Today, I wanted to have a relaxed Saturday. I originally wanted to write a review of Rollin Etta, a burger truck at Good Food here. If you didn’t know, Portland has an abundance of food carts.
Since Patrick and I had a Groupon for two, we left home to get some burgers and truffle fries around 2:20. We ordered our food and waited in the sun just hanging out, enjoying the warmth. After we got our food, we sat down again to eat when poor Patrick started shivering in his thin sweater. Despite the fact that the sun was blazing down on us, it didn’t take away from the windchill that was also going on.
We decided to just head back home and gorge on the burgers there. The food smelled so good that I would’ve snuck in a bite or two in the car had I not been the one driving.
Once we got back around 2:40 I realized that I might or might not have scheduled a class at Barre3 at 3:00. I wasn’t sure if I did but was praying and hoping that I didn’t because if I were to have not gone to class, I would’ve been charged $15 per their cancellation policy* (which is pretty smart actually).
I ran upstairs to the computer, flipped open my laptop and went to my Barre3 scheduling page.
There it was:
Shoot. Just as I was about to have a delicious smelling burger too!
At lightening speed, I changed into my workout clothes and rushed over to the studio which was a very short walk away and made it ten minutes early to class.
Whew. Then I proceeded to have the work out of my life. This class today was my fourth class and the hardest one thus far. Pretty impressive. It really kicked my ass.
Afterwards, I felt so great. I didn’t feel so bad about ditching the burgers and the fries I knew I wouldn’t want to eat because they’d be cold and gross by then.
Had there not been a cancellation fee, I would’ve totally ditched out on the class. But because there was, I was forced to go. This was good.
Because I never regret a good workout.
But you bet your butt I’m never scheduling classes that far in advance anymore! Since the studio is only a 30 second walk from me, I’m always going to just try scheduling at the last minute. I cut it way too close today. With my sporadic silly luck, I would have just eaten a burger before remembering that I had to go to my class. Now that would’ve been a disaster. 
Do your fitness classes have a cancellation policy? If so, has it worked mostly in your favor or against?
*Barre3′s cancellation policy is that you can do an early cancellation up until an hour before the class starts. Afterwards, if you cancel or not show, you will be charged a $15 cancellation fee. I think it’s to keep the class sizes from overcrowding so if someone signs up for a slot in the class, they want to make sure that person actually goes and doesn’t have the slot go to waste.
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