Going and gone

[glenatron]

We sold our old house! Last night we did the last couple of cars full of stuff, hoovered around and then locked up for the last time. It's odd knowing we won't be back there after five years living there and everything that has happened in that time, but I don't think I will really miss the place. It was a roof over our heads but it didn't really feel like home in the way that other places I've lived have done.

Now there is very little time before I go. I'm trying to decide whether or not to get a Flu jab before I leave, just because it would really suck to lose any course time because of being laid up with that, but it is near the end of winter and I have by some lucky chance been alright so far so I don't know for sure that it's worth it.

Comments

[dancing-crow.livejournal.com]

lemme rephrase that. I'd do it, because every little bit helps me, but ymmv and all that.

Also thanks for the pointers on seat and hips - I need to spend more time riding while thinking about it, I think...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

One of our teachers is also an Alexander Technique instructor and it's very interesting the little adjustments she suggests that just help put you much more in balance as a rider. Finding the spot where your back is neither arched nor slumped but just upright and relaxed is surprisingly tough. I find having my eyes closed helps because it's easier to feel whether I'm tipped forward or back at all.

[penella22.livejournal.com]

I always find that balance point easier to find with eyes closed too...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

One of my long term ambitions as a rider is to have as much feel with my eyes open as I do with them closed.