My facebook status this evening:
"It's funny to to have an evening off to rest (and maybe work on a song or two) but feel antsy, too - of course, that is the normal "Friday after closing" feeling. I usually plan something that following week so I don't feel the end of a show so acutely, but I really needed the night down.
Also - um - I may have danced a few dance steps in the women's room today at work (No one else was in there- a nice smooth floor, and I just needed to see...)! I got in a couple of good ol' box steps, a few *little* hop-steps, a couple of waltz combos and even a turn! Gently. The turn might have been a little much, but it wasn't *bad*. One finds one's limits in such things. So - that happened!"
That pretty much sums it up!
It felt fantastic after a day that was pretty pain-free, with only two Tylenol in the morning, to take those few little dance steps. I feel the things I think I can do coming on... I gingerly try them, and if I can't quite do them yet, I try again in a few days. Usually that's when they come. I'll take to my Physical Therapist Monday. I still have that barked shin - it's healing more every day, but it was deeper in the center than I realized. the foot is still swelling, but I THINK maybe a bit less.
But - it looks like I'll be ready for that dance party I'm throwing in late May! Might get in a few practice steps with my dancer friend first, if he's game - and he's pretty much game to dance any time!
I have frittered away my evening - made and ate some dinner, and farted around.
That's an evening off - and I haven't have a single one in weeks. Well - those Sundays during the run of the show that we closed last weekend, but they were after matinees.
I made very sure to keep my mornings free this weekend so I can sleep as long as possible. I really, REALLY need it.
The activities I do have planned are relaxing and fun - seeing a friends show tomorrow night, meeting Mariam for a late lunch Sunday - and then rehearsal Sunday evening.
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