Today was certainly a day to polish my self-esteem. I got a lovely email from a man in Brazil, just to tell me how pretty he thinks I am. How sweet was that?
That happened early this morning, but then I had to wake up to get to church on time. I couldn’t decide what to wear and wanted to wear something different. Many of you may remember that vintage blue dress I bought on eBay a few months ago. I finally got up the guts to wear it, deep neckline and all. I was nervous about it before because the neckline was a bit low, and, well, it hugged in all the right places a little too much. But, I wore it anyway. I lost count of the compliments/comments I got on it. Perfect strangers would say things as they walked by, and all I could do was stammer because I was so shocked. More than about 15 comments in the period of three hours. A 16-year-old boy kissed my hand today, and another boy, completely out of the blue, gave me a big hug. It was almost strange. I only got one negative comment, but I won’t share it. It involved a comment from a, erm, rather tactless girl and, although it was flattering in a way, I can’t imagine what kind of searches would bring people here after I repeat what she said. 🙂
I like that dress now. It’s my new, “I need a self-esteem boost” dress. That dress, some nice lipstick, and I’m set to go, hehe. I felt so much better after coming home from church.
I got quite a few things accomplished this afternoon. Some of them rather silly, but they made me feel even better. I managed to download the one short film by BMW that’s not available on their site, “The Follow.” It was really interesting, but didn’t have as much action as the others. Which was disappointing. But it was pretty, and I got to listen to Clive Owen’s accent for a while. Which was nice.
When I got up for my hourly stretch after being on the computer, I was leaning backward to stretch my back and thighs. As I was doing this I realized my head was very near the ground. I was flat on my back, but my feet were still on the floor, if that makes sense. I remembered that ever since I was in gymnastics back when I was 11 I’ve been wanting to do this certain move that involved bending over backward. I never really conquered it because in the process of bending over backward I’d lose my confidence and immediately fall on my head. And that hurts.
The manuever is an upside-down arch. Normally I would get into the position by laying on my back, putting my hands by my head, and lifting myself up, curving my back. It was great for stretching, but I always felt bad that I couldn’t do it the other way. The way the advanced gymnasts would do it was much more interesting to watch. They’d stand up straight, curve their backs, and just fall gracefully into position on their hands. I’d always wanted to do that, but never could.
I did it today! After realizing that my thighs are strong enough again to hold myself practically sideways, I just reached my arms over my head and made it! Down went my hands, my back curved, and it was *perfect*! I’ve been doing it all afternoon. It may seem silly, but it’s just one of those things I never thought I’d be able to do. Knowing that I just conquered it is a nice reassurance. If I can managed to fling myself backward, dang it, I can do anything!
Okay, not quite, but you get my drift. 🙂
Now I’m working on Michelle’s blog some more, and downloading Tony Bennett songs off Kazaa. I’ve heard bits and pieces of Tony Bennett stuff, but I never really took the time to sit down and listen to anything of his. Now I have ‘The Best Is Yet to Come’ and ‘Isn’t it Romantic.’ The latter always makes me think of the movie ‘Sabrina.’ Why is Humphrey Bogart so attractive? He’s not particularly handsome, but he steals that movie from William Holden. Hands down, no contest.
Back to work for me. 🙂