WhO sAid I Am ToO oLD fOR tHis StUFf???

Last night my sister-in-law and I thought it would be fun and a good workout to try taking a gymnastics class. I am sorry that I have NO pictures, but it is probably a good thing to spare our humiliation and embarrassment!! Now keep in mind I haven't done gymnastics since elementary school. Holy cow, is all I can say to our experience!! We were surrounded by young, energetic, barely graduated, ex- cheerleaders who were NO strangers to the gymnastics world!! So you can imagine how I felt being my age and out of practice!!
We started out by stretching which I believe Shellene and I and the three men in the class were the only one's who couldn't do the splits..... none of them (left, right, or middle.) We then all lined up and practiced cartwheels. I felt pretty good doing the cartwheels until the coach asked us to do the next cartwheels on the opposite side we were used to. Wow, is all I can say about that request... and the outcome!! It was confusing, embarrassing and I felt so silly, not to mention I looked like a complete idiot!! At that moment I was immediately regretting our decision to try out this class!! If that wasn't enough the coach then asked each of us if we would like to attempt a back handspring. I instantly become weak in the knees and wanted to runaway. I was afraid of breaking something because I was well out of practice and A LOT Older!! I stayed and attempted the back handspring and was quite surprised how quickly it all came back to me. The coach said gymnastics is like riding a bike, you may need a little practice, but it always comes back to you!! I was no Shawn Johnson, by all means with my back handsprings and back tucks, but it felt great and I felt liberated!!
I have to admit I had a lot of fun and I felt young again in a sense.... not to mention we had a lot of laughs and still are laughing about our experience!!! Just for the record for all of you who are feeling old, fragile, out of shape and want to feel young again..... gymnastics is an OPTION!!!!