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My car is a rolling gym bag
You should look in my trunk. Actually, you shouldn’t.
My car is a rolling gym bag. It’s bursting with exercise gear. It sometimes even smells like a locker room.
It’s an on-the-job hazard.
I popped the truck to toss in my gym bag (that’s my actual bag, above) after swimming this morning and it scared me: Besides my big swim bag, packed with fins, goggles, cap, hair dryer, etc., I heaved in a big wet towel, a wet swimsuit, a heart rate monitor, a pair of sweat pants and a dirty T-shirt.
It’s madness, I tell you.
Depending on the season, you might find a water ski back there, a wetsuit, life jacket, at least one change of clothes (being delivered to the office so it’s there when I ride my bike the next day), running shoes, running shorts, a kick board, swim buoy or a big baby-blue Aqua Jogger (for rehabbing my injured calf muscle). Sometimes there’s even a bike. And bike helmet. Occasionally there are hiking boots. Maybe a tent, or a backpack. Energy bars and gels. Sunglasses. Water bottles. Sun screen. Maps. A brown bag lunch. Mud. Hibernating bears. (OK, I made that last one up to see if you were paying attention.)
Crazy thing is, it’s all stuff I need. And no, my husband doesn’t believe that.
When I get home from work, it’s normal to make two trips back and forth from the car to the house. Besides all my gear, I’ve got work stuff — notebooks, cameras, calendars, magazines. I need an extra arm!
Which explains, in a way, how I lost a heart rate monitor in there for a day and a half. It was hiding, under the driver’s seat. I excavated down to it in a frenzy after work last night, frantic that it was gone for good. I’m addicted to my heart rate monitor. (Stay tuned for a future blog.)
I’m still missing two swimsuits, which have somehow vanished in the last two weeks. Two weeks! And they’re not in the car, I promise.
What kind of gear do you haul around in your car?
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