Staying Active is IMPORTANT!

Over the weekend, I’ve witnessed some things that reminded me of how old I am. Honestly, my brain hasn’t grown much. My maturity level hasn’t reached a higher level. But my body definitely has aged, despite me not knowing the signs. Maybe I’m lucky because age has not caught up with me yet, but for some others it has. A friend of mine who will go unnamed for example. I haven’t seen the guy for a couple of years now but now he’s gained weight… in a bad way. He told me he works out almost every day and watching his diet. The way he does it makes me want to slap him. He monitors his diet like a hawk and exercises excessively trying to lose weight. Meanwhile, I’ve been stuffing myself and barely see any difference. I’m sitting in front of the computer all day and still burning calories. But looking at him and the way he eats, it’s pretty sad. I’ll eventually become like that—having to eat healthy all the time or risk gaining weight. 

Another example is David who always declined our invitations to volleyball. I never understood why he didn’t want to play with us. I always thought he didn’t because he thought we sucked. Even if that was the case, the main reason why he doesn’t play with us (or anyone) is because playing volleyball made his bones ache. It was not until yesterday that I had the same realization. After jumping around for several hours, my shin and knees started to hurt. I was surprised myself, for only being 24, my joints were already going soft. There were some high school kids there on the court playing against us. Those guys were us, back six years ago. SIX YEARS AGO. That was us. It’s scary how fast time passes and we are quickly going through our prime. Eddie was complaining about how our prime has already passed, but I refuse to believe it. It’s so important to get regular exercise these days because without it, our bodies age even faster. By staying active at least once per week at Krav Maga for the past four months, my body did not go through soreness the day after. Last year, every day after volleyball, my entire body would ache. But now, it’s much more tolerable and my stamina has gotten a lot better. I can jump higher, I can run after the ball without huffing and puffing, and most importantly--I did not get leg cramps. I intend to stay active for as long as possible so I do not regress. It's so important to stay active, especially now. 

I'm training for the 5K run in June. Hopefully I can finish with a respectable time (under 30 minutes). My cardio has always been horrible and this is taking a lot of effort to build up.

James, Tiff, and I ventured to Mr. Kennard’s class. James had already visited before so it was his second time there. Kennard literally told his class not to show up for the last day of class, but everyone loves him too much to not show up. The three of us sat all the way in the back of lecture room. Kennard’s class is the only AP class to still remain in the old building. That room is a large lecture styled room and quite run down. Anyway, going there gave me a run on memory lane. To me, it seemed much smaller than it used to be—probably because I’m used to the college lecture halls. When he came in after about 5 minutes late, he noticed us immediately (much to my surprise).

Since it was the last day, he didn’t really do anything in class. He talked to the three of us for the entire first period. We talked about how we were doing, what majors, etc. We talked about his job, the physics class, Yeshiva school, and our peers that graduated already. It was really humorous because he couldn’t remember who Tiffany is.

“What’s your name again?
“Tiffany”
“Oh Stephanie”
(James and I crack up)
“TIFFANY!”

According to Tiff, Kennard called her by three different names, her first, middle and last name. Since she was a regents kid, he couldn’t remember her.

I also asked him about the bomb incident in the school that made ABC news. But he laughed it off and told us it was simply a prank made by some special ed kid. "He probably would've hurt himself if the teacher didn't catch him."