As usual, an intense Tuesday. I was exhausted when it was over. Beyond regular morning gym stuff, I rollerbladed down to the L, then from the train station to Streb.
Flying was great fun as usual. Being out of lines really forces me to concentrate on what I'm doing and I finally feel as if I'm making some progress. I was going back and forth between a regular swing, and the swing the Espana brothers showed us at the workshop last week. The Espana swing feels more intuitive to me than the swing I've been doing for the past 3(!) years. It was funny, because Jeff kept saying that if I took the elements that I did well in the Espana swing (particularly my force out being amped up, and keeping my hips up) and applied them to my regular swing, I would be going a lot higher on my regular swing. But seriously, I've just started learning the Espana swing, and I've got as much height off of it as I get off of a swing that I've been working on all this time. The way I figure it, as soon as it becomes more intuitive, the height will just keep building. Beyond that, using the Espana swing, I got my uprise mod first time out! I haven't managed to do that trick decently in months, and was doing a happy dance last night!!
Then came static time. I didn't think I'd have the energy, but really wanted to start working on a piece, which I had been saying for months. I had narrowed down my music selection to three pieces, all three by The Idan Raichel Project. I tried one piece on Sunday, when I was training with Fran, tried a few combinations, but nothing was clicking. Then last night, I decided to try my favorite song from their first album. (Hinach Yafa, for reference -- it makes something inside me twist, and always has. For several reasons, it also reminds me of someone I know, who, alternately makes my heart twist in grief, and laugh in lightness) Wow! What a difference! Combinations and tranitions just kept coming to me, some derivitive, and others that might be all me. The song is about 4 and a half minutes long, and I think I've figured out about half of it. I'll keep playing with it, working on the scarier skills, and hopefully I'll be able to crank out the rest of it shortly.
Was going to bring my camera last night, so I'd have something to post on the blog. Unfortunately, I forgot it. If I can get some truss time on Thursday night, I'll be sure to bring it. No practice time this weekend-- the girls and I will be upstate for Memorial Day weekend.
As for knitting, well, I know I said that I will work exclusively on my two projects until they are done, but decided to break by self-imposed restraint (ha!) to knit some socks for a new baby. The socks are done-pattern from here. The brit was today (which brings up a whole other set of issues for me), and I wanted to have a gift ready. However, although the socks were done, they seemed such a paltry gift on their own, that I didn't bring them. I've decided that I am going to knit the pea-pod set and maybe another set of socks (and something for the older brother) and then give it to them. What's the etiquette of time limits for baby gifts? Anyway, it better be soon, or it will be yet another project that remains undone.
The girls need me. Why is it that my patience seemed to have taken flight?
Peace.
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