Don't try this at home!

Here I am at my circus class doing a rope trick. This one is called a- One knee hang. Its actually harder getting out of it then getting in to. Since you have to battle fatigue, which is obtained from climbing up the rope then binding your foot to secure yourself in place. (Which feels as if your wearing a shoe designed for Al-Qaeda POW's) Obviously many things can go wrong the least of which is falling contrary to popular belief. Its the rope burns that I loathe the most. ugh. The one I got last night around my thigh still stings today and I was wearing leggings and shorts!

Soon I will be on vacation (PR-again)

I would like to point out that I haven't been on a "real" vacation in about 4 years and prior to that it was a few years before that and a little get away here and there but not more then long weekends and stay overs have pretty much constituted my adult life. The only time I can think of being away for an extensive amount of time was...wait for it...1983 or 1984 and that was 3 weeks in PR. This being before my kid sister came about and snuffed out any remote possibility of ever leaving the country as a family ever again. No biggie since we where and still are poor and funny enough I have never done anything exclusively with that kid sis of mine but that's another story... any way... I have some how gotten around this globe on a tight ass budget and yet I feel like I never get out of Philly enough. Lets see... Anchorage, AK- about 6 years ago? Ireland- 14 yrs ago? Puerto Rico-7yrs ago and 26 yrs ago(- ugh ) San Diego, CA- 12 yrs ago? Alright, I have been other places like Virginia, New York, Maine, Boston,Mass, all those stupid red neck states that you go through to get to Florida on I-95. I guess there called Maryland, Delaware, D.C., North/South Carolina, Georgia... and I have been to Marco Island when I was 19 or 20 not a great trip thanks to hurricane Hugo. Oh, and I did manage to go to Costa Rica about 5 years ago to get married or something and that was fun-ish. I guess that's it...the brain is taxed and is looking forward to just not work, not do a damn thing besides eat, sleep, read a book on the beach, swim and maybe do some yoga and order many, and I mean MANY Pina Coladas! and yes, the chosen few will receive a post card because I love you even when I am away.-oxo