Kung Fu

Well, I've had better days! Afraid my knees were none too happy with the cross-seated stances and stuff today. But I did pretty well in the shoulder rolls and back breakfalls.

Oh, and when we were doing hurricane knees practice (you kind of go in a circle, with first one knee going up and then the other, so you sort of jump/turn/spin in the air), one of my feet decided it no longer wanted to participate and so I landed on the outer edge of the foot instead of the bottom of the foot. That of course hurt a bit and so my ankle rolled and I did an impromptu back breakfall without the courtesy of a mat (the regular floor is short carpet over concrete). One of the instructors -- once they'd verified that I hadn't pulled or broken anything, noted that I'd "fallen very gracefully" :D

Ice is my friend, as well as proper hydration! I'm a little concerned about the knees, as they both (right more than left but both) were painful on the outside and to the back. Better with the icing, but hopefully a night's rest will help. And I'll be taking it pretty easy this weekend. And maybe a nice soak in the tub tomorrow...

Crochet!

Thursday night Fitzw and I went to the Greening Ashfield meeting, and while there he taught me some basics of crochet. It was kind of interesting since he had to do it mostly by slow visual demonstration so as not to detract from the meeting, but I got it.

Whoot!

Now I have another skill to fill all the copious spare time I have :D