The Newest Hang Out

It's difficult for me to remember all the places that we, as teenagers, found to hang out on Friday nights. We'd listen intently to the rumor-mill for any house-parties going on, and if there wasn't one, sometimes we'd go to this teenaged dance-club, or the movies, or hang out at the mall (infrequent), any athletic games going on at the school or basically anywhere else we could find more than 2 "cool" people in one place.

That was then...

Tonight I thought I'd run over to our local Rec Center thinking Friday night was probably a "slow night" at the gym, and that perhaps I'd have a chance at an elliptical which are hot commodities any time of the day even if there are like 10 of them.

Was I ever mistaken! The place was literally crawling with teenagers, and they were all working out like that's the new & coolest thing to do on a Friday night. Of course, where one teenager is, you'll find lots more! I was astonished! Of course when I was a teenager, there was nowhere like that to hang out, that I knew of and working out wasn't really the most awesome and cool thing to do unless you were a wrestler.

So, if you're wondering where the teens are hanging since they're not at the malls or in front of the convenience stores on Friday/Saturday nights...they're at the gym...

but lol, they were too busy showing off for each other that I still got an elliptical!