Aerials, Anchors, & Little Helpers
It simultaneously feels like time is flying and we're super busy, and that we're not doing anything at all. I'm trying to remember everything that's happened since my last post. At first, I didn't think it was much, but the more I think about it, it's kind of a lot. Not all of it is interesting though.
Remember "Mark"? He came over for a bit yesterday. It was absolutely gorgeous out. Just the right amount of sun and heat and breeze with no humidity. He spent some time attempting to catch the cats, who had never been around children before. They were understandably wary, but surprisingly well behaved. They even ended up taking treats from his hand, though we had to help him hold still enough that the cats didn't start. When it seemed like the cats had had enough treats, Sarah told me how much "Mark" loves watering plants. She was not kidding! I think he watered my tomato about 20 times. It's a good thing I wasn't putting much in his watering can. I had a little one hiding in the cabinets that I never use, and I was filling it up on the balcony from my big one so his wasn't too heavy. After the big one was empty, we tried telling him he was done and the water was gone. And then he discovered the cats' water fountain and attempted to refill the big one himself. It would seem he doesn't quite understand water flow yet ;)
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| "Mark" attempts to refill the watering can. |
In an attempt to motivate ourselves to keep working out, Sarah and I have decided to run a 5k this summer. I've never run anything before. I'm a horrible runner. But I have noticed that in the year since I last visited a real gym I've gotten significantly better at it. Not to say I'm "good", but by comparison, definitely better. I'm nervous about the idea of running anything at all, though this race is not typical. It's called Color Me Rad, (seems almost identical to The Color Run) and you can walk or run or anything you want. It's not timed. You wear white and get hit with "color bombs" which dye you all kinds of crazy colors. I think it will be a lot of fun, and it seems like the perfect way to try out a 5k.
Monday DS and I checked out a gymnastics studio which recently put up a rock climbing wall. We weren't expecting the wall to be very big, but we did have hopes about the studio equipment. It was advertised as Open Gym, and their website indicated that they provide instruction on vault, bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. Floor exercise alone is huge in terms of space. Unfortunately, this place was tiny. It had a bar, but it was for small children. The trampoline wasn't much bigger than those individual ones people put in their houses. I was pretty bummed, as I was looking forward to playing around with stuff I haven't had access to since high school. But there was a slackline, which is harder than I imagined, and a mat laid out for a line of tumbling. A few of us were attempting aerials. I used to be able to do one, but it would seem that now I have trouble trusting my body to make it around without killing me; my hands kept reaching for the floor at the last minute. It's a very strange thing to have muscle memory for things your body can't do anymore. I remember in exacting detail how to do each aspect of a back handspring, but if I tried one now, I'd most likely break my neck. I have dreams all the time about doing gymnastics. I miss it a lot.
Oh, and I got my new glasses today! Hooray for being able to see again! :D
1 comment:
I can kind of relate to the muscle memory thing (or lack thereof). I played my piano tonight for the first time in about 5-6 years. I made it through an old recital piece, badly. It was weird, my brain seemed to know exactly what to do, but my fingers couldn't quite figure it out.
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