Friday: Tense negotiations and Kouryou-chan's ballet class

[elfs]

Kouryou-chan gets dressed for ballet.

Ungh. So tired. Spent the entire morning at the mediator's office, hashing out a deal with Yamaraashi-chan's mother. I think the general thrust of the agreement is... okay. It's better for Yamaraashi-chan, at any rate; gives her life and schedule more predictability, and that's one thing she appreciates. I regret not bringing my camera; the mediator's office has a great view of downtown to the southwest. Although the weather was miserable and the promise of snow was all over the radio.

But I was so tired when I got home I fell asleep on the couch, which is not at all usual for me. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because all the negotiations leading up to the negotiations kept us up late at night.

All four of us went out to Kouryou-chan's annual Christmas ballet performance. She's stalled a bit in her improvement, but she did fine on-stage. The main scene they played was the opening, party scene, and she was onstage for about half the performance. She did great, although she has to stop scratching her nose. The lead performer is a blond and wore a hair extension of tight curls in a bun behind her head; I told Omaha it looked like she had an octopus on back there, and Omaha agreed with me.

Why is it so many 19th-century ballets are obsessed with the idea of the woman dancer as automaton? This is the third ballet I've seen with that idea. The last one, Copellia, had the mad scientist obsessed with building the perfect dancing girl. Nutcracker has the music-box dancing girl brought to life, after a party guest shows off a mechanical dancing girl. It seems a little creepy to me.

There's a story arc in there. If only I was writing.

Afterward, we went to Red Robin for dinner. We had to ask for a different table because the halogens we were under flickered so badly they represented an epilepsy risk. Yamaraashi-chan has started ordering from the adult menu. Damn, they grow up fast, and they get expensive when they do.

By the time we got home we were all exhausted. Nobody complained about going to bed on time for once. I watered Dinah. She's off her feed and is proving much harder to pill than usual. I wish I knew why, other than the obvious "she's old and pretty close to death" explanation.

Comments

[lisakit.livejournal.com]

{Hugs}

Glad you got through it and made some improvements.

Re tired: stress can be very exhausting. Now it's over your body can rest.

[trinsf.livejournal.com]

Noooo! Adult menu! Nooo! Bane of our budget!

Younger Child ordered off the Hobee's kids menu until she was almost 14, though she'd have "the kid's burger, but with the lettuce, tomato, cheese, and pickle, please" -- so basically, an adult burger. :-)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Heh. Our 2 year old son eats the same stuff we eat all the time. The doctor says that if you avoid eating bland food while pregnant, your kids won't be picky eaters.

That, of course, makes exactly no sense, and she freely admits that the evidence is only anecdotal and in her own experience (having been OBGYN and family doctor for hundreds of kids may help), but she also swears that it seems to be the case. At any rate, it seems to have worked with him, so we're going to stick by our story. ;)

And thankfully, he doesn't eat much yet, so sharing isn't such a big deal so far.

[dossy.livejournal.com]

"Why is it so many 19th-century ballets are obsessed with the idea of the woman dancer as automaton?"

Ever watch old-school breakdancing? "The Robot" seems to be a popular dancing meme.

[slfisher.livejournal.com]

There's a ton of porn on that subject, too. :)

Another common theme in ballet is women going crazy.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_candide_/]

Sorry to hear about your kitty. Never a good sign when they're eating habits change.

[marketeer]

We found that our cats just love Pill Pockets (you can get them at Petco). They think it's a treat.