i bought and spun the first hoop of my adult life in March of 2010. alot heavy shit just went down and i was looking for a way out of my head and into my body, i wanted to move and feel life.  the college town i lived in has had a hoop troupe the whole time i've lived there, they would randomly and awesomely show up everywhere, poetry readings, partys, parades...so I knew the hoopin life existed.  

I was runnin my store, kixin it in my office when ziggy the hoop dancer came in to talk to me about selling her festival/hoopin clothes at my store.  i thought it was a fabulous idea, and somehow that conversation was the impetus for me. as soon as she left, i left work, walked down the street and bought two hoops.  i went straight home and began to spin. the first five months were super charged with growth and excitement.  then i found out i was pregnant and haven't really hooped since. everyone instructs me to stay active, but i just don't feel like it. at first i was way to nauseaus and exhausted to spin, then i had to pack my whole life and move to another state...so moving and being tired and pregnant wasn't conducive to me wanting to expend more energy on hooping.

i tried a little bit in the middle of my second trimester, but it wasn't the same. my balance and everything was off and id get tired so damn quick it was simply frustrating.....and again, between being tired/pregnant, work and now unpacking my whole life in a new place, i was also charged with the task of preparing for a child and all that entails. 

so now its been a year and two months since i first started  hooping, but i haven't hooped for more than 2 hrs total in the past nine months and only truly hooped for five of those months. im 41 weeks pregnant and if he doesn't come this week they will go in and get him.  

then i'll have to learn what my life with a child looks like, and what hooping with my post pregnancy body looks like. so this summer will be filled with even more changes.

i can't wait to get back into the hoop in a real way...ive missed it dearly~