Well, I have now had a chance to fully settle into Boston and thought I should give an account of my (uncharacteristically athletic) weekend. The weather was forecast to be pretty bad over the weekend so we had to reschedule our original plan of going berry-picking on Saturday. Instead my sister announced that we would start the day by going to her gym to do a class intimidatingly-named "Cardio Combat!" I kind of make it a point of principle not to do a class with the words "Combat" in its name (similarly "Power", "Blast", "Attack", etc) as they frankly all sound a bit vigorous and aggressive with no room for prancing about. My feelings of anxiety were not alleviated by my sister recommending I wear a sports bra. And thanks to her insistence, at least one
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