You will not be surprised to hear that I am busy.

I had 8 hours of rehearsal on Thursday, Friday AND Saturday. Each.  So, if you haven't heard back from me, that's why.

I have been somewhat beside myself with ...okay, I don't know how to talk about this.  Prepare yourselves for some hippy-dippy dancer crap. But, here's the deal: I am rediscovering the joy of dancing lately, just letting all the tension and the bullshit run away in the face of my body's intelligence and energy.  As clumsy as I am, as poor as my balance is, as tight as my muscles are, my body knows things. It catches me when I (inevitably) trip (let's ignore for the moment the body/mind dichotomy I'm rocking today). I love feeling myself get better at things, and I love remembering what it's like to really push for one specific thing--a long balance, a solid turn, a good deep knee bend, etc.  Some of this manifests as a strong desire to take all my old classes (jazz, tap, hip-hop, etc.) and some of it manifests as a desire to take contact improv constantly.

It boils down to this: It feels awesome to move around, and it feels crappy to sit at a desk for 8 hours.  As I danced less and less, I seemed to feel less antsyness, but as I am dancing more, I feel more urge to get up and move around.  If we hadn't had people over last night, I probably would have danced my way through the Godfather II, whatever that even MEANS (I think it means rolling around on the floor like a nerd).  So that's great, except for how it has made me more sensitive to the hours of sitting at a desk, to the slouching, to the carpal tunnel, et cetera.  I'm getting desperate.

ANYWAY.

My family is coming to see our show!  Have I mentioned this?  I never get to see them as much as I want to.  Plus we are taking a trip to the Boundary Waters when the show closes.  Hooray for The Nature!  Any suggestions for awesome things to do in the Cities are welcome.  I have a big list but I like hearing other folks' favorites.

Okay, back to work.  If you're waiting on a call/email from me, please know that I'm trying and failing to keep up.