Firsts...

Hello all!

This week has been truly amazing. I cannot believe everything I have gotten to experience in just 3 weeks of being here. Everyday is a dream come true and I can’t wait to see what the next 3 months has in store for me. I got to start teaching more classes this week and I have to say that group fitness instructing is the best high there is. I can’t express the feeling I get inside every time I’m up in front of a group of people encouraging and motivating them to push themselves to their limits. Loud music, adrenaline, everybody hooping and hollering, and being thanked for a great class and a hard workout is the most rewarding experience. God has lead me here to find myself and to help people who need that extra push. The time I spend with guests on beach walks, between, during, and after classes are times I look forward to every day. Watching them transform into individuals who smile and are happy about exercising and being healthy is truly amazing. Most of the guests are so incredibly psyched to get home and teach their spouse and children healthy habits and use each other as a support system.

Another fabulous experience this week has been spending time with my parents and being able to share my time here with them. I love riding my bike down to the condo they are staying in when I’m off work and getting to spend time with them. We have taken walks on the beach, gone out to dinner, and have had drinks at the Tiki Hut as the sun sets over the ocean. Over the passed few weeks I have experienced a lot of “firsts;” each one different from the other but equally exciting and fun. This afternoon’s ‘first’ consisted of me going on a run on the beach and spotting my mamma sunning and reading a book. This may not sound that exciting to you, but I couldn’t help but smile that one, I was running along the beach in the scorching heat in the most beautiful place I have ever been to, and two, that I saw my parents on the very same beach I was running on clear across the country from where we’re from. On my run I also ran passed a couple getting married right on the water’s edge. There were only two bride’s maids, a groomsman who was filming the ceremony, the priest, and the couple. It was so simply beautiful.

Speaking of simply beautiful, on our beach walk this morning we saw another pod of dolphins. Again I didn’t have my camera but it seems like dolphin sightings might start becoming a regular event around here. They are such amazing creatures. After realizing some of the guests wanted to take their picture, the dolphins made their way closer to shore and starting playing. They splashed each other and were swimming over one another. It was very fun to watch : - )

There is so much more I want to share with “all ya’ll” (in case you didn’t know that’s plural for ya’ll) but that’s all I have time for. It’s 10:00pm and way passed my bed time. I love and miss you all. I wish you were hearing sharing this weather with me; I’ll try my best to send some sunshine and warmth your way.

Until next time…