We started out the weekend reliving Jane’s birthday party with some friends. It was a 4th anniversary of a couple of close friends and we wanted another excuse to have a party and be silly. We set it up exactly the same, with Rock Band, Korean BBQ and plenty of drinks. There are lots of awesome photo’s to be found here.

Saturday took a very interesting direction though. We woke up not feeling… shall I say… one hundred percent. We were scheduled to attend a circus school in Georgetown for our friend Jennifer Patterson’s birthday. We had no idea what that meant exactly and were pretty frightened at the idea of attempting acrobatics for the first time with a hangover.

Jane and I dug through our clothes trying to find something that was stretchy and wouldn’t show off our goods while upside down. I settled for some bicycling clothing and short shorts… and leg warmers…

We got to the class and the instructor started to warm us up with some stretching and exercises. I was already cursing him in the first five minutes for working out muscles that don’t tend to have to move. Attempt a hand stand? No thank you good sir… no thank you.

After warming up, he taught us how to juggle a bit. It was kind of neat because I was sure that I wouldn’t get it. Somehow I pulled it together and threw a few balls up without dropping them. I was mostly just glad that I wasn’t upside down or hurting my muscles for a couple of minutes.

We moved on to the tumble trampolines. They were quite fun actually. We lined up and bounced our way down the line trying out different moves. Bunnies don’t bounce this well.

After getting our fill, the instructor moved us over towards the trapeze swings. Being as I am able to do about one and a half pull ups, I was dreading this portion. He started us off swing gently from our core. The second move was to pull our legs over our heads (insanely hard with my long, heavy legs) and grab the bar with our knees. We hung upside down and pulled ourselves back off. The instructor was there to give a hand and a lift when needed (and it was). The third test was similar except we swung while upside down and grabbed the ropes so we could sit on the bar. If we wanted, we also go to stand up and enjoy the view from up high. It hurt like hell but I am very glad that I did it. My upper body is still sore.

The end of the school was filled with time on the giant trampolines learning a few basic moves. Jen showed off a bit with some harnessed front and back flips. She has been attending the school for a while for fun and exercise.I freaking love trampolines. I think we can fit one in the back yard….

The school was amazing fun and I recommend that everyone give it a shot if the opportunity arises. You can check out the schools website here. They have classes for all sizes and shapes and they are quite reasonable.

p.s. I stole these pictures from here and here (where you can find more embarrassing photos of the short shorts). I couldn’t fit my camera in to my non existent pockets.