Tap – Yup, still dancing. Still wonderful. Hoping we can afford for me to continue to take lessons for over the next few months with all the upcoming expenses of the move. But I love it and really hope I don’t have to quit.
Running – About 3-4 times a week, usually between 1.5-2.2 miles each outing along the canal or reservoir. Having a workout armband that holds my phone (with RunKeeper app!) and earbuds that actually stay in my tiny ears so I can listen to music and run hands-free has been a huge help (thanks Dad2!), and the nice weather has been a big motivator too. Except for the snow on Saturday. That was ridiculous.
Blood donation – Despite my first awful blood donation experience back in October, I decided to try it again this past weekend, hoping my body would react better this time now that it has had a chance to get over the shock of so much blood leaving all at once. I’m very pleased to say that this time the experience was much more pleasant (as pleasant as it can be, I suppose) and I’ll hopefully be able to donate a handful of times every year from now on. Continually drinking ice water throughout the ten-minute draw and raising and lowering my legs in addition to squeezing and releasing the stress ball in five second rotations really helped keep the nausea and overheating away. Plus they give you a sticker that says “Be nice to me today. I gave blood.” and usually a coupon for free food too so, you know, kind of awesome.
Work – I’ve been keeping insanely busy the past few weeks teaching Discovery Workshops for The Whipping Man, writing the Discovery Guide for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, hosting post-show talkbacks for the Mainstage, Nextstage, and for Student Matinee performances, and preparing for Summer Academy…among other things. Love it!
Food – Haven’t had much time for cooking unfortunately, but I did make some black bean patties and a delicious chicken and veggie linguini with a garlic olive oil this weekend. And Friday at work we shared a “comfort food” themed potluck with enough calories for the next month, lest you thought the eating healthy and exercising were actually doing me some good. There were two different kinds of homemade mac n’ cheese, scalloped potatoes, grits, a cheesy ham casserole, fried chicken, baked mojito chicken, fried jalapeno poppers, pigs in blankets, ziti, pasta salad, lentil loaf, mashed potatoes, chocolate chip cookies, carrot cake, apple crisp, peach sweet tea, and at least 5 other things I am forgetting about entirely. Needless to say, everyone yawned for about 45 minutes straight that afternoon before curling up under our desks for a nap, waking only to moan about our aching bellies and pop some Tums. It was excellent.
Shakespeare – Saw Measure for Measure with my friend Becca on Saturday night. The show was performed in an old church converted to a multi-use community cultural center with pews set up for in-the-round seating. This particular interpretation was set in December 1928, and featured speakeasies and clothing of the roaring 20s, the Salvation Army, and Kris Kringle (yes, Santa) as a main character…in a Shakespeare play…(a disguise for the Duke, if you’re curious). It was also a musical with original music and all kinds of lyrics added to the play. The songs were played live by a three-piece band. The actors and band also provided pre-show and intermission entertainment with renditions of popular jazzy songs. It was definitely a unique adaptation, but I was certainly entertained and had a really enjoyable time. Plus, Shakespeare’s stories are just so good.
What’s been going on in your world?
