Climbing with the cutie!

Last night I went climbing with four people from the climbing forum I belong to. Two I had met before. One guy, Bill, had showed me the traverses I've been doing and the other was the climbing cutie. Everyone was so helpful, nice and patient. They were all excellent climbers, too, which just reinforced how much I suck, but I still had a great time. While everyone shot up much more difficult routes, I struggled on one of the easier ones, Glenn, named after a homeless guy who Bill and the cutie met while setting up the route. But thanks to tons of help and expert advice from the amazing (and totally buff) climbing cutie I made it up. By the end of the evening I was tired, but felt as if I'd made a little progress along the learning curve.

But I must tell you I was absolutely terrified getting down to the rappel site. Bill set up lines so in case we fell we wouldn't tumble down, but my fear of heights definitely was at a high during the scramble down. I couldn't imagine doing that without being secured to something. Of course the climbing cutie comes along in flip flops and just makes his way down with out hooking into anything. I doubt I'd ever have that much confidence to do that. I'm much too addicted to breathing!

On the writing front, I got my opening back from my critique partner. A little bit of work to do before I can get back to Chapter 2 since one leads into the other. So that's on the agenda today.

On the home front, today is the day the kidlets have been counting down to. It is the last day of their fencing camp, but that's not what they've been so excited about. Nor was it the most amazing summer vacation we just got back from. No, today is the premiere of Disney Channel's High School Musical 2. The girls even laid out the outfits they wanted to wear during the show. Yes, this is a big deal for the tweener and preschool set. All I know is there will be yet another soundtrack, DVD, game and other stuff to buy now.

But seriously, if you haven't seen the original High School Musical, rent it from the video store. It's a cute movie with a great message. A lot like Grease from when I was younger. I just hope the sequel doesn't disappoint!

Have a great Friday!