At one point I thought I wasn't going to make it. Then I blinked ... and it was over.
Things I've learnt
- How to fly
- How to cry
- I don't dance
- How to climb a rope using my toes (not something I plan on pursuing)
- The importance of protein, movies in the bath and sleep
- It is crucial that I learn to use fire and break dance
- I can watch Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels more than 10 times and still want to watch it again
- There are two types of people in life - hula hoopers and jugglers. Of which I am a juggler
- It is not physically, mentally or emotionally possible to work 60+ hours a week of physically strenuous work for extended periods of time. (Obviously haven't learnt my lesson very well, I'm considering doing it for another 3 years)
- London will rape your bank account
- I have an abnormally bendy back and CAN do the splits
- Stretching is far more traumatising when you talk about the pain
- Conditioning is much harder when you waste your breath to whinge
- Everything in the circus is painful
- All pain doubles in intensity when you talk about it
- A week off is not a week off when you spend 70% of it working, 20% at the circus and only 10% resting.
- In my worst hours, the sky brings me much joy
- There is a special place in my heart reserved for the Chinese Pole
- There is a much larger space for Ben & Jerry's Icecream
- You are not having a "little bit" of icecream when eating straight out of the tub
- I love the hard work, the people and the pain. It's been 4 days since we last trained. I've somehow managed to find myself at the circus on 3 of those days. I actually really miss it all. Can't wait to get back into it soon.
