I can get my exercise back into a routine but it hasn't been going smoothly. Stupid Christmas, stupid New Year. That said, I'm heading to the gym shortly for a workout because I feel all fat and horrible. Now that I'm not on public transport, the incidental exercise is diminishing and I'm getting complacent.

I need to make time for myself to exercise and I will make time for myself to exercise because if I'm not running at 100% nothing else in my life will either.  I'm not eating too badly, it's just about getting organised, getting a routine going and sticking to it.

So without further ado, I'm off to smash myself.