Wheee, health

[mrissa]

Mistyping of the day (so far): Janet's best friend Angela in The True Tale of Carter Hall does not actually have clear, light brown eyes between chic geometric spectacles. Probably they are behind the spectacles, as both eyes and spectacles do tend to function better that way. Also the chic spectacles look more chic.

Ista and I walked to her vet appointment, which went fine -- she didn't even whimper when Dr. Megan poked her with her vaccines -- and now she is splayed out at the top of the stairs. And I -- o wonder of wonders -- am not splayed at all. Even though I walked her earlier this morning, and worked out before that, and heaven knows what I'll find to get up to later, and I don't even expect that I will spend tomorrow paying for today's energy.

This last month has been filled with me marveling at feeling decent, and this is exactly the sort of thing I mean. I know that some of you in your natural state are not up for two walks and a workout in a day, that it is not a reasonable thing to expect of your bodies. I'm not saying this is some kind of human universal. I'm just saying that up until a little over a year ago, I was an extremely high-energy person, and now I am again, and I am so very grateful for it. We had no guarantee that they would figure out what was wrong with me, much less that it could be fixed. Even in June, I spent half the month crashing to the ground every other time I got up. And now I have the urge to do handstands again. I've had the urge to do handstands off and on throughout my adult life, except for the year I was 27. I think I will go braid my hair as soon as I'm done with this scene so I can find a nice place to do handstands and not kill myself getting tangled in it.

It's so nice to be able to write a little in the afternoon because I am not a zombie, and to have the days when it's not going well due to brain malfunction rather than physical collapse. Whee, health! and so on.

(Also, why does Boiled in Lead make my dog bark? No other band makes my dog bark. It's very strange.)

Comments

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that you're back to your usual high-energy self.

I haven't been able to do a handstand since, oh, ever. I could do headstands, but I never had the upper body strength to do handstands.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I almost certainly no longer have the upper body strength to do handstand pushups, but when high school guys think they're going to show off, it's good to be able to show them up. When you're a high school girl; these days I wouldn't bother.

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

I will shortly go do a handstand (that is, both soon and for a short time - I can't stay up for mor than a couple of seconds any more) in solidarity and celebration.

Have you noticed how few people do handstands and cartwheels once they get much past puberty? Why is that? I'm 39 now and haven't noticed any diminishing of the urge to frolic, though I may be more apt to sit still between times.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It may be because their center of gravity has changed, and they didn't relearn? I don't know. I learned to do handstands and to do the one-handed and no-handed versions of cartwheels after puberty, so my center of gravity has "always" been where it is now, as far as my knowledge of these things is concerned.

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's it. Mine didn't change all that much, though I am heavier (but stronger) now.

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Arthritis in the wrists? Okay, that's usually somewhat later than puberty.

I dunno; I could never do a cartwheel or a handstand in the first place.

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

Oh, and maybe your dog recognizes that BiL are locals?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

She doesn't bark at the CD versions of markiv1111, or of skzbrust or coffeeem (the latter in collaboration with The Fabulous Lorraine) from when they were local-er. So I don't think that's it.

I have not tested her with Prince due to lack of Prince. I am fine with that.

Cartwheels, handstands

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

I never did these in the first place. And I've never even *seen* somebody do a backflip, which might be comparable. Still, good for you to be getting healthy enough to get fancy. I want the outdoor temperature to drop to the point where I can run around the block. There is nothing fancy or creative about my doing this, but when I do it regularly, the weight comes off and stays off. (I'm now up about six pounds from my trough and this does not make me happy!)

Nate

Re: Cartwheels, handstands

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

For me, at least, backflips are not at all comparable with a handstand or cartwheel in difficulty. But part of that is that I'm purely chicken -- hurling myself backwards through the air without putting a hand down is just too scary.

Last night was pretty nice, but I don't know if you're averse to running around the block in the dark.

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

Alas, I never could do any of this stuff. That does not prevent me in the least from sharing your joy that you can, once more!

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

eek!

I am glad you feel decent, and also that you write about it. It is very rewarding to read.

Mine are leaps (of the pink pointy toe variety) that's how I tell, altho I liked hand stands too but the balance is too tricksy. In other exciting news (hey this is me here,) one of the nice young man at the upscale vino* place looked confused and wandered around quite a bit but eventually located a bottle of Vinho Verde for me. It is cooling and I am biding, and off to walk the Poof.

*very tall, glasses, a little confused, deaf in one ear (do people tell you things? I had the sense he didn't usually. I could be wrong and the confused look could have just been my question.) Awfully cute. I am smiling again.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Usually for me, leaps are specific-event joy and handstands are general-life joy. If that makes sense as a distinction.

And green wine is everybody's joy! Well, the good ones, at least.

Yes, people tell me things. All the time. I have that light-up sign above my head, apparently.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

(The good green wines, I mean. I understand that not everyone can joy in any particular wine, and that things like alcohol difficulties and sulfite allergies are not signs of being not a good one as people go.)

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

Yay, good health!

I've never managed to learn to do either a cartwheel or a handstand, and my couple of years of judo lessons have pretty much guaranteed that any attempt at a cartwheel turns into a forward rolling breakfall. When confronted with a nice soft patch of grass, I do occasionally feel the urge to do a couple of breakfalls across it.

If my current infatuation with yoga continues, I expect I will eventually learn to do handstands. I'm looking forward to it.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

(Also, why does Boiled in Lead make my dog bark? No other band makes my dog bark. It's very strange.)

I'm curious: does it matter if it is Adam or Todd on vocals?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It doesn't even matter if there are no vocals at all. Instrumentals have the same effect.

[pameladean]

I'm so very glad.

P.

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

John (Cougar) Mellencamp made Schatze bark. No clue why. At least your dog has more compatible taste. Or perhaps more incompatible taste.