family time!
My parents fly into Indy today, hot on the trail of the Handemade Bicycle Show. My dad is a bike nut, so he will be at the show this weekend... while my mom and I will go shopping, I guess? I'm glad the weather's gotten warmer for their visit... in the 40s and rainy is much better than below the 20s and snowy. And besides, they are excited to use the "hamster tubes" that connect much of downtown Indianapolis and ensure that you don't have to set foot outdoors much if you're sticking to those few blocks with lots of stuff in them.
I imagine we'll eat lots of nummy food (I'm thinking about making a reservation at Palomino for tomorrow night; Chris took me there last week and it was a delicious meal!) and get to hang out and we'll probably Skype with sealchild in Italy. It'll be a nice break.
Then back to B'ton on Saturday for evening things, and dance practice on Sunday, and maybe I'll come back up to have dinner with my parents before they depart. Hopefully I can get some grading and reading in during the visit. I also want to use the fitness room at the hotel we're staying at... I had to skip the long run I'd planned for today because I did something horrible to my left quad in break dance on Tuesday (I was doing a move to get me down to the floor that essentially was a one-legged squat, I realized in retrospect, and those are really tough on one's muscles if one is not accustomed to them, hence the acute pain I've been feeling since then, making it hard for me to go up and down stairs or even walk without limping).
Oh and I had another idea for the "heroes and villains" theme: Veronica Franco, 16th-century Venetian courtesan. She was damn smart and sexy and was one of the few women of her era to leave behind published poetry. However, I don't think I actually feel like wearing a corset and I don't think I have time to put together a decent costume, so I'll leave that idea for another time... I'll simply re-watch "Dangerous Beauty" and drool and sigh...
I imagine we'll eat lots of nummy food (I'm thinking about making a reservation at Palomino for tomorrow night; Chris took me there last week and it was a delicious meal!) and get to hang out and we'll probably Skype with sealchild in Italy. It'll be a nice break.
Then back to B'ton on Saturday for evening things, and dance practice on Sunday, and maybe I'll come back up to have dinner with my parents before they depart. Hopefully I can get some grading and reading in during the visit. I also want to use the fitness room at the hotel we're staying at... I had to skip the long run I'd planned for today because I did something horrible to my left quad in break dance on Tuesday (I was doing a move to get me down to the floor that essentially was a one-legged squat, I realized in retrospect, and those are really tough on one's muscles if one is not accustomed to them, hence the acute pain I've been feeling since then, making it hard for me to go up and down stairs or even walk without limping).
Oh and I had another idea for the "heroes and villains" theme: Veronica Franco, 16th-century Venetian courtesan. She was damn smart and sexy and was one of the few women of her era to leave behind published poetry. However, I don't think I actually feel like wearing a corset and I don't think I have time to put together a decent costume, so I'll leave that idea for another time... I'll simply re-watch "Dangerous Beauty" and drool and sigh...