High Flying Visit

The majorly exciting part of the past week here has been... aerial yoga!

I went to antigravity aerial yoga classes twice at a pole studio near here and it was fantastic. Quite similar to the fly gym classes I did in Melbourne. This was the second studio I tried out in the area and by far the nicer of the two. The first one was in a fairly small, rather dark room, in the corner of a gym. The second was a lovely, large, bright space. I am hoping to get back in there on sunday and actually do some pole.

As well as that I have had more friend catch ups. A long time friend on saturday, who is a bit of a Countdown champ, and renowned Scrabble pro. Of course with my own wordy love and penchant for Scrabble I had to challenge her to a game. No one had faith in my skills so I had to prove them wrong and beat her. Which I did. Obviously.

Then last night I went out for dinner with her and a few other girls. The two I had Indian with and one other who couldn't make it last week. So lovely to see so many old friends. We had a nice meal at a lovely little pub and enjoyed catching up.

I am off to see two of them again after lunch.

World Wide Catch Ups

I came across the world to catch up with people and seeing all these old friends face to face is wonderful but I also want to take note that in our digital age it does not matter where in the world our friends are. Yesterday I had wonderful catch ups with friends who are currently in NZ, Australia, and Indonesia, and right now I am talking to one in America and hoping to soon hear from another in Australia, all through the wonder of instant messaging. These people are all dear friends to me, most of whom I do know through having once been local to each other but a couple who I came to know over the internet and whose friendships have truly stood the test of time.

As for my face to face catch ups, yesterday I saw a couple of friends for dinner. One I went to primary school with and both I went to secondary school with before I moved away. We went for an Indian meal at my old local. The owner basically watched me grow up and after 8 years was still able to recognise me and ask after my parents. My friends and I spent the evening reminiscing about our younger years, laughing at the silly things 12 year olds get up to, and filling each other in on what we have gotten up to in more recent times.

Really that is all I have to update on right now but I am feeling blessed to know so many great people and to have spent so much time talking with some of them over the past couple of days I just had to share my joy.