Grilled Cheese and Spanish Web

These first weeks at NECCA they have us try out a bunch of different circus apparatuses and disciplines. Today my group did duo trapeze and Spanish web. Here's a short little video that demonstrates something like what we were doing today on Spanish web http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmT-mMTUPwQ.

On Tuesday we did wire walking and Chinese pole. I really liked being on the wire. I enjoy anything that involves balancing. Chinese pole was hard because of my pulled groin muscle, but I will try it again when I'm feeling better. My handstands are improving, which is really exciting. Practiced my tuck ups and pike ups a bunch this week since with my injury straddle hasn't really been my friend.

After a long day of circus my little Boston crew got together this evening at Morgan's place for grilled cheese and tomato soup. I brought the bread, plus Sabra hummus (the best!), pita chips, and chocolate. Alissa and Vanessa brought homemade glutton free corn bread and Jewels made one of his beautiful and delicious pumpkin pies complete with freshly whipped cream. It rained two inches in Brattleboro today and we all agreed that considering the dreary weather, this was the perfect rainy day meal.

And then we did what circus people, and many other people do when they get together. We watched youtube videos. I highly recommend both the literal video of The Safety Dance and You're Beautiful. They make me laugh every time I watch them.