When I first started this blog, some four years ago, one of my first few posts was about “my superhero routine.” I have not reread it but it said something about my sense of smell being very acute and how I always had to put my chapstick on before working out at Barwis. It was Burt’s Bees, Acai Berry. (The one with the dark purple cap). It has been over a year since I have been to Barwis and have been either at ATI, recovering from surgery, or at ATI.
I know I have written about how heartbreaking it is that I am not working out at Barwis but I get to pass it each time I am at ATI because ATI is right next to it. Dan, Megan, Elle, and Nick all have come into ATI at different times (probably because it is air-conditioned and the summer was extremely warm!). Even though I have not been there, I feel connected to it still.
But, since I am not actually at Barwis, I CANNOT wear my Acai Berry Chapstick because that is part of “my superhero routine” for Barwis. NOT for ATI. So, a little over a year ago, I changed my chapstick to the Pink Grapefruit one. It took some getting used to but I have gotten used to it over the past year. I found an Açai Berry Chapstick tube in my junk drawer in my kitchen; but, once so I put some on, immediately, once the smell hit my nostrils I was filled with longing and my chest started to ache.
The tube was just about used up so after I put one coat on my lips, I raised it up a little and the inside plunger fell out onto my kitchen floor. I picked it up and threw the chapstick out. That was the first time I had ever used an entire tube of chapstick! I say this because, over the past year, I have used an entire tube of Pink Grapefruit as well.
I bought another tube the other day and today was the first day I used it. Last Christmas, I got myself a 10 pack of Acai Berry Chapstick but I won’t dare to use it until I am back at Barwis. It’s part of “my superhero routine.” So, in the meantime, I use the Pink Grapefruit as my ATI routine. It’s not so much a superhero routine but more of a healing routine because I cannot wait until my knee no longer hurts and I can go back to working out at Barwis. When I am at ATI, everything I do there is part of my healing routine with Brad, Luba, and Lar-Bear.
