ebb, flow, squats and porn stars

I have been sitting here trying to figure out something clever to write about, but honestly, life has been pretty uneventful the past few weeks. It's always that way, isn't it, where you go from having all this chaos in life and then still waters? It isn't that things aren't happening, life still is moving forward, I just think that in contrast to all the upheaval from losing my job, spending a month unemployed and terrified I would end up in a cardboard box, starting a new job, and getting ready to go to school, the past month has been remarkably smooth.

Work is going well, despite the fact that the socialites I'm working with to plan our fall fundraiser are totally out of control. Like bridezillas, only their craziness isn't confined to a single event in their lives, they are actually like that all the time. But, dealing with them is pretty much what I'm paid to do, and I find that I think one of my spiritual gifts is being gracious and diplomatic when dealing with insane people. Professionally, anyways. Maybe in my next career I could be one of those people who talks people down from ledges. Although, I bet they're probably much more sane than the socialites.

Outside of work, I'm back at boot camp and cardio funk class after an extended hiatus. I was totally terrified of seeing Kym, my trainer, again after my "exercise vacation" because I envisioned her looking at me very disapprovingly and my guilt about not being there for the past few months increasing. But she had nothing but love and smiles and hugs for me, right before she kicked my ass with jump roping up hills, boxing, and doing this insane move where you jump up on a picnic table. Who does that?

I also bought skates and have been to roller derby workshops a couple of times. My skates are awesome, but perhaps too awesome for me, as I have a hard time looking cool on them. We've been learning "skills" like the pivot turn, the T-stop, and skating in "derby position", which was explained to us as skating in a squat position "like when you are going to the bathroom at the Star Bar or MJQ and you don't want to sit on the seat." My favorite skill was the falls, I was really good at falling. Yes, there is actually skill to falling on skates and not taking a skate up your nether regions or breaking an ankle. I accidentally fell onto my skate with my ass and I thought I might not be able to have children. There is a fall called the "porn star" in which you fall face forward on to your knees and forearms, sort of ass up, hence the name "porn star". Those derby girls. No one beat me up, I didn't get any 'bows to the face or anything, but I was exceedingly sore the next day, if I got my legs crossed, I couldn't physically uncross them myself.

I start school in six weeks, and I've got my class schedule, which is very exciting. I picture myself getting ready for school like I did in sixth grade, with my new packs of college ruled paper and my number two pencils all freshly sharpened and lined up in my pencil pouch. I cannot wait to start school. I got my class schedule, and I have classes from 11 AM - 7:30 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I'll work full days on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I assume my life outside school, work, and whatever events I can freelance will disappear as of September 16.

Life is good.