# 1 - 24 Hour Fitness!!

So SEVERAL things have been going on the past few weeks, but I'll have to make some future posts on that...this week is a special edition! In honor of my move to Fort Worth, I'll be posting each day about the THINGS I'LL MISS MOST ABOUT MID-CITIES.

So just a little background - I decided to move a while back into Fort Worth for a few different reasons, but mainly because I want to feel part of the Fort Worth community. Currently I live in a little strip of the city that extends to the south end of D/FW airport. But I'm surrounded by other cities - Irving, Grand Prairie, Arlington, and Euless. And I don't really belong to any of those cities, but I don't Fort Worth either. I feel more like a D/FW Airport citizen than anything else! And if you know me, you know I like to feel as though I'm part of my community so that I can be involved and find ways to serve locally.

So after a LOT of looking...I finally decided on an apartment complex in the Near Southside/Fairmont neighborhood of downtown Fort Worth. The apartments I am moving into are actually old school buildings that have been renivated to lofts/apartments. You'll get to learn all about the new place because once I move in, I'll post a new series - SEVEN NEW THINGS IN THE NEAR SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY. And yes...I realize "near southside" is a funny name for a neighborhood.

So...the things I will miss about my current home...I will post one each day for the next week, and they are in NO particular order.

NUMBER ONE: Going to the gym!

About 2 months ago I joined 24 Hour Fitness and I have loved going. There are 3 in this area; 2 literally right by each other, which is kind of odd. But one of them has a pool and the other doesn't. Then there is another gym about 10 minutes in the opposite direction, which includes a racquetball court! I haven't been a member of a gym since I've lived in Little Rock, but I do enjoy it. When I joined the gym, I started trying really hard to take care of my health. I've been eating better and working out on the most consistent basis I have in years. It has been GREAT...I've changed my lifestyle some, and I just feel better and more energized. Now I will have a 24 Hour Fitness right down the street from my new apartment, but the gym near my now was where my 24 Hour Fitness experience began and I will always love going to the gym here!