Oh my goodness this has been such an eventful weekend – trampolining, white elephant party, a Christmas show, the Geva holiday party…plus a million little things in between.
Really, the entire past week was just completely crazy and busy and exhausting with really wonderful (but slightly overwhelming) work events like a packed Magic in the Making, three very exciting – for many reasons – student matinee performances of A Christmas Carol, an actor visit to Lima in a snowstorm, and a huge hunk of time spent planning the staff holiday party in addition to all my normal work and home responsibilities. By the time Thursday night rolled around I was beat, but my friend Kristin and I had scheduled a long-standing and way overdue date to do…something. Tapas at the art museum? The wine bar? Grub at the English pub? And I wasn’t going to pass up girl time no matter how drained or overwhelmed or “blah” I was feeling…or how hard it was snowing.
By some stroke of excellent luck, on Thursday morning as we were putting together our evening plans, I logged on to Facebook and saw that the brand new Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park in Greece (that I had been Facebook stalking the building progress on for the past three months) was due to open for the first time the next day and was offering a sneak peek event on this very Thursday night for its social media fans where you could be among the first to flip to your heart’s delight – for a whole hour – in a brand new and toally pee (and other bolidy fluids) free foam pit and bounce yourself silly on highly buoyant new trampolines, all for free, between 3 and 8 p.m.
Free trampolining!?
Yessss.
And I am so glad we braved the snow and went. It was an absolute blast and the exact pick-me-up I needed. It was awesome fun, instantly boosted my steadily waning energy levels, was an incredible work out (bouncing, flipping, and crawling out of that foam pit for an hour is not for the weak of mind or body), and had us laughing in no time. This was far more wonderful, fun, and beneficial than tapas and wine ever could have been.
I would suggest you try this place with friends or family immediately and then unwind with a warm and frothy beverage on a snowy night Starbucks date, like we did, to discuss our favorite books and authors. Between this awesome date with Kristin and my wonderful Vietnamese pho and “Call the Midwife” date with Shawnda a few weeks ago (a show you should totally be watching, by the way), I’m feeling lucky to have such incredible friends who are so willing to try new, fun adventurous things with me (also see: the time I dragged my Rochester friends to an aerial arts circus class).
****Normal admission is around $14 for 1-hour of play (or $15 for 2 hours on Saturday nights) plus $2 for the super grippy no-skid socks (which you really want on those slippery trampolines – they’re worth it!)…so if you can score a free deal like we did, don’t hesitate to jump right in! Also, bring a hair tie, chilled water bottle and wear flexible layers – like stretchy leggings or yoga pants and a cami or short-sleeved tee. It may be 7 degrees outside, but it definitely was much toastier inside and we wished we had more layers to shed! Other helpful hints: leave all jewelry at home, and bring a bag you can store your shoes, coat, and other personal items in. They will have lockers you can pay to rent, but they hadn’t arrived when we went. In addition to the foam pit and trampoline court, they also offer trampoline basketball, trampoline dodgeball, and trampoline group workout classes! Bounce, bounce baby!
