Boys will be Boys
It was the best of
times, it was the worst of times……..thus has been the last few months, as
we roll back into the best times of all ……. all over again. HooRay for us! Plus
it’s always good to give a shout out to Mr. Dickens every once in a while.
As mentioned previously, I’m now spending a lot of time
around males of all ages and varieties. My Men’s Course at church was very
enlightening and positive and the other Men’s groups I belong to have offered a
varied network of gents to communicate with on a variety of topics. Business
networks have offered other introductions . Small projects also offer a chance
to play in the mud, climb ladders, walk on roofs, cut wood and rummage through
stone yards all for the sake of “the job” …………We (Banjo and I) know the truth…….we
loved it when we were 5 and we love it more when were 55. Boys will be boys.
We are blessed with 3 wonderful grandsons (perhaps another
on the way?) and of course LLL the little princess of the Village. While LLL is
content to draw and model herself to me 24/7 (which I love, BTW) the boys and I
need “action”. We walk, we swim, we throw stuff and occasionally make enough
paper airplanes to make ATL look lame. We walk loud, we talk loud, we can’t sit
still most of the time either despite dire warnings of “consequences”. Don’t even get us started on butt jokes or anything
associated with bodily functions or fluids... BOYS!…..(wink-wink). We also
break stuff. Not on purpose, we just do. Our youngest “King H” wanted to be
like grandpa and put on my glasses and then folded them in half. I did not know
they were “foldable” but they are now. Each time I slip them on now I am
reminded of how darned cute he was wearing them. Replacements are not required.
Then there are the grown up boys I contend with everyday at
yoga. I have been conducting a science experiment for the past several months
with each class. At first I thought it was a “Boys Only” thing but I began
noticing the same phenomenon occurred with women in the class too, BUT only
women who hold very strong masculine energy. Here is how it works:
As you know the room is about 105 degrees and 60+ percent
humidity (mimics an Indian Jungle) 26 postures. Now that I have been doing it for over a year I
am gaining confidence and still push 100% every class to get max benefit. I
began noticing that when I would do a posture and then push a bit more the guys
next to me would also (sub consciously) push a bit more or deeper. GAME ON !
A couple that stand
out are Awkward
and Cobra . Being the good scientist I
am I’ve been actually making eye contact with each gent who wants to “play” and
then we all get together and go deeper and deeper into each pose to our
personal limits…….then just a touch more just to show we’re “in the game”. Its
been a blast. Ages 17 to 70 everybody’s a winner. Even new guys get into it
despite not even knowing they are on the team.
Every once in a while I’ll have a women next to me who wants to “play”
and we let her. It’s a rarity because women generally think of everything BUT “our
game”. We’re an equal opportunity group and we let them play if they want. It
also lets me know what kind of jobs they have, in fact it’s a “marker”.
Anyway, today several of us were scattered throughout the
room having made it through about half of the class out doing each other with
each pose. We were just setting up and getting into Standing
Bow Pulling pose (which is one of my new favorites). We were all sweating profusely and breathing
deeply while holding our arms out to the side as the dialog continued………..then
out of the blue this new young girl of 13 took her heel behind her and touched
the top of her head with her toes, AS A WARM UP !!!!.
WHAT THE ................?????
We all looked at each other in panic and only through visual
clues agreed to a man that this one was “Boys Only” !!
Our Club, Our Rules!
Our Club, Our Rules!
