Valentines weekend is stupid in the hospitality industry. Ridiculous expectations, grumpy couples that need to just realize they are over, and men shelling out way too much money just because they have to. It does not make for a pleasant experience for those of us who are at work trying to meet the expectations of women who have read a bit too much Jane Austen, while pleasing the men whose wallets are suddenly 8 pounds lighter. I'm sorry sir, but my food quality is NOT the reason you aren't getting laid tonight. And doing this over and over and over again as every couple, or pseudo couple in the community hits the restaurant at the exact same time on the exact same night. "What do you mean do I have a reservation? Why would I need one, you cant be that busy". Actually, 103 seats and 250 people later we are still full. Again...I'm not the reason you aren't getting laid tonight, though I have some theories for you...
As you might imagine it has been a trying weekend. There has been one thing that has sustained me through it... fitness.
Believe it or not the thing that got me through this god awful weekend was dead lifts!
On Thursday, The Trainer decided it was time to find out how much I could lift. I was surprised, I could dead lift 100 pounds. Not just once... oh no .. repeatedly (for four sets because he is sadistic like that)! Who knew that I could ever dead lift anything, let alone 100 pounds? Well it turns out that I can and the pride that comes from that is what got me through. Every time it got difficult or I felt like giving up the thought kept coming up... I can dead lift 100 pounds, so I can do this. There was no logical connection between lifting and feeding 300 couples, but the idea that there was something I could succeed at kept me pushing for success throughout the weekend.
I think the biggest gain I've had from this adventure is the change in mindset that I have developed with each success that I have had in fitness. When life gets hard, and I get down on myself, I think about how much I've accomplished in the last four months. If I can go from weak and flabby to strong and fit then there is no reason why I cant do anything else that comes up.
We are currently working on a clean - squat - thrust move that is giving me a bit of grief... but I could never have even dreamed of doing it even last month. We are capable of so much more than we believe we are. It's all mental and once you realize that its your own mind that is blocking you, you start to see all the blocks you've erected for yourself and you start jumping over them.
I can do this, and so can you!
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