“Hold out your hands and close your eyes,” Kris told me this afternoon. She’d just returned from a shopping trip. “I have a surprise for you.” I held out my hands and closed my eyes. She gave me a cold plastic package.
I opened my eyes to see she’d bought me a jump rope. “Guess how much this cost,” she said.
“I don’t know. $9?”
“No. It was only $3!” she said, her eyes wide with amazement.
“$3? That’s a bargain,” I said.
“I know,” she said. “I should have bought two.”
I opened the package and took the jump rope outside to test it. I tripped on the first two twirls — I’m old and clumsy. But then I got the hang of bouncing twice. I did a dozen twirls or so and then went back inside the house.
“Ouch,” I said.
“What happened?” Kris asked.
“I pulled a muscle,” I said. “I should have stretched first.”
“Yeah.” Kris said. “It actually says that right on the package.” She was right. It did say so right on the package.
“When I was a kid, I loved to skip rope. I don’t remember ever having to warm up,” I said, rubbing my calf.
“We’re not kids anymore,” muttered Kris. Alas, that is true.
Getting old sucks. I twisted my ankle a few week ago and it still hurts. I don’t have those extra strength healing powers anymore.
hehe…I loved the swings when I was a kid and would swing for hours. Recently I went to a park and swung for about a minute before I felt sick to my stomach and had to quit. Bah.
I can’t believe how hard it is to jump rope now. :(
Now as in 20 years later…
Hula Hoops are great for stomach muscles, you should try one of those too.
Courtney tried that hold out your hands and close your eyes thing on me once. I ended up with 2 kids.