Inside the CrossFit Coastal gym there are things that we take for granted. For example, the communal sweating. We don’t sweat a little - it drips off of our bodies in buckets and coats everything that we touch. Complementary to the sweat is the dirt you’ll find smeared on our faces and legs from doing push-ups, vault rolls and walking lunges. And we can’t forget to mention the chalk that we grind into our blistered hands – which eventually just clings to our sweaty Nike shorts.

We’re a rough bunch. We train too hard to really think about our image in the gym.

I’ll tell you when it hits me – AFTER I LEAVE – like when I run to Costco to buy almonds and fish oil pills by the pound – and this wave of funky stank butt wafts up into the air and slaps me in the nose… and I realize that nastiness is coming from ME. Others probably notice – and it makes me want to retreat back to my safe world of sweaty, chalky Crossfitters who would accept me just the way I am.

I darted through the mega store to grab my nuts and dog food – when something grabbed my eye! Looks like I have become so famous that products are being named after me and my lifestyle! I had to take a picture.

Thera Pure's namesake... me?!

The picture is fuzzy – because being badass and all, I was probably doing other important things at the same time I was snapping this photo. (Like looking over my shoulder to see if anyone was watching the sweaty girl take picture of an air cleaning system.)

OH! Turns out,  I lost my Costco membership card, so I had to get a new one on this trip- with a NEW PICTURE – again, looking dirty, chalky and with that sweat that beads up on your upper lip and chin… does anyone else get that?

Survived that trip. Came home to finish up our group’s 2nd MicroEconomics assignment – to discover that my internet was not working. Not even on my iPhone! I panicked for a bit – but in the end – the paper got turned in right on time (inside an orange folder with a matching orange paperclip thank you very much!)

Tomorrow should be interesting…