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Celebrity encounters...

I read an article in cin weekly today about celebrity encounters here in Cincinnati. The writer had met Nick Lachey and Jerry Springer (but c'mon, who hasn't??) and her husband had met Bruce Springsteen (now that's pretty sweet!) among others. I started to think about it and I realized that I've met quite a few famous people and most of them have been incredibly random.

I met Springer on campus at OSU in the fall of 96.

I literally bumped into Corbin Bernsen from LA Law fame on Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills while trying to avoid stepping on his little son while I was standing in front of Cartier.

I met Uncle Kracker in a bar in Tunica, MS after his concert. He was very sweet and bought me a beer.

I met Keith Urban backstage at his concert about 3 years ago. The first thing he said to me was, "I love redheads" and he touched my hair. Honest to goodness, I was speechless and uttered something like, "I love you" in response. Not a smooth moment.

Of course there's Tommy Lee in Vegas this past April. That goes down as one of my favorites, because he was so down to earth and very cool.

I saw Vince Gill at the Columbus airport where my mom and I proceeded to follow him to the bathroom to make sure it was really him. When he came out of the bathroom, I said, "I know you" and he said, "nah, I just look like him." I was a kid at the time and very starstruck. He had these amazing blue eyes with the longest black eyelashes I've ever seen.

Back in the 80s my uncle represented Steve Wariner who was a superstar in country music but you might know him now for his song "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" (ugh.) He sang my favorite song, "Kansas City Lights" and my Granny had given me one of his records which had a headshot on the cover and I kissed him all the time. My uncle had him over to their house while we were having a family reunion. I was so mortified, I wouldn't get out of the truck. He even tried singing "Kansas City Lights" to me and that made it much worse..I'm such a dork.

I met Nick, his brother Drew, and Jessica Simpson back when I was in nursing school. I was taking care of the lady that lived across the hall from Nick's grandparents in the assisted living complex, Twin Towers. Unfortunately, during my quarter with my patient, Nick's grandpa died. I met the 3 of them in the hallway while I was walking with my patient. She introduced me to them and they were very sweet. I remember Jessica being very pretty, even without makeup on and very tiny. Nick just doesn't rev me up like he does for a lot of girls. I can see his appeal but its not for me. I found it interesting that Nick's grandma got married not too long after she was widowed..I remember they showed it on an episode of Newlyweds.

Has anyone else met a celebrity?

A resolution

Finally I have gotten my issues with Gold's Gym worked out. After several emails and phone conversations with a new fellow from the corporate office, it turns out that they believe I was a victim of what they call "trainer fraud." Victim seems a bit harsh but whatever. Since they couldn't make any sense at all about my training sessions with Allison, corporate has credited all of the sessions that I worked out with her (10!) back into my account. That could be anywhere from 3 to 5 extra weeks for me, which is really nice. Unfortunately, they said that they couldn't do anything about my contract since it was signed by me and set in stone. I tried to explain to them that as a new member, I had no idea what the codes for the training agreements meant and that as far as I knew, OL2 was the 3x a week plan, and not what it actually is which is a titrated plan. They didn't seem to agree with me on that for whatever reason but I've finally decided thats ok.

Karla, my 2nd trainer, told me last week that Matt, the training director who screwed me, was fired by the company and I also heard that Allison is not coming back from her August hiatus as scheduled. What goes around comes around I say.

So you might have noticed that I referred to Karla has my 2nd trainer. Unfortunately, Karla has left the company to take a position with Lifetime Fitness and it seems to be a great opportunity for her. I now have a new trainer, Phillip. He's really great so far and I think we're going to be a really good fit together. My legs are killing me and that hasn't happened in awhile, so that's a good thing.

Hopefully I'll be able to get my motivation back because it was long gone. Dealing with all of this crap has made me not want to be in the gym, period. Keep your fingers crossed for me and whatever you do, don't let me eat that cupcake!

A Rebuttal...

In regards to Jeregano's blog about last weekend--

#1. I'm not sure how my mother managed to lay her hands on a corncob to lure his dog back to the house. I can only guess that she stole it off of the squirrel feeder. Goats and corncobs..we sound like the Clampett family. Just call me Ellie May.

#2. Jeregano didn't each THAT much. Granny Clampett was concerned that perhaps she wasn't putting out her usual elaborate spread. All I'm saying is that it could've and has been MUCH worse, which is why I have a personal trainer.