The joy and the pain.....Joy wins out.

People who know me, know that I am stubborn.

Very stubborn.

If I want something, then I am going to really work for it, no matter what. Trapeze has been a mixed bag in that respect. I would love to put a lot more time and effort into it....but I'm still a mom. I can't bring myself to take my kids out that late and my DH doesn't get home from work early enough for me to sneak in classes on the weekdays.

But I love to fly on the weekends. I love when I can push myself a little harder and strive for the next level. I really wish I was better and get a little frustrated when I'm not progressing until the day my mind and body finally figure out what is doing what....and then it's just amazing.

This weekend I didn't do any tricks. I just worked on my swing. The swing is a technique, a finesse of sorts. There is a lot more going on than you would think and timing is everything. I have been working on my swing for a long time now and I was starting to get frustrated. I would adjust one thing and still find that I was not where I wanted to be. But this weekend everything changed...
I've been helping out because some of the other employees were injured in a car accident, leaving them short staffed. Since I'm all about bartering...I'm a good choice for volunteer hours! Plus I'm all about learning more.

I was "working the platform" sending students off for their knee hangs. There is a lot of safely stuff to keep in mind, so J-Bird decided to hang out with me to help out. It was really hot, so we had to trade out about every 20 min. Because I didn't have my safety belt on (can't use it on the platform) I had to climb down the ladder. I bemoaned my lack of foresight to Peter (the owner/senior trapeze artist) If I had a belt, I could swing down and get some fly time in. He just looked at me and he told me I was ready to fly "out of lines". So there you have it.

I didn't tell anyone else because I didn't want to think about it and get nervous. I just did a swing in lines to remind me muscles of what was going on and then I went right back up and flew out of lines! I don't have a video to post but here are a few pics from day 2. Yeah, I went back the next day....

Unfortunately, I learned the hard way why you should file caluses down....I really tore my hands up. Partly from swinging and my darn overgrip issues and partly from holding the safety belts of the students.....
But a little thing like pain never stopped me.



















A little girl in my Primary class (Emma) saw my hands and asked me if it hurt. I confessed that it did. She just looked at me and cocked her head to the side, thinking. Then she said, "It hurts a lot but it's worth it becuase it's so much fun, right?"

Exactly.