Today we had off! The circus booked a mall in Bay Shore, Long Island, for 7 days, then could only get a performance permit for 6, so we have a totally unprecedented (the veterans say) day off. Apparantly the circus loses 40-45,000$ by being dark today.

I'd had plans to go to manhattan to see an off-broadway show with my clown pal Elmo, but realized that going to a silk class taught by my friends appealed to me more! yay.

I thought I'd have to take the train, but a serendipidous ride manifested; one of the advance booking guys (who says he has a softspot for redheads) delayed driving to PA for an hour, until I finished my office shift. Thank you, thank you.

Class was FUN! slightly intense at moments (and I hadn't eaten much, it's so hot and I was running around), but I breathed thru it and found internal grounding, took the internal arnica I'd serendipidously just bought for the bruises on my my shins, refocused, and learned a new trick! There's another trick I saw that I hope to figure out for myself next time I'm on silk. it was so much fun!

Also balanced people acro-yoga style, was balance, and stretched splits... they are so much better!

I felt so confident... instead of feeling like the shy outsider I have so often percieved myself to be, I was the friend-on-tour who was guested into a class that was part of a series, and held my own with relative ease, and much joy, and camraderie with the other students. Grateful.