1) White Water Rafting - Do I need to expand on this?? It was crazy fun. Wicked scary. And exceeded all my expectations. I almost died, but really, I was white water rafting - it's like a given that some near death experience will occur. That said, I'm pretty sure that most of my companions on the trip would deny the fact that I almost died. It all happened so fast. I was trapped under the boat after falling out - but kept my wits and found my way to the edge of the boat as previously instructed - and was pulled from the raging waters by the rather attractive boating guy instructor man. It rocked.
2) Hot Yoga - This was a more recent venture. I'm not flexible at all. I'm not sure I can truly get the message across at how completely in-flexible I really am ... you'll just have to trust me. And I'm not really "yoga shaped" ... if that's even a thing. But my wonderful "M" told me to come to her class, so I did, and it was really hot. The temperature was really really HOT. But I survived and have been a few times and though bending and stretching whist sweating and looking at myself in a giant mirror do little for my self-esteem, I'm always amazed at how great I feel at the end of the class.
3) Wearing Pink -I used to wear a lot of black, and grey, and other dark shades. It was a bit of a phase. It was kind of a "dark" time for me. Literally. One Christmas I even gave everyone their gifts in black gift bags with black tissue paper ... I think that was the straw for my Mom. So, against my will, I took the advice of many, many people in my life and branched out and started to wear some brighter colours. The results have been positive. I look good in pink.
4) Writing ... for people to read - I wrote a lot in my younger days. Poetry mostly. But I would journal a lot. A LOT. It helped with the crazy. But I didn't ever let anyone read anything I'd written. I stopped writing altogether for a while. This was largely due to the fact that at the end of the day, TV is just so appealing - it's hard to be motivated to do anything else when there is Glee to watch. But I missed writing ... and so the birth of this blog.
5) Being unclothed in the hallway of a hospital - This one was unintentional. But it happened. When I was in the hospital giving birth to Jackie Chan I needed to pee and I had no one around to help so I decided to get myself out of my "holding room" (due to the fact that a million babies all decided to be born on the same night as Jackie Chan there were NO nice birthing suites available at the hospital, so I was stuck in some broom closet with a bed). Wearing nothing but a gross hospital robe, and pulling my IV contraption along with me I started out for the washroom across the hall. Halfway to my destination I doubled over in pain like you cannot imagine and because my gross hospital robe was untied, it fell away from my body leaving me completely unclothed, attached to an IV, having a contraction in the hallway of a very crowded hospital, while people with balloons and teddy bears passed by. I am not exaggerating. At all.
6) Eating alone in a restaurant - It's strange at first. But once you get used to it, it's kind of cool. And I'm not talking about McDonald's ... I mean a real, sit down, order from a menu restaurant. You just have to ignore the stares from the other patrons who assume you're either a total nut job, a serial killer, or really smelly ... or all three. It's pretty liberating.
So there you have it.
A small list showing a small percentage of things that I have done in my life that - at the time - completely outside of my comfort zone.
Perhaps I'll expand on this list in time ...
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