random thoughts – Day 1,494 – (Friday) – dance prep

It was the second Friday vacation day of three on the calendar, and I could really get used to it. A four-day workweek feels like a pretty good workweek (if there has to be one at all).

With no Friday morning obligations, I stayed up too late Thursday night, watching a series on Netflix (If Only). Then it was French exercises on Duolingo (gotta keep that streak!), reading (Golden Girl, by Elin Hilderbrand), and too much screen time with news and social media. Suddenly, the time was ticking towards 1:00 am.

The sleep data on the fitness watch app indicated there were only five hours and forty-four minutes of sleep. Oops. That certainly explained waking up tired, and a pot of coffee helped kick start the day. A trip to the gym confirmed that the fitness watch definitely doesn’t log activity on the treadmill under the “walking” activity, and it’s like the 1.5 miles didn’t happen. The next attempt will involve the “training” setting which, upon closer examination, seems to show a stick figure running on a machine.

The Troupe Salaamati dress rehearsal was tonight in preparation for the performance at the Townsend Earth Day event on Saturday. That September day when we were logging performance dates feels like just yesterday, and suddenly our first engagement is tomorrow. Time is a sneaky thing. Except in our dance music for tomorrow which is all a very steady 4/4 time signature.

Troupe Salaamati at Earth Day 2023.

The drive to the studio was beautiful with color. The forsythia has exploded along property lines and fronts of yards along the sidewalks on Routes 113 and 119, and the flowering trees are all doing their thing. It was still light out for the ride back home at 7:30.

We’re as ready as we can be for the dancing, and now it’s just a matter of the weather. The latest forecast is for rain in the morning, stopping by 10:00, which is when the festival begins. We are slated to dance at 11:30. Any weather delay decisions are expected by 5:30 am and our collective fingers are collectively crossed for dry conditions. Tonight there will be an effort to get to bed early enough for a decent sleep.