Unwinding

There are times (normally once a month) that shayla will be unusually touchy. She's more edgy, irritable, emotional, all the not-fun things that are part and parcel of being an adult woman. Being owned, though, all these tendencies are not only unbecoming a kajira, they're also displeasing to her Master. Shayla's learned that it's very helpful to get out and do something physical when she's having a bad day.

Yesterday was one of them. Or, the continuance of three, depending on how one looks at it. All morning she was edgy, uncertain, anxious. Even Master's use of her, something that's always calming and comforting to her even hours afterwards, didn't have its usual long-term effect. So by mid-afternoon she felt like she was on pins and needles, almost in tears, and begged her Master to let her take a bike ride. As he likes her to have two workouts on the days she is not working, and she'd already done #1 in the morning, he agreed. One might think that 2 workouts a day would be too much for a person, but for some reason it's helpful to shayla Maybe it's jut the extra endorphin rush that she gets from it.

One of the last things Master said to her before she left was 'torture your thighs, girl'. Oh, happily, no problem there. As it was cool yesterday afternoon, she'd worn both her sports bra and a t-shirt, but the shirt didn't last for long. It spent most of the trip tied to the bike's handlebars. That's one of the things that shayla enjoys about becoming more fit and more confident under her Master's will. Simply wearing a sports bra openly is a type of success for her. She'd never had the courage to wear such a thing, even when she was in her teens.

There are a great deal of walking/bike trails in the area, and shayla really hasn't had much chance to explore them. So she took advantage of the opprotunity yesterday. And the whole time she was out she pushed herself, set the bike in the highest gear she could get it and rode as hard and fast as she could. Though she did slow occasionally; sharp turns, people & dogs, street intersections, the occasional squirrel with poor reflexes. It'd be a Bad Thang for her to have gone out to unwind only to end up in the hospital, and she's not much for flattening unsuspecting rodents. ;-)

For some reason bike riding has always been very soothing for shayla, this time was no exception. When she was in her early teens shayla would often take her sister's bike out and ride it. It was one of the old-style 10-speeds, the type with the really narrow tires. The area she lived in was full of wash-boardy gravel roads, dusty or sandy ones, steep hills. A couple of the more fun roads had all three of those qualities. Shayla would ride for hours on that bike, sometimes more than 20 miles in one day. Not going anywhere in particular, just seeing what was around the next corner, down the next street, up or down the hill she'd just come across.

Yesterday was no exception. Shayla didn't have a goal in mind, just rode. She wound up finding a long way to a store she goes to occasionally. Something to keep in mind next time she needs to run to the store & still wants to get some exercise. And more bike trails to explore later on. This area has a great deal of trees, so even though the bike trails are only a few feet from the road they parallel, there's still a small sense of being completely away from people.

By the time shayla got near home she was sore, legs and arms both feeling like over-cooked noodles. When she got off the bike she had to lean on it to balance herself, her legs were that shaky. And her upper thighs were aching. That dull, almost pain type of ache that feels like her muscles have all been stretched for a long time, then suddenly released. And not just her upper thighs, but the backs, insides, and the area around her hips. Even her arms, shoulders, and back were aching. Oh, it was gooood, though, coming home feeling that way. Shayla thinks she was grinning the whole time she was out and a while after she came back home.

And it helped, and not just because of the exercise. The rest of the evening shayla was infinitely more relaxed, able to joke with her Master, even. We had dinner, talked, laughed about what we were watching on a DVD. It seems to shayla as though the whole time was more intimate between us than normal. Wonderful. It was 2 a.m. before shayla knew it and her Master sent her to bed, retiring himself soon afterwards. Though shayla was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, she thinks. So she'd not be able to temporize when he went to bed.

She'll have to see if she can do that again next time she's feeling edgy. For some reason it helps tremendously.

shayla