A handful of classes away from zipping up
those jeans, I sashay through the aerobics routine. The blasting disco beat
keeps my mind clear as fog. I can’t hack the end, though. This five-minute
silence on the mat just keeps killing you.
Where does it hurt? 
Answer #16
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Angie! Assuming this is one part laughter, one part pity and one part commiseration?
Delete"The blasting disco beat keeps my mind clear as fog," Great line.
ReplyDeleteI thank you kindly, Jennifer!
DeleteHere's wishing you a zany time with those zippers!
ReplyDeleteOh, at this point I doubt I'll see those zippers again. Thanks, Jackie!
DeleteThis made me laugh because I DESPISE those five minutes of silence on the mat at the end of workout videos. It kills me every time. Feels like such a waste of time. Great post.
ReplyDeleteSo glad for the laugh, CC. It was when my husband was dying, and as soon as I hit the mat, tears would come - so embarrassing. Now I'm sticking with the elliptical : )
DeleteLOL! I can totally relate to this, Kymm. I hate quiet time on the mat. Great take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Suzanne. Love seeing lol for a post : )
Delete"A handful of classes away from zipping up those jeans." I love it!
ReplyDeleteA few more than a handful these days, tho... Thanks for the love, Karen!
DeleteThis is so true. Sometimes not having time to assess the situation is bliss. I don't like jeans but I wear them. They are unforgiving of a weight gain.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ann. It's taken me a long long time to let quiet thoughts back in. The jeans are now a long-lost goal : )
DeleteYes! Yoga was nearly torture for me -- all that quiet!
ReplyDeleteHa! Thanks, Meg! Yoga is for the birds.
DeleteThis is just so great, Kymm! Quiet and downward dog
ReplyDeleteThank you, TIZ! What a great comment ^ (downward dog?) : )
DeleteHa, quiet time is the only thing I can handle. No energy to exercise ;) Good take.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Shailaja! I hear that, too : )
DeleteHaha...see that's why I never got into yoga...the quiet time and meditation just didn't work for me! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh, PB! Yoga is a bully.
DeleteHaha, I like this.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it. Thanks, TUW!
Deletelol, totally clever
ReplyDeleteLove the lol. Thanks, Jen!
DeleteI love the pun at the end, presuming you were referring "corpse pose"!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the love, Kay! That's what I love about flash fiction, it can go pretty much anywhere. I didn't have 'corpse pose' In my conscious mind, but it does work, doesn't it?
DeleteThat five minute silence when the thoughts rush back in - scary. Great take - could see the sashaying.
ReplyDeleteYeah, glad you got the scary, and you should be grateful you really can't see the sashaying (hehehe), especially these days. Thank you so much, Sarah!
DeleteThe word sashay in that sentence is hilarious! So casual-- like you're there but you just don't care.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for 'hilarious', Nate!
DeleteThe five minutes of silence at the end is where I remember how hungry I am, and think about how a nice steak and mashed potatoes and a glass or three of wine would go over, not to mention desert... I swear I actually gain weight in those 5 minutes. Awesomely amusing take on the ultimate question, Kymm - thanks for linking it up!
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you for the awesome, Christine! Happy to be here : )
DeleteYep, we were definitely on the same wavelength for this one :-)
ReplyDeleteHehe. Thanks, FF!
DeleteLoving that word sashay!! Every time I practically kill myself off exercising I eat like a flipping pig after because I worked up such an appetite...then the guilt comes!! HA HA! This was great! ♥
ReplyDeleteThanks for the love, Kathy! Glad you enjoyed it : )
DeleteThanks for the laugh, Renada! I still keep the jeans, just in case : )
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