I did a handstand!

I mean you'd think that this isn't that big a deal. You'd probably think that it's particularly not that big a deal for someone who is upside down as often as I am ("Any time that the groom inverts himself, there will be a picture taken." - mangosteen). But there's a difference. When I go onto my hands, I've pretty much always been in a slow hyperbolic arc. Until now, anytime it looked like I was doing a handstand, I was really doing a very slow cartwheel or walkover. I could play with it some, but I couldn't just stand still on my hands.

Which is what I just did. I went upside down and I concentrated on missing the ground. And I did. I played with my balance for a bit (like leaning forward onto my toes, then mostly onto one foot), then decided to come down. Forward bend for three breaths, then roll back to normal standing.

I feel vaguely silly that there are specific physical things that I want to be able to do, and for vaguely silly reasons (e.g. being able to do a split opens up entirely new ways to roll around on the floor, or up a wall. It lets you change direction without moving your legs.), but I still feel thrilled that I managed this one.

I told ricevermicelli and she kissed my head.