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WEIRD!!

I had one of those funny experiences today that makes we atheists reflexively look up with a puzzled look on our faces, as if asking God "are you really there?"

In the car this afternoon, on my way back from a client's house I was thinking about my finances. I was thinking about the fact that I set a goal for myself to be completely debt free by the end of 2009. Most of you already know this about me, but in my case you didn't know: that will be no small feat.

I started thinking about how to better maximize my work day and my training skills towards that goal. And then it hit me.

I will get certification as a massage therapist. Not only will the two schedules of training and massage work together nicely as they are both very flexible, but the two services dovetail together nicely as well. I'll start offering tandem sessions. People can buy a two hour block; the first hour will be a workout, and the second will be a massage. The best part of that is it's a commodity that I know will sell well, and it allows me to maximize my work day as well. I will know that two hours in a row are accounted for and paying me. Brilliant!

Not ten minutes after having these thoughts I stopped in to Whole Foods to grab some lunch. While I was there I was looking at a new water bottle. My client this morning mentioned that even the better quality plastic bottles leach chemicals. She also mentioned that SIGG brand water bottles are supposed to be high quality ceramic-coated aluminum bottles, and won't leach anything into my water. As I was looking at them a guy happened to be walking by and mentioned how much he liked his, and we started talking about the pros and cons of different types of water bottle and all that. Yeah, I know, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to anything fitness/health related.

Turns out he's a Thai Massage therapist, and he teaches certification classes at a studio in Scottsdale. For $550 I can be certified in about two weeks. He gave me his card, and I went home and looked into his company online.

It felt like I came up with an idea, and the entire universe arched it's back and bellowed "YES" at the top of it's lungs. How do you argue with that? So, I signed up. I go in to pay my tuition tomorrow. I'm pretty excited.

Anybody want a massage? I need peeps to practice on.