A teacher we adore invited us to his graduation. We no-showed because we are bad at Portuguese and confused our days of the week. Thinking we had nothing to do that night, we went to a "blue moon" event at the lagoa. It was a yoga thing with time set aside for headstands. I used to stand on my head as a kid and figured I still could, so I gave it a try. After my legs went up, I thought of all the pain I've had in my poor wrecked neck for the past 10 months. I can't believe that I put all my weight directly on the weakest part of my body, but I did. On our drive home I described the sensation in my neck as a pulsing hollowness; it was deep and intense but not exactly painful. Carol gave me ibuprofen. We went to bed hoping for the best. When I woke up, the pain was gone. It's been five days and I'm better. Not as good as new but damn sure better than before the headstand. Life, right? We got our days confused and missed our friend's graduation but instead attended a random event where I did an ill-advised headstand and now I can hold my head up right. It's good to make plans and act intentionally, but it is also good to let fate have its way and enjoy some happenstance now and then.
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