Update to oil painting/ some outdoor climb throwbacks
I'm fucking BUSY. All the time!
This is about as far as I went.
My weekend was crammed full and I didn't have any time to sit down and paint:
- I had to go to the gym
- went bowling with @ghostfish and @blainegarrett and several of my good friends whom I have not seen in a while. (That was so nice. I have a solid group of friends who I appreciate and love very much.)
- I took a top rope class at another gym
- I also had to work a bit from home then
- I had to finish up some chores that I have sorely neglected.
I also took Sunday off just to hang out with my daughter, folding laundry and binge-watching the new Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. I needed that, and it was so lovely. <3 <3
So yeahhhhhh..........today I take my belay test...which oddly enough, I am not nervous about. I've always been so nervous about taking tests of any kind.
It's funny that I started climbing outdoors a couple of years back but never really bothered to take my test because I was nervous about someone's safety on my hands. I'm certainly more comfortable with it now.
A few outdoor climbs and practicing really helps!
Photo by @ghostfish, Devil's Lake State Park.
Photo of me mid-take, by my climber babe friend Bridget, at Blue Mounds State Park
It's crazy how just putting the word "test" after something can make it stressful... go climbing outside and belay a couple buddies? Show me how to use the gri-gri, and we're good to go 5 minutes later.
Put someone on the spot in a gym, ask them to tie a figure8-knot and run a gri-gri, and there's a good chance they start having an internal mini-panic-attack.
YESSSSS. Tests fuck me up all the time. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Also the gri-gri seriously changed my life. @ghostfish has a few kilograms (of muscle, I swear) on me and I have to belay him sometimes. It would be tough without my gri-gri. I'm super stir crazy right now, I wish I could go climbing somewhere warm.
God climbing looks so fun. Something I always wish I'd gotten into. I know there's still plenty of time, and I'm sure I will at some point in my life; how soon's a huge fucking question mark though haha.
Great progress on the painting!
You can do it!!! I started a couple years ago, and I'm old AF at 33 this year. My dude started about the same age and he's climbing difficult things now so you have a ton of time! :D :D
Thank you so much!!
A lot of fun out there!! I'm glad for you! :)
Can't wait until it is warmer so I can climb outside again!
Don't forget to take some pics! I just can't get enough of this activity :D also many thanks for the resteem! I just noticed that ❤️