Good Evening Ladies!!!
We have a mini-crisis on our hands. Eldest dd let the dog outside and he chased the neighbor's cat up a tree. Phil tried recusing the feline, but only made matters worse as she climbed even higher. We're going to wait and see if the cat will come down on it's own.
I posted some Life After Cathe pics on my picturetrail. You can see some of the free goodies every Roadtripper received.
It feels so good to be back! I missed you guys. All during the RT, I kept wishing y'all could be there!!! Where to start? I suppose Friday.
After Jenn and I got situated, we went downstairs. Amy immediately recognized me and gave me a huge bear hug! I couldn't believe how energetic she was/is! She is a ball of energy and enthusiasm!!!
We signed cards and got on one of the three school buses around 5:30.
Cathe's gym is awesome! It would be impossible to not join if I lived closer! Almost makes me want to move to Glassboro!;-) Her studio is located in a side room all the way in the back of the gym. The actual set where they do the workout was much smaller than I thought it would be. They had huge screens playing clips of the new series on the set. Tons of food was spread up along the outer wall. My picture only showed half of the food that was available. I was drooling since I only had half a bagel all day!
After getting seated, we filled out the registration forms and got our gift bags. OH! Let me tell you about the gift bags! We each got a Cathe tote bag, brown t-shirt with the blue and white lettering "Put Your Game Face One Cathe roadtrip 2007", a Who's Who book with a page dedicated for each RTripper, a Cathe Calendar with stickers, a luna bar (dd ate), and a hand towel with Cathe's logo and Roadtrip 2007 embroidered on the corner thatRetrofit/Cindy had donated to each RTripper. How sweet and thoughtful was she!!!
Then we ate! The food was so good. I loaded up my plate, passed on eating any salad and focused on getting in some protein and carbs with a side of brownie, cookie and cake.:9
After eating, the crew arrived. Cathe showed up a few minutes later. Here again, I was AMAZED with how TINY TINY TINY they all were!!!!!!!!!!!! They look so much smaller in person than they do in pictures and tv!!!!!!! They ALL looked stunning!!!! They looked so feminine, yet so strong! It's hard for me to describe. I was blown away!
That evening was a bit of a blur. We went over to the gym for circuit relays. We almost won!
I felt a little disloyal to my team when Cheryl and I went over to cheer on Amy. The energy in the room was massive! After eating, I didn't feel like I could do a single crunch. But, all that was gone once the race started! The winning team each received a discontinued VHS Cathe tape. Lucky girls!}(
Chris from SNM also gave a speech about the upcoming MPeg4 ipod downloads and the workout blender software. I asked him if we could use our dvds with the software. Nope. He explained how it's a different format (MP2 vs. MP4). I also asked him about using a different MPeg4 player such as Zune instead of ipod. He explained that the resolution on Zune is lower than the ipods. He suspects that the reason Microsoft doesn't raise their resolution is due to the Zune heating up and them having a problem with overheating to actually burning up. (Not his exact words, but close to it.) So, it looks like an ipod is on my Christmas wish list!!!!
Let me just say that Chris was the most humble, soft spoken, sweet man!!!!! I have a tremendous respect for his knowlegde of electronics and computers. I asked him on Sunday if he was the person who posts under SNM's name on the forums. He admitted it was him. People need to give him the benefit of the doubt (regardless) when reading his posts because to hear him talk, he is just so kind, humble and straightforward. He reminds me of Phil. A person can't act like that. It has to come from the heart. So, naysayers: BACK OFF!
Okay, we were able to check out Cathe gear & dvds, chat with everyone, get autographs, and take pictures before leaving. Cedie was planning on leaving Saturday afternoon and wasn't sure if she was coming to the kickboxing class. I was so bummed I didn't bring my dvds that night. So, she signed my Cathe Calendar and posed for pictures. I asked her how her dh felt about the RT. LOL He thinks we're a bunch of strange people. (Not her exact words, but very close to it!) She just laughed at him and told him we weren't. He just doesn't get it! She told us that she had him do one of the workout dvds with her and he couldn't do half of it!:7 :7 She told him, "It's not as easy as it looks, huh!" Cedie was adorable!!!!!
Oh, since this is an open forum for all to read, I'll keep my next thoughts to myself. Email me if you want.}(
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Got back on the bus headed for the hotels around 10:30. That's for the birds. Jenn and I decided to take the car afterwards. I hated the beds. Yes, they were comfortable. But, it held in the heat! Jenn and I slept for only one hour stretches when I was luck, and tossed and turned all night long. We had two other roommates, so we would just wake up, hear the roomies peacefully dreaming, look at each other, whine in whispers, and try to fall back to sleep. I had bags underneath my eyes when I finally got up Saturday. It was horrible.
Saturday had NO downtime!!!! Cathe kicked my bootay!!!!!!! The first class was kickboxing. I situated myself in the back since I didn't know how I would perform. You guys would be so proud of me! I shocked myself with how I was able to keep up! She had us running and jumping and kicking and pulling. Yes, literally running circles around the room!!!! I love the flooring. I was able to jump higher and last longer than I could ever imagine! Again, the energy in the room was rockin!!! My heart was a thumpin!!! She taught us one of the combos that's in the new series! Y'all are gonna LOVE the new series!!!!
Afterwards, we split up into two groups. I wanted the group that took a break to listen to the guest speaker before the body sculpting class.
And, I got it!
So, again, here, I'll keep my thoughts to myself.
I took a wet wipe sponge bath. Got dressed and went to listen to the speaker. She was talking about sports injury while I ate a banana with peanut butter. I about fell asleep, not because she was boring. Nope. Cuz I didn't sleep well that night. So, Jenn and I went to get some DD Coffee!!!! DD was located in the same shopping center.:9 I love New Jersey! They know coffee!!! We stood outside the room where group A was working and watched what was to come. Once they were finished, Jenn and I went in and set up for our group's class.
Again, y'all would have been so proud of me! I got right up front, next to Cathe's right side. I wanted to be able to see what she was doing instead of the person in front of me. I was able to keep up and do it all! When she did her levitation hold at the VERY END, I tried three times and couldn't do it. Then when I thought no one was looking, I DID IT!!!! Debby H. was my witness!!!! Cathe never ceases to amaze me. She not only did a levitation hold, she extended her legs straight out in front of her. That was the moment I could actually feel my respect for her deepen to a whole nother level!!! I vowed that I would make it my goal to do it one day too. She's such an inspiration. I never pushed myself harder than I did on the Roadtrip.
And! Guess WHAT! This morning when I woke up, I got my legs in front of me during a levitation hold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to work on getting them arrow straight. But, my quad DOMS got the better of me. My legs wouldn't fully straighten. But, it's close. It'll happen if it kills me!!!:7
Okay, I'm posting this before I lose it. Off to type another post with RT memories.
Wendy
