My missing report from the field...

[Guest guest]

I sent an e-mail this morning regarding the California tapings, but never saw

it. Did anybody get it?? I'm going to cut and paste it into these e-mail,

so if you did see it before, I apologize for the repetition.

Susi

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Hey, everybody! I thought I'd try to give some play-by-play of how my trip

was going.

Thursday morning, I met what's-her name (), Elena, and and got

to see again for the first time since September. They all are so

wonderful and they all look great! and I went to 's studio to

shop around a bit. I must admit, I got a bit carried away. I bought three

t-shirts, one hat, and a Tae-Bo Junior tape for my girlfriend's daughter. I

think I might even go back and spend some more money too. The nice thing

is...the t-shirts are all the different ones we see on the videos, but can't

order anywhere....hence my getting carried away. They had all kinds of stuff

there....workout towels, tank tops, skimpy little bras that I couldn't even

wear on my hand...

When we were there, was teaching a class. She is incredible and she

teaches class like a drill sargeant. I am so impressed with for

taking her class the night before. WOW!!! While I was there, I was

thinking... " maybe I'll try taking a class from here later in the week. " That

was BEFORE I went through a taping.

, , , and Elena all did the Advanced taping, so I had a

little extra time to get nervous all by myself. I met some wonderful people

waiting for the tapings and really enjoyed myself immensely getting to know

them. Then the Advanced was over and out came the Fab Four...they were

exhausted and weren't sure they could do the Basic taping next. Well, they

did!! And they all did much better than I, who hadn't done a workout yet

that day. They are all incredible.

Inside the studio, it was HOT HOT HOT. They had most of the lights dimmed

until we started taping, but that didn't matter at all. It was STILL super

hot. Barb, you will need your most absorbant towel ever for drying off

afterwards! I met RaeofSun from the Tae-Bo message boards, who was there

with her roommate and her roommate's son. They were also very wonderful.

Everybody was so warm and friendly. I got a chance to say hi to TQ before

the taping started. She looks FABULOUS!! Shellie looks so beautiful, and I

love her haircut (for those of you who saw QVC, you've seen it already).

Jillian warmed us up while looked on, and then gave us a few

pointers about kicking.

I was so pumped when the workout started. Initially, I had TONS of energy.

That didn't last long, though! LOL There were times when I wondered what the

hell I was doing there. I sat and compared myself to everybody else, and it

felt like I was walking it out a heck of a lot compared to everybody else. I

guess I started to get a little down on myself. took us through the

dreaded squat-front kick combo and i thought my legs were gonna melt. I was

so happy to see them hold up the sign that said COOL DOWN. Until I found out

that our cool down consisted of tons of balance moves! YIKES!!! Needless to

say, I balanced real well on BOTH of my feet instead of just one. I wonder

if anybody noticed? LOL

At the end of the workout, was talking to the camera about saying

positive things about yourself and others. It was sort of funny because TQ

found me after the tapings and asked me how it went, and the first thing I

said was " I suck. " I got a lecture about listening to what just said.

It was a short lecture, but she made her point! LOL

While I was doing the workout I was thinking maybe I shouldn't go back these

next couple of days, but after it was over, I decided that I would use the

next two tapings to challenge myself and just work on getting better and

better each time.

We met Tricia (RaeofSun) and company for dinner. (I feel bad because I never

got her roommate's name, and I worked out right next to her!) It was

Tricia's birthday, and it was great to celebrate it with her. didn't

join us because she went to spend time with the MIL. Come to think of it, I

haven't heard from her since...hmmmm, I wonder if she came out alive! We had

a wonderful dinner at an Italian restaurant. Tricia's roommate really

encouraged me. She said she was feeling exactly how I felt yesterday when

she did her first taping on Tuesday, so that made me feel a little bit

better. I hope today goes much better.

I was exhausted, and after dinner, I went home and crashed.

I have to say the best part of all of this is meeting everybody, whether they

are people from online or people from California. It has made this trip all

worthwhile. Working out with is always a pleasure, but maybe because I

did that in Houston, it has lost a little bit of it's luster...I dunno.

I'm off to try and find a pair of workout pants that match my new t-shirts!

LOL

Susi