Pressure

Lordee de pressure......man sumtimes it hard not tuh fall tuh de pressure....

I been going tuh de gym fuh most muh adult life....exercising in muh blood....OK dah might be a lie, as woman I always trying tuh loose weight, but at de same time exercising has become ah part ah me, so if ah ein got some kinda issue wid de weight (ha ah wonder when dah is) den I know dat de exercise good fuh me, so I in de gym anyway. But having lived in the US fuh most of that time, I become Americanized...meaning dat I get up, throw on a pair ah old sweats, some ruffdry T-shirt and out de door I go, nuh sweat, nuh problem. I doan think dat I owned a proper pair ah matching gym clothes yet. Um is any pair ah sweat pants, top, T-shirt, leggins dat I find pun sale usually at Wal-mart.

So wha is de pressure yuh gine ask. Well de pressure is dis... dat I live in Latin America now... dah is de pressure. I gone tuh de gym in muh t-shirt and leggins both more dan 5yrs old and all
of a sudden, I realize dat sumthing different. I couldn't quite put muh hand on wha different, but um din tek me long either. Evabodie wearing nice bright colored matching clothes, name brand, Nike, Addidas, Reebok. De wimmen deck out and I mean deck out...whalooosss...all of a sudden I feeling real ratty. De girls wearing de fanciest ah clothes, wha I doan see nuttin so pun sale at Wal-mart. De tops wid all kinda designs, t-straps and thing, pants wid frills and flares and glitter and glam...now remember wha I wearing, ah pair ah short, grey, truning white wid bleach spots leggins from Wal-mart dan 5yrs old. and this particular day ah 2000 Crop Ova we be jamming faded T-shirt...got de picture now... see de pressure???

To make matters worse, I is de onlee black person in de gym (another blog..racism, classism) so I really standing out, cause according tuh dees people I doan really belong in de gym in de first place....ah tell yuh.. as de Trinis would sey Pressure... So wha is a girl tuh do...continue wearing muh old faithfuls, cause I just wanna exercise sweat off some fat and call um a day..... or should I fall tuh de pressure.... So I weavering and bobbing and tying tuh plead muh case...but as time goes by ah realling feeling de pressure...besides de clothes, um is a fashion statement. Women coming tuh de gym at 9:00 in de morning freshly made up, lipstick, eyeshadow de works...jewlery and thing.. and sporting duh Lousi Vittion and Gucci handbangs wid duh latest motorolla cellfone wid fancy rings. so wha is dis? dem really coming tuh work out or tuh a fashion show, I ein sure...I just live round de corna, so all I got is a lil fanny pack dat I get pun sale at a local store wid muh keys and bottom ah de line fone, dat ah got just in case ah gotta call fuh help and num bottle ah water. Ah telling yuh pressure!!! Dis is too much tuh handle. So again wha is a sister tuh do.

Dis is wha I do...ah fall tuh de pressure...well some of it not all.... After all when in Rome do as de romans do so yuh doan stan out..and I tell muhself dat I wanna leff a good name fuh de black girls and de island girls...never mind dey is only one...me!! So off I go tuh Centro Commercial Sambil (the biggest most confuse and expensive mall in LatinAmerica) which is right down de stree from me. I gone in de sports stor and drop down some Bolivars pun a nice matching bright fancy workout set. Vex, cause fuh de price I pay fuh it, I could get three sets ah mix-match on sale at Wal-Mart..but none de less um is pressure ah under. So off I go tuh de gym de next week, sporting muh nice threads...and guess wha 2 people actually speak tuh me... cool I in de ling now, I up dey ah finally get accepted..... wrong ans... I still black and still ah extrañejro (foreigner) and still I ein got on nuh make up or sproting nuh Gucci or Loius Vittion... so de pressure continues and yuh know wha it gine continue...cause I'll be damned de day I get up at 8:00 tuh plaster muh face wid make up and jewlery just tuh go de gym and burn some fat. I gine de gym tuh do some serious exercising and not tuh pick up a man or tuh be in a fashion show, so I gine tek de pressure, but yuh know what?? It's all good I ein worried bout wha dem say as long as de fat get burn and I do muh work out and go bout muh business..but ah tell yuh Pressure is sumthing else yuh..........