Adrenaline junky

The trapeze experience was so unique - I think it deserves two separate posts. First of all, Lulu is not giving herself nearly enough credit - she was awesome! It is not an easy thing to jump off a platform with only your grip keeping you from plunging into the "net of death." And Lulu did it three or four times! And grace is something I don't think you can even approach until you've been doing it for a while. In addition, there was a lot to distract us. Like...
1. Cute catcher guy
2. Weird trapeze guy with lots of tatoos who was named something like Jeeve (seriously).
3. The harness we had to where around our waist which manages to squeeze all the fat in your belly so that it is bulging out in rolls around it But it is also saving you from death (or at least a real mess) so you simultaneously love it and hate it.
4. Amanda, the will-of-a-wisp girl who took the class with us who was like 14 and managed to look fabulous in her harness - which is physically impossible.
5. The adrenaline.
6. The rational side of your brain screaming at the "let's do something crazy" side to get the hell off that platform.
7. Cute catcher guy's package - which we actually had an oppurtunity to check out because he changed his pants right in front of us as he was calmly explaining what we should do next. Appauling. Really.

All said, I think Lulu was incredible. As for me - I love this stuff. I am an adrenaline junky (within reason of course - I was wearing a harness). If I had the time, I would do this on a regular basis. It really is a rush. There is something very freeing about just trusting your body to figure it out or at least trusting that the net will indeed break your fall, preferably gently. In any case, I will get Lulu up there again. Or, maybe...skydiving!!