President's Day

I haven't had this holiday off in honestly, like 15 years - since high school. I was THRILLED to have a break, to catch up on some sleep, eat breakfast at a crowded Voula's, get some tasty vitamin D at Discovery park, go shopping for an i-pod touch (didn't find one, got groceries instead), take a nap like a cat, hang out with my killer trainer Jade and eat some Robin Eggs (my favorite Easter candy.) It was a beautiful, sunny day! Woot!

This weekend was Cupid's Cabaret - an annual JCRG event. This year it was at the Anchor in Everett. We had some great rockabilly bands, some derby girl burlesque and even a team performance. Yes, the Carnies put together a choreographied piece to Sweet Charity's "Big Spender". We had three rehearsals; worked on choreograph, memorized the lyrics and even coordinated costumes (derby allots for many firsts - first time I wore both a garder belt and corset - love it!). However, we didn't anticipate being squished on a tiny stage - we were planning on being spread out on the floor in two "pods" with some of us on stage but the audience was sitting on the floor watching... so it didn't look like what we had rehearsed (does it ever) and was over quickly. In the end, it was a great group effort - we had super fun performing it and are certainly a damn cute team.