After a break of about 18 years...

After a break of about 18 years, I have made my way back to the flying trapeze. Trying it in Club Med when I was 23 caused me to quit my job and run away with the circus and do single trapeze (actually a lyra). The Trapeze School of NY has come to the Santa Monica Pier. Jonathon, who runs it, offered a class for me and my friends/co-workers and 5 of us took him up on it. Teri (who is horribly afraid of heights and ladders) did it once. The rest of us did it several times and even got caught on the other end. The physicality of it came back quickly. It is a test of nerves every time. Kind of like climbing the tower at camp. Everyone enjoyed it. It was Teri and Laura's first time. Tracy and Rie had done it much more recently than I. And now I am signed up for classes that I will take thursday mornings. I am so excited. I just realized I should have taken a picture of us all together afterwards with the people helping us (the guys helping us were hot). But, oh, well. (see pictures of us in action in next post)