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I work at 24hr Fitness here in Provo. No, I'm not a personal trainer. No, I'm not going to try and sell you a membership. I work in the Kid's Club, so I just watch babies all day. It's great and it's fun and usually pretty uneventful. Like tonight.

We're open from 4 - 8pm Monday through Thursday with three people working. Tonight, we had one child from 4-5pm. Seriously. One kid. While Steph and I held down the fort, Tiffany went out to the sales floor to work on new member agreements. Once our one kid left at 5, it was another whole hour before any more showed up. During that hour, Steph and I went upstairs where all the machines are to re-rack weights...

Side Note:
I love seeing the reactions from people when I re-rack weights! When I start going around picking up plates to put back on our little "weight tree", asking people "are you using these?" - something funny starts to happen. Members start putting their own weights back when they are finished! Something that they never do but are ONLY doing because they see us girls wearing red 24hr fitness shirts trying to carry a 45lb weight in each hand back to the weight tree. They feel guilty and guilt keeps a clean gym, I guess. :)

With the members pitching in, this didn't kill as much time as we thought it would. We headed back downstairs to waste more time when we saw Hayden sitting at one of the computers in the sales pit (little area with all the computers where the people try to sell you memberships). Hayden is a newly hired personal trainer, originally from South Africa but recently moved from Hawaii where he trained MMA (mixed martial arts) fighters. Pretty impressive, huh? We heard he went through a workout with Mindy, our fitness manager, so we asked what he showed her. He opened up his duffel bag to reveal PINK boxing gloves and pads! So.Awesome.

Right there in the middle of the gym, he took us each through a routine one on one. I learned that I am a "Southpaw," because I am left-handed. I learn the "Southpaw stance," "hook," "jab," "cross," "uppercuts"... He gives instructions and I follow as best I can. A double hook, straight punch, block, duck, circle...I feel like I'm straight out of Million Dollar Baby... I try not to think about the people that are staring as they come into the gym or walk by us. I feel the adrenaline kick in and really get into the part of a boxer. All too soon, my turn was over.

I have always loved shows where girls kick major butt - Charlie's Angels, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Power Rangers...



Here's a deep, dark, Mia secret for you -
I have always wanted to be Buffy. I want super-strength! I want to know some awesome martial arts-gymnastics moves to beat the bad guys... She was so cool! And nobody would expect such awesome skills out of a petite little thing like herself. Yes, if I was a superhero it would be Buffy.

We were busy the rest of the shift and it went back to being an uneventful night. Well, I guess it was a bit better than other uneventful nights.

Tonight, when I strapped on those pink gloves - I was a superhero.