yay long weekend

[alonewiththemoon]

So nice to have another day of relaxation.  Last night's show at the Middle East was a ton of fun, and I had a great time hanging out later.  I really wish I could do it more often.  A bunch of the regulars all said to me how nice it was to see me staying and dancing with everybody, which was touching.  And Najmat telling me and Kinadancer that she was proud of her girls was a high point of not just the night but my week, really.  Pretty much danced til closing and dragged my sweaty self home.  Today I finally slept the long time that I've been needing (I think actually that anxiety over not giving Ronan his morning meds was keeping me from sleeping :-( ), ate breakfast at 3 in the afternoon and did about two hours of yoga, blissfully stretching out all the dancing of the night before.  One hot shower later and I am a happy woman.

When I went out to see the Pirates movie on Saturday, it was actually hard for me to do.  I'm used to spending my Saturday afternoons prepping for whatever shows I've got coming up and doing yoga and I felt guilty for giving that up just to see a movie.  But then I reminded myself that it wasn't just seeing a movie, it was being with friends and engaging with the larger world.  Sunday I went to the other extreme and didn't go to an afternoon cookout because I had a show that night and needed the time for warming up, washing my hair, eating the right things and not a bunch of random stuff, etc.  Either way, there are pluses and minuses.  I still wish I'd had time to practice on Saturday but I do feel good for having gone out.  Balance...

Now to grill stuff and make a drink with rum, ginger, limes and cranberry seltzer.  I am hoping the drink will taste good.  I'll name it the Captain Badriya if it is good and I won't name it anything if it's no good.

Comments

How was the drink?

[sanguineempathy.livejournal.com]

that actually sounds good ;P tho' I might use ginger-ale instead of straight ginger .. too strong for me ;)

Nice to see you on Sat...

Re: How was the drink?

[alonewiththemoon]

It turned out pretty well--the longer the drink sat around, the better it got, so I'm thinking infusing the rum with the ginger might be a better way to go, rather than muddling it. The ginger wasn't actually all that sharp to begin with, I used about a thumb-sized piece, minus peelings, for two drinks. I'm going to try it again, muddled, but with cranberry soda rather than cranberry seltzer as I think the seltzer somewhat amplified the earthiness of the ginger.

[kinadancer.livejournal.com]

It was so much fun dancing with you in a relaxed atmosphere, I'm glad you stayed around :-)

I hear you about the prep time, I drove to Rhode Island yesterday and straight to the Middle East, with maybe about a 10 minute warm up to go on. Really felt teh difference from when I spend time warming up at home, getting hte make up on, etc.