the elliptical must die

I am sooooo angry with my elliptical machine right now.  First day of getting back into working out.  It broke yet again after 10 minutes.  Same problem as last time.  I put any amount of outward pressure on the right pedal, and the supposedly self-locking nut pops and the pedal goes kaput.  Not even funny.  What's worse?  The company that made it (Lamar) is defunct.  It's Champion branded, but their customer center is already closed for the day.  I'll have to remember to call them tomorrow.  If they can't send parts to fix it, I'll have to break down and call the guys at Play It Again Sports.  They do in-home repairs, but I don't know which arm and/or leg it will cost.

Man!  This is not inspiring in the least!  I was going great, too.  Had gone 1.7 miles in just under 10 minutes on my way to 15 minutes for the day.  Looks like I'll be on the stationary bike for awhile...or something. 

My current plan is to do cardio on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and then in a couple weeks add strength training/toning on Thursday and Saturday.  Since Monday and Tuesday are my meeting nights, it makes sense to leave those as rest days...for now.  We'll see.  My actual goal here is to work out long enough to "earn" a treadmill.  Then I'll start the Couch to 5k program.    I've been wanting to do it for awhile (I found it mentioned in the goals I wrote at the first of this year).