Work OUT

11/22/09 VCR, given away

Is life a zero-sum game? If something is going really well, does that mean something else needs to go particularly badly? If you increase one thing, do you have to decrease another thing? If you give away one thing, do you need to acquire something else?

I'm banking that the answer to the last question is no, and I want to believe that's also the case for the rest of them.

So many things are going incredibly well for me right now. Downsizing has turned out to be a delightful challenge, I continue to grow and learn from my job and -- by far most importantly -- we have a baby boy on the way. All of that is wonderful.

However, while the plus side of the ledger is full, there has been a notable deduction on the negative side.

In terms of physical fitness, I've fallen off the wagon. I've always been a pretty regular runner, and fairly frequent gym-goer. Without making excuses, I shall admit that the last nine months have been an absolute work-out black hole. I've never gone this long without regular exercise, and it's showing. (Thus, my sympathetic pregnancy.)

We do have a delightful local gym, BKD Fitness Center, owned and operated by Eric, who also serves with me on the Board of Trustees of the Casco Public Library. As Eric and I chatted near the DVD/VHS selection at the Library last month, he mentioned that he needed a new VCR.

Today, after our monthly Library Board meeting, I took one of our old VCRs over to the gym. (Let's be honest, do Joanna and I really need more than one? As we've already covered here and here, VHS tapes are very much on the way out.) It was the first time I've been in the gym in months, and I didn't linger.

While I'm glad Eric and his family will get some use out of the VCR, I'm most pleased that at least I have a proxy at the gym. Sure hope that VCR keeps running -- I'm sure not.