My copy of “How To Be An Explorer” arrived in the mail this weekend. I immediately flipped through it looking for some fun new adventure to try out, and found myself quickly stopped in trying to take on a task. I was simultaneously inspired to act and intimidated by thoughts like: what if I choose the wrong task? I don’t want to be the first one to post! maybe I don’t understand the instructions. etc. I spent the whole weekend thinking about grabbing a notebook and going for a walk, but never did.
It’s a good thing I have a great husband to keep me moving sometimes. Earlier this week, I read that crawling was a good prenatal exercise for hips and back (I am 26 weeks pregnant), and tonight my husband came up with an indoor exercise to try–hide & seek on your hands and knees. The rule was you had to move around the house with at least one hand on the floor at all times. I figured this strange game was as good of time as any to explore the world in a new and unusual way. So here it is…
Things I noticed when playing hide & seek in my own home:
- The smell of my carpet–a combination of cat odor and carpet glue
- Red and white striped foil candy wrapper
- Small unidentified white fluffy things
- Burning sensation in my knees
- Moonlight shining through the bathroom window
- Pink plug that used to go to something electronic
- The blue, rose, and gold colored flecks that made me want to buy my carpet
- The amount of focus it takes to crawl
- Uncontrollable urge to giggle while hiding
- Scuffy friction noise of hands and knees on carpet
- Hum of computer
- Distant sound of cars passing by
- Scratches on the floorboards
- Feeling of my shoulders, asking me what the heck I am doing
- I need to vacuum!
