Circus day 7

Circus school yesterday consisted of acrobatics and aerials.

Acrobatics was awesome. We did a lot of tumbling type stuff without the mats. We did partner-cartwheels. We worked on handstands. My wrist started whining at some point so I had to slow down a bit and wrap it. I cannot do a handstand yet, but will certainly be able to by the time class ends, darn it all. We then did partner acro. I paired with this girl who is exactly my weight and we had a lot of fun. The first one I have no memory of name of, but we got balanced right away. That one is actually fun to fall on. The second thing we did is called possum. She liked it so much we did it over and over and over again. We worked a bit on box and swan. The instructor was impressed when on something we were doing she dropped me and I fell landing on my forearm instead of my wrist or elbow. All the falling training I've had from the various things I've done continues to pay off! For a small person, I make a good base. People love me as a flier because I don't weigh anything. It is awesome. By the end of class, I was exhausted.

Then we had Aerial:
I finally figured out the single-foot unassisted knot for fabric. I was pretty happy about that. It is harder than the one she is teaching but I think more applicable. We did some other things, including one thing I didn't have the strength for when I last took fabric. Then trapeze. My rotators in my thighs are too strong apparently and started pulling my hips out of socket for one of the trapeze moves. I did the rest, but got the hell out of that position quickly. I'm just plain not built for trapeze, although it is fun and the instructor adorable. I have a total girl crush. Yes, I'm still straight. :-P

Most of the girls are adorable and all are nice. This is continuing to be a positive experience.