A close friend who I have not talked with in about two years sent me an email message this week. I have been friends with Sara for six years. We had been stationed at Robins Air Force Base together but had not met from work related activities. I had signed up to become a spin class instructor because the base gym had lost three instructors. The class I signed up for was in Atlanta at the Crunch gym located in Alpharetta. My instructor at the base gym mentioned there was another person from the class going to the instructor class and I should look for her.

We meet at the class but did not have much time to talk due to the fast pace of the class. We meet up the following week in the spin class in the base gym. We both began our mentorship under Lorenzo. He was the person who inspired both Sara and I to become instructors. Sara and I started teaching and helping each other with encouragement, music selection and practicing the different systems.

Sara was so enthusiastic with the spinning that she ordered a spinner bike to practice at home. She even went a step further and found a great deal for a spinner bike for me. She wanted to purchase the bike for me but I was content she found one for me at half the cost. I still have it and use it occasionally. Sara was also great as selecting music for the rides because the tempo of the music is and intercept part of the spin class. She helped me find music and to design the beats for the ride. We had fun playing.

We lost touch soon after she was reassigned to San Antonio Texas three years ago. The new position did not work very well and she was having some health issues. She retired from the Air Force a year ago and like me went back to school. The type of school she is going to was a path I looked into. She is going to culinary school with a concentration in pastry and baking. She moved to Tennessee to be with her family and have their support.
She wrote about the opportunity to meet a few of the chefs that have programs on the Food Network and how privileged she felt to have their encouragement. I am envious of her but I made a chose to pursue engineering not culinary. The obstacle that pushed me from culinary is the long hours needed to be put in and working the weekends. I enjoy having the time to participate in the biking events.

It was good to reconnect with Sara, now I need to go visit and sample some of her culinary master pieces.