four weeks today

Tumbling without Luke and Christy because they are both a little injured and wanting to rest. It's strange to be spotted by unfamiliar people. Teach them what I need. Aren't sure of them so I don't go for it. Jess says, of my backflips, "she'll have them by the end of the term." It's been a long, long time of trying and not doing backflips. If I do get them I will be a text book case for perseverance in adults learning tumbling.

They arrive as tumbling finishes and Christy makes tea for everyone (soy milk, cow milk, black, this one on the corner is yours) we all stand in the round-off line and cheer the tea-maker.

We sit on the mats and talk - I say what I'm feeling: that the main thing I want to do is get on the set again. Anything that doesn't involve that doesn't feel quite worth it. Christy says that the day of playing on the set in Kingston was the best day so far.

We go and sit in the truck and think about newspapers. Lists of tricks have worked so far, so we write them: acrobatic tricks Luke wants to include as part of his super-newspaper boy routine, ideas for the Christy-Ailsa human bicycle. We look at the footage of the newspaper passing we did last week. It's surprising what works and what doesn't. We all agree about what we like and don't like and Luke edits the footage down to the best moves and we watch again. It's so pretty and I'm excited about putting this routine together and learning it.

Christy has a rehearsal for a piece she is doing at Junction Arts Conference in Tassie next week and she gathers costumes and music and races off.

We meet with Lena and Steph from Westside who say yes, they are happy to support our creative development which means we can set up the bunkbeds in the Westside space and start to run routines there. This feels like a big step forward in terms of planning the following weeks rehearsals. We open four weeks today.