Jamming it all in: Part 9

With Rhys presenting BJ57, it put him in an awesome position to help me with technique for that release. I would teach a block, he would observe, and give me thorough, detailed notes about the technique and what I needed to improve on.

There was one detail that I needed to take care of, and that was getting on a module.

I did not want to fly down to Wellington and fail again. I also did not want the same experience whereby as soon as I came back to Auckland, every person and their dog knew in excruciatingly fine detail of what I'd been doing.

I spoke with Mid Thomas, the event training manager for Les Mills New Zealand and she said that if I got four people onto the module, she'd organise one on the fly. She also said that she would use a different trainer, Tauvaga Siolo from Wellington. Hmm... funny how all of my Jam training thus far had a Wellington connection. The first time I went to Wellington, the second time, Wellington was coming to me.

I knew a couple of people who were wanting to do the module - including one person who had been in the same boat as me and had been the only one who had registered and had it cancelled around her. The other thing I needed to do was sort out a date that everyone could do it.

I had three people, so I needed a fourth one to make it happen.

In amongst all of this crazy Jamness, I did the AIM1 module for RPM with Sarah Ostergaard. I felt I did okay, not my best work because I was so nervous and had to contend with firealarms blaring throughout my first presentation, yet Mid sent me an email to tell me that Sarah told her that she was really impressed by my teaching. My reaction was initially like OH GAWD PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT ME *HIDE*, and when I bumped into other LMNZ trainers, they all said that they heard that I'd done well at AIM - again, my reaction was OH GAWD EVEN MOAR PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT ME *HIDES AGAIN*

I forwarded this message from Mid to Hamish and Cath. It was in the same message however, the Mid was talking about the number of people I needed to make the module happen. The next time I saw Hamish, he said that he wanted to do it again. He didn't need to do the module, but he really wanted to in an attempt to rediscover the spark that made him want to teach Jam to begin with.

This meant that I had the required 4 people to do the module. The date was scheduled, and I put in my leave from work.

Oh lord.

This was actually happening.