Anjolee, try not to let all those red flags smack you in the face!

September 1st I started Bootcamp. As in, I am now paying someone to kick my butt into shape because I can't seem to kick it my own self. Chris woke me up at 5:00 and I got ready and left. When I arrived at bootcamp I saw three other women there with mats and bands like I was told to bring, but I did not recognize the intructor. He was a tall, nice looking, black man dressed in athletic clothing and wearing a whistle and a stopwatch. I expected the instructor to be the blonde girl from church that I know. So, as I walk up I ask,

"Is this Angela's bootcamp?"


Instructor:"Yes, come on up, set your mat down."

We are all kind of standing there and then he says, "Y'all know Angela's out of town."

I think to myself, well, I guess she works with a group and she was inviting us to start the bootcamp, but she couldn't make the first session. Okay, no big deal. I would've thought she would have told us that she wasn't going to be here when she sent the e-mail just yesterday, but oh well. I knew that Angela used to or maybe still does work for the YMCA so I just thought well, maybe the Y is putting this on and she is an instructor.

The other ladies start talking to him about yesterday.

Hmmmm. Angela said the class was just Tuesdays and Thursdays and started today.

He then tells us to run the loop. Well, I don't know what the heck the loop is and so I just kind of stare at him blankly and he tells me just to follow the other ladies. There are two in front of me and one behind me. All of them have at least 15 years on me if not more. I haven't run in awhile, but since I don't know what the loop is I have to keep pace with the old ladies. I start out pretty good and then I begin to lose ground on them. Well, there's still the one behind me, but she's way back there and I don't want to wait on her to figure out where to go. She got the years plus probably 75 pounds so I dang sure ought to be able to smoke her. I am huffing and puffing and they're just up there chatting, I can tell, like this run is no big deal.

I finish the run.

My sister had shown up during the run. I'm impressed. This is a girl who doesn't even speak before 10am and she came to bootcamp with me. yay!

So then we get our hineys kicked hard. He has us doing push ups and then he blows the whistle and we flip over and do sit ups, whistle, push ups, whistle, sit ups..... I am dying!

After that we start doing this arm work with this ball. It is a heavy ball that is a little bit squishy. I can hardly even hold the thing up my arms are shaking so much, much less do the moves.

Here's where the story gets embarrassing. Sara leans over and tells me that she thinks she is going to throw up. I motion for her to go out in the grass. Aren't I a sweet sister? So, after she tells me that I start feeling crappy myself. Dang you Sara! I am starting to feel SO dizzy. I try and push through it, but I can't. I have to walk out and sit down. So, Sara is layed out on the picnic table and I am sitting on the ground and the old ladies are just working away kicking our hineys still! Oh man, did I feel stupid! That has never happened to me when I worked out!

Sara, and I were able to recover after awhile and finish the workout.

When it was over....which was at 6:30 and Angela had told us 6:15....He says he will see us tomorrow.  I asked the guy if I could pay him or if I should just pay Angela on Thursday. He told me I could pay him so I make my check out and I write on it Tues/Thurs because I am noticing that the others are coming everday.

When he looks at the check he says so you are just coming two days a week? I told him that that's all Angela told me it was and he tells me that I can come 5 days a week if I want so I ask how much it will be and he says $299. What??!!! Then he tells me another price for just the two days and I told him that Angela told me it was just $35. He says, it is, for the week for Tues/Thurs. So now I am confused and I'm thinking maybe she meant to say $35 a week for a month and not $35 a month.

He also proceeds to ask us how we know Angela and tells us what she eats before she works out....blah, blah, blah. When I get home I notice that Angela has posted something like this on her Facebook page:

Bootcamp in the morning ladies! It's gonna be good!

I read it and think that that doesn't necessarily mean she's gonna be there and I wanted her to know that I went since I told her I was going to and so I posted this and then the conversation began.

Anjolee: Boot camp was great, except I felt like an idiot! I kept getting dizzy. That's never happened to me before. I need to remember to eat a little something before I go.
Angela:  Anjolee...I'm not sure who you did bootcamp with this morning, but it wasn't my class!!! It was me, Misty, Sara A., Amy P., Jennifer and Pam...where in the world were you??? Please tell me you didn't go to somebody elses bootcamp! LOL Call me!

I called her and she told me that he knew she was there doing a bootcamp and she knows he is there and she has sent people to him before that have showed up at hers looking for his and he was scamming me on purpose! So, I realize that he isn't going to give me my check back because he did give me a workout which is what I paid him for and so I just put a stop payment on my check, which cost me $32, but I would rather pay that to my bank than have him get my $35 since he was being a butt!

On Thursday I showed up at the right plae and have been enjoying the real Angela's bootcamp!