In case I haven't told you, I'm obsessed with handstands. Specifically handstand madness, which is this whole...instagram thing...anyway... I spend way more time than I want to admit to in stripping down to my unds and taking pictures of myself doing handstands.
Because I have to work an actual grown-up job that does not allow me to frolic atop the mountains, handstanding my way though life, I have resorted to doing my handstands (in my unds) in the employee bathroom/locker room at work on my breaks.
The problem with this plan, as I learned today, is that a lot of people like to use our bathroom.
Today I was photographing myself in what was, by far, my best handstand to date, up against the door in the bathroom, sans scrubs, when someone knocked on the door. And by knocked on the door, I mean pounded on it like they were the f*ing police.
I did my best to say something to let them know that the bathroom was occupied, and tried my hardest NOT to sound like I was upside down. I failed spectacularly at the later, and just as I heard the interloper turn to leave, I catastrophically fell out of my handstand, smashing into the lockers, and rolling very loudly across the floor into the dirty linen bin. It was NOT a silent dismount.
I very quickly got dressed and scurried back to my desk. When I opened the bathroom door, two housekeeping ladies were staring back at me, and I did not even attempt to give them any explanation for the noise.
As far as I'm concerned, what I do in the bathroom is not anybody's business. No matter how loud, upside down, or partially clothed it may be.
Or at least that's what I tell myself.
I hope your day was equally eventful.
I miss you terribly.
*LoveLoveLove*
Just make sure your hands are in the right position for that (ie, distribute your weight more through your fingers and less on your thumb or something), apparently my form was slightly off over the course of a few years and I've had to get two surgeries on my left wrist from doing handstands/pushups/downward dog, etc.
ReplyDeleteI think I should check out this instagram thing. For science.
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ReplyDeleteBrian, clearly instagram and science both need you.
ReplyDeleteHannah, thank you! I'm always super careful with my wrists because ALL my joints are bad, and I'm already rickety with arthritis. I will however, be extra wary just for you. How did your surgeries go by the way? Are your wrists any better now?
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, my endo surgery went extremely well. I wasn't even aware of how much it had taken over until they had cleared out all the cysts (and according to them, it had gotten extremely bad), and I can actually wear tampons now! Also, since they clipped the nerve, I barely get cramps anymore, so even if it comes back, it will never be as bad as it was. As far as the wrist thing goes, they were getting better, and now they're kind of bad again, but using ice seems to help. I don't think I'll be going back to yoga, but since the weather is always nice here I don't really need to since I take a 2 mile walk every other day.
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