NINJA RETURNS!

April 26, 2010

LE BOOT IS OFF!!! After six long and productive weeks, that stinking, stabilizing, surly-looking excuse for footwear has been banished to the corner with le crutches. They can all expect to return to the doctor on a less precipitous day.

But let’s return to celebration, shall we? Because I can return to the dance, slowly but surely, and I should be full-out, no-marking in two weeks. Woohoo!! I began celebrating immediately following my doctor’s appointment with an hour-long, 16-mile, bicycle marathon at Crunch. You know, my new place of employ. Oh, did I not mention I am now a dotFIT-certified Crunch personal trainer? Because I am. All last week, I learned various skills to take people from fat to fit, apathetic to athletic. I imagine these skills will be most beneficial to myself and my immediate circle. Thus far, my sister has been the luckiest one, reaping the most benefits from my newfound knowledge (she claims not to read this blog, but now I will know for sure!).

My week of training at Crunch was also a wonderful opportunity to try out my newly working foot and do some - drumroll, please - TWO-FOOTED ninja workouts! Sort of. For instance, they were teaching us how to do jumping squats. Leftie was not yet given the permission for such, so I increased the difficulty and did one-legged jumping squats! It’s true that subtracting a leg from many exercises makes them even harder. But I also did some leg presses, extensions, hamstring curls, all the necessary ranges of motion to prepare Leftie for this very exciting day.

I have an appointment for an audition in a few weeks where I will get to tap!! Fear not, it will be perfectly safe for Leftie at that time. I am also going in for physical therapy for the next several weeks. And rumor has it that broken and fractured bones heal stronger than they were before. I feel certain that Leftie will soon be unstoppable.

I’ve been continuing my guitar studies, they’re coming quite well. I picked up American Pie and Sweet Child of Mine this weekend while playing around with my younger brother’s electric guitar and rock collection. And I’m been reading a book called “Drood,” which has given me some insight for my upcoming production of “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” So, yes, it is research.

As you may have guessed, I am entirely caught up on Lost and I don’t know how people bear the week-long suspense. It’s dreadful.

I would like to give a shout-out to my friend Danielle and my puppy Jacques for accompanying me on a day-long stroll about the city on Saturday. Mimosas, shopping acquisitions and good company aside, I believe it was highly instrumental in Leftie’s great progress. (A mere shout to Jacques for his lesser behavior. He knows what he did.)

I cannot wait for the rain to cease so I can clean up my bike and take the city by storm!