forgotten_aria

Last week I went skating at a rink with a friend I hadn't seen in a while. I had skated once during the winter, but only for a few minutes, so this was the most skating I had done in a long time. I was shaky at first and then something clicked and I got 70% of my skating skill back. I couldn't do hockey stops or crossovers, but I felt confident going fast.

Today I went with another friend rock climbing for the first time in over a decade, possibly two. I got to use my improved knees a bit. Don't have a lot of grip strength though. It felt really good to flex that muscle memory again and see the progress I made just from my first climb to my last. It was a bunch of fun, even if I didn't have the endurance to make it to the top. Metrorock in Everett is really nice (especially compared to mill City, which had it's own appeal.)

Then I took my first tumbling class at Esh. It was some basics, but also things I need to work on. Plow is super uncomfortable in a larger body, but I'll get by. I feel pretty good after it and I know 3 years ago I would have felt beaten up by it.

I also seem to have a circus community doppelganger because people keep thinking I seem familiar, but we can't figure out where they might have met me.