When was the last time you did something for the first time?

With the help of group buying sites like Living Social I have been doing a few more ‘out of the norm’ activities of late. I enjoyed a 4 hour photography master class in December and learnt how to use my DSLR camera.  So now I do not need to use automatic function preferring to experiment with settings that I previously feared.

Today – with the help of my friend Karen – I learnt how to trapeze.  Yes that’s right.  A circus act it was.  So much fun, so much to think about and so much to laugh about.

When I was little I used to spend hours twirling around and around on the metal poles at the supermarket. And here I am in my 30′s trying to connect with my inner child.

I found her.

After my 3rd attempt of clowning around and trying to get on the trapeze I was up up and away.  Do not understimate the strength required for trapeze.  And grace.  Though I left her outside at the beginning of the class.

So in my bid for a Less is More kind of year, I did something different, for less than the actual price and also spent 2 quality hours performing with a good friend.

I also had another friend on my mind today.  She lost her battle with Breast Cancer last year and had created a life list of things she wanted to do…(at 32 she had already achieved so much more than your average Joe!)  So learning trapeze featured on this list so I decided to do it for her.   She would have had a real giggle looking over our circus act today!