rainy wednesday

 we were back in princeton this morning.

 chanda took another ballet class which she wasn't as enthusiastic about.

 she has to figure out now what she would like to do for next year. hopefully, this will all be decided by next week or the week after, and then i can write about it.

 driving was not fun today, as it rained and rained. the manhattan skyline is ahead of us in this picture somewhere . . it was just too hazy to see.

 non-stop rain on the new jersey turnpike . . definitely not fun.

our lunch when we got home . . before chanda ran off to babysit. i sent this pic to morgana . .


and she sent the next two pics to me . . above is the bathroom at the royal opera house . . (nice!)


she had purchased rush tickets to the royal ballet.
 lauren cuthbertson was dancing marguerite with matthew ball as armand. i wonder how it all went?

dinner tonight was roasted radishes on polenta . . (with chickpeas). i had never roasted radishes before, and they were very good!

princeton adventure

 chanda and i were out of the house at 6:30 am this morning. we drove out to princeton for her to attend an audition class with american repertory ballet. i was incredibly thankful that greg was able to fix the rear left blinker yesterday. it's been broken for two months now, and i would have felt even more stressed than i was, driving along the new jersey turnpike, if i didn't have a proper working blinker.

 heading into class . . 

 princeton is a nice town, though the commute there isn't the easiest. 

 i read my book and knitted on my shawl in a nearby coffee shop while waiting for her.

 the class went until 10:30, and then she talked with the director and a few of the dancers for a little bit afterwards. she has a few other auditions coming up, so we'll just see how it goes.

 lemon meringue treats and green tea . . 

 i'm always happy to head home . . 

and see the new york city skyline grow in stature along the horizon.