RIP HRM ... - Tues 29 May

My trusty Polar HRM has offically DIED.  It tells me that I no longer have a heart beat and after banging my chest in a Zumba class and saying partly outloud I can't find a registered heart beat (and proabably scaring some of the poor older ladies in the class) I decide that my HRM probably needs to go to the polar doctor.  (I would like to mention that I tried unsuccessful to get the back off the small monitoring device as everyone was saying I just need a new battery I went to two watch guys and even they COULDN'T do it - so it's not just me being a 'girl') LOL.

There is an official 'doctor' here in Adelaide which is good news so I bravely drive in my HRM for review.  I thought cool, drop it off and get it fixed ASAP.  The guy on the phone said 'sure bring it and we will have a look at it'.  Cool I thought that meant fix it NOW.  He meant put it in the 'do to' box.  LOL.

So I had to leave my poor HRM at the doctor and await the phone call to go back and get him.  I'm not too impressed that I drove all the way there just to 'drop it off' I could have paid $5 and express posted it and not wasted my morning but at least it's now there.

However on the way home - some more adventure.... A flat tyre!!!!  I hear this 'funny' noise and think ahhhggrrrrr the boot is open again - pull over and nope - we are dead duck!!!

I'm a strong woman now, a woman of my word, JFDI, never give up and give it everything you have got, I am sure I can change this tyre myself!  Woo Hoo! Let's do it ...

yeah RIGHT!!!! I can't even get the bloody hub cap off!!! OMG what kind of JFDI am I???   So I call the RAA that's what I pay my membership for!  I was so lucky today too because after you hang up and they have disbatched a truck you get an SMS saying it's on it's way and within 2 minutes the truck was here! Wow I had visions of waiting a good hour or so!

I explain to the man 'sorry I'm a girl today' and he just laughs.  I offer to help but he is done in about 6 minutes.  Need to get myself one of those tools.  He changed my tyre just as fast as the pit crew in the Grand Prix!

I look at my watch and realise is I drive like Ayrton Senna (no I'll stick to the speed limit I promise) I can make it for Zumba at 11am the other side of town and you know what I made it with minutes to spare - now THAT'S dedication to ZUMBA.  A little sad however it's my first class for a while without my heart rate monitor and I'm really sweating at the end of the class so I wonder just how much hard work I really did do? LOL Always the way!