i did two of my favorite things this weekend: went to a dance class on friday night and went to a concert in brooklyn on saturday night.

saturday night i went to the zee avi concert at the brooklyn knitting factory.  great, small venue.  i saw zee avi a year ago at the mercury lounge and she was even better this time.  i loved that she was just wearing an oversized pbr shirt with a malaysian long wrap skirt.  just so chill and made no effort to conform to a “pop” image, it was just purely and simply her.  the video of “just you and me” is my favorite song off of her CD.  and i also managed to get yet another concert tee (i think i might have 30+ concert tees) of hers even though i have the exact same one from a year ago.  but i guess i love it so much that i’ve worn it out. =)

so, dance class on friday was really good but also a rude awakening.  i hadn’t been in a while (maybe a month or two? which is a long time).  but i took ballet on friday, thinking maybe i would build up on some core technique.  mind you, i hadn’t taken ballet since high school!  well i went. in a leotard in tights.  high school body in leotard in tights > 28 year old body in leotard in tights.  ookkayy, so i guess i need to go running more. ;)  anyhow it kicked my butt and my calves are still sore.  i will most definitely be going back tomorrow.

post-MBA (wow, now out of grad school for 2 years now), i’ve found that i do the “things that i love” less and less.  i don’t know if it’s more just a function of getting old, no time because of work, or what.  what i do know is that i live in NYC which gives me ultimate access, not something i would have in any other city.  dance class and concerts?  this should be my mecca.  instead, i find myself being a homebody and cooking in.  i think in the past, i’ve always sought to fill my schedule and i’ve finally burnt out and settled into being okay with not piling on my schedule each week. 

but i’ve made a resolution to get back into it.  into dance class anyway.  and surfing when there are waves (which there haven’t been any this summer).