Cats go to work?

Tomorrow morning I leave my parents' nest again. There will probably be fewer tears than when I was 18, but the transition into a new job (having absolutely nothing to do with what I spent 7.5 years of higher education studying), a new city (which I have heard is much safer than it used to be), and new friends (haha...they don't even know what is about to hit them) will be accompanied by the same exuberant anticipation.

Of course my final week in SF has not been without a few rallies around the adventure-pole and has included:

*acupuncture and Chinese herbs (I don't recognize a single ingredient - it must be awesome!)
*acroyoga: apparently a combination of acrobatics, yoga, and Thai massage
*and a flying trapeze class at the SF circus center

...with these three first-time experiences under my belt (including a long conversation with a young lady in clowning school but who also really interested in contortion), I feel ready for just about anything...even say, sailing catamarans in Puerto Rico on my new job's dime (probably even plural).
ladder up to the flying trapeze platform
another unwitting class-member

Fasting...

Objective:
Try out fasting for 24 h as a way of giving the digestive system a break and cleaning the "tubes"

Disclaimer:
Anyone who knows me, is aware that my emotional and physical balance is sensitive to the regular intake of food (read: When meals are late I often become cranky, snappy, and in extreme instances will lie down on the ground and cry). Taking this into account my fast consisted of half a piece of fruit 4 times during the day and lots of water.

Results:
My energy level was higher all day than usual and I had more free time (since I didn't have to find, prepare and eat food). I also wasn't weak as a result of not having eaten more than 400 calories in total. Nevertheless, I did think about food quite a bit, although I was surprised to find that the craving for food faded through the day - separating this emotional impulse from the feeling of physical hollowness that did persist.

Conclusion:
Not as bad as I had feared. It felt pretty good as eating adventures go, but there was not definite proof of improved cleanliness of the digetive system. I think next time I could manage just water (with lemon juice).