random thoughts – Day 2,298 (Tuesday) – dancing it out

Dancing the summer at Saima.

It was week two of my summer trip down Denishawn memory lane. Today, there were ten of us at Saima Park, executing the barre and center of the floor routines, and then dancing the memories. We were able to run some of the big group dances with moving parts in the form of a sections with a soloist, duos, trios, and quartets. We aren’t prepping for a show or anything stressful, so it’s pure fun. 

It was fun, and a healthier way to spend my one-year anniversary of being laid off than sitting at home simmering in an unemployed stew of if only and what if. It’s time to move on in every way possible, and for now that means dancing it out and shaking it off.

Last week, I was sore for several days after class, but it felt good. Today I’m already feeling it in my legs and glutes. Maybe it’s from what feels like a million plies and I’ll take it. In the weird way my body handles environmental temperature, my arms were cool to the touch and my feet were cold while my head and torso were sweating. So weird. But I sometimes get chills when I eat spicy food, so I’ve given up trying to comprehend.

It rained while we were dancing, and when I got home, the evening air was deliciously cool and breezy. The shades had been lowered against the sun early in the day, but tonight they were raised for the evening air to blow through the house. Of course, all good things must come to and end, and the breezes stopped shortly before a skunk sprayed nearby, and the fragrance is hanging in the air and my nostrils and the back of my throat. It must be tome to close up the fortress again. 

Gonna get hot, hot, hot.

From Wednesday morning until Saturday night, we are under an excessive heat warning, so the next several days should be fun to navigate while it is hot, hot, hot. Between the heat and it being a holiday and popular vacation week, the beaches will likely be packed, so I won’t set my hopes on being there. It might be a good time to go to the movies and every grocery and retail store in the region, spots where I generally tend to be chilly. I can test the spicy food and chills situation, too.