I love the way Ivan says things. It’s just so funny sometimes. For instance, he never says, “Why didn’t you pick up the phone?” but rather, “Why you no pick the phone?”
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“Well, Ivan, I no pick the phone because I was at the gym.”
“Oh?! What?! You at the gym. You never doing this. Goooood.”
“Well, I did go for a while there but couldn’t make it work. This time I’m making it work.”
“Are you sweat?”
“Yes, I am sweat a lot.”
“I know. I can smelling it through the phone. Go take a shower. What did you do?”
“45 minutes on the stair-stepper. I got my heart rate up to 160 for most of it and pushed it to 180 for 5 minutes toward the end.”
“Goooood. And how you feeling?”
“Pretty good. I didn’t want to go today but I couldn’t bring myself not to go. So I went. I was really tired all day.”
“See. But you going then you feeling good. Ah! The stair-stepper is the worst. But I love it!”
“Yeah, it hurts my butt! But it gets my heart rate up and I need the cardio. Third time this week to make it to the gym. So can we have a lesson tomorrow morning?”
“Yes madam. See you six-thirty, krasiva.”
*krasiva = beautiful in Bulgarian.
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Great job. And it shows! You are very krasiva. Keep up the good work.
I am sure I have already said this more than once but you are a braver woman that I am, Stef. The very idea of a stair stepper makes me feel like passing out. And doing it before work? Yikes! I am doing a Wayne’s World “I’m not worthy” bow to you right now. Carefully though, so I don’t spill my coffee:-)