Gold's Gym Saga: Part II

It turns out I mayyyy have over-reacted. 

Michelle??? 

Noooooo but that's so unlike her..... ;-)

So another reason why I was so upset about this whole dealy-o is that my old contract didn't even run out until August 25, and the guy who helped me resign didn't say:

 "Oh hey, you have a month left on your old contract. How about either you come back in a month and do this so that you don't get jipped (sp?) a month, or I just write down on your new contract that it also doesn't start until August 25, so that your new contract doesn't end till then come 2 years, as opposed to ending on August 1 in 2 years." I knew it ended in August, I just thought it was like the first week of August or something, which is why I was in such a rush to renew. WRONG. 

Following me? Just read that last confusing paragraph over and over again until it makes sense to you. 

So. On Tuesday I went to both body pump and kickboxing. I usually only choose one of the two classes, but I felt compelled to do both to prevent turning into a complete fat lard, instead of the part fat lard that I already am on my way to becoming if I don't stop eating eggos. 

(Warning: Tangent) 

Oh that's right, I bought a box of 24 eggos on Saturday. It's Wednesday. Guess how many are left? SEVEN. Maybe even six. I can't remember. Either way. 

THAT'S TOO MANY EGGOS AND SYRUP HANGIN OUT IN MY TUMMY. 

Remember how I'm not allowed to eat honey roasted peanuts anymore? Or peanut butter eggs, the kind that come out around Easter? Well I'm thinkin I may have to add Eggos to this list... :-(

I also just want to say that I chose to do both classes on Tuesday because if you will also recall from my previous post, I didn't get to participate in my favorite boot camp class, because oh that's right it was up and canceled out of nowhere. Forever. After I had already made that miserable drive. So I had to make up for calories that I over-consumed thinking I would hopefully perhaps burn some off. Even then, I work out for an hour and a half on Mondays, and one hour on Tuesdays, that's two and a half hours. I only got two hours on Tuesday, so I was still short half an hour. Uh. Not that doubling up on one day is the same as spreading it out...but still.

Back to the story...

So on Tuesday after my classes were over, I went up to the front desk. I told them my dilemma of wanting to cancel my current contract, since it had been less than 3 days since I signed (the legal amount of time to cancel without penalty) but still honor my old contract since that technically didn't expire till August 25.

I expected the worst. I expected to have their top salesman ushered over to try to convince me with his UGLY bulging muscles (<-- I just got inspiration for my next blog post) that Gold's is the place I need to be! And that even though I was legally able to cancel my contract, somehow there would be a $500,00 fee I'd have to pay...that I wouldn't be able to use my old contract...etc...

Instead, the front desk lady just gave me the card to call the corporate office down in Orem, and said I had till Wednesday to cancel my current contract, no fee, and that my old contract would certainly be honored.

Confused. I was so confused. I was prepared to yell and punch people and everything. A little disappointed actually. (joking...mostly).

I called corporate this morning, also a pleasant interaction. I just mailed my contract down, and since the postmarked date is within the legal time-frame, it'll be canceled!

This isn't to say that I won't still renew my contract come August 25. Yes, I know. Even after all this drama. The fact of the matter is, I need a gym. I'm going to get a free 7-day pass from 24-hr Fitness next week to try them out, and see how their classes compare. I also have a boot camp and abs groupon for this place called Snap Fitness. And me and Mary are going to cash in on our groupons the week after the 24-hr trial is over. We'll see how that turns out. If I like it, a 12-month membership is $20/month, prepaid. $25/month, if not prepaid. But I would prepay. It's not a big gym, so if there's not a pool, I'm pretty sure I won't want it. Also, classes might not actually be included in the membership of that place. Which obviously is a problem for me.

So, I'm going to check out this other so-called boot camp class at the West Jordan Gold's this coming Monday, to see if it can replace the other one that was canceled (even though it's further away, grrr). If it turns out I think 24-hr is equally as good or worse than Gold's, I'll just stick with Gold's - not worth the hassle. But if it's even slightly more enjoyable, you better bet your bottom dollar I'm switching. Unless this Snap Fitness place trumps them all, which, for my needs, I kinda doubt will happen. 

So I have a few weeks to make a decision. I just need a week at 24, a weeks worth at Snap Fitness, and a week to pray about it <-- kidding, for those who think I'm that kind of Mormon that feels the need to tell everybody how awesome and spiritual I am, in hopes of converting some random struggling soul, but actually is so obnoxious it completely turns off that random "struggling" soul.

I'm sure you'll all be on the edge of your seats anticipating the outcome of my search for a worthy companion gym!

P.S. for the record, since I'm sure I offended you all with that Mormon comment. Nothing wrong with spiritual-type posts and comments. But I hope you all know what I'm talking about. The loud, in-your-face, "I'm doing this so I can be promoted to Relief Society President because I had a fake vision about it and also because I think that will help me find my husband because everyone will see how awesome I am and not realize how fake I actually am" kind of person. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then that's either because you're one of my friends is who is not a member of the LDS church....or for the rest of you that would be because I am indeed talking about you. And then you can go ahead and be offended. But that's ok, because if that is  you, then you've probably already offended me first.