Colleen, Your dinner sounds delish! Hope you like HST! Those leg presses start off not too bad, but by the 5th round...ohmy!
Okay, the stair story...
Back in High school I was goofing around with a friend and we thought we'd try to somersault going UP the stairs. (no, alcohol was NOT involved!) I think we were 13...and stupid. Well, we discovered that we could do it. You get a little bit of a running start (similar to a cartwheel) put your head about 5 stairs up with your hands to support you and FLIP your body UP. You can use the railing to help yourself out of the upside down position. Mind you, this is done on carpeted stairs..never tried wood!
Well, last year I was just finishing my workout super late at night. My 2 youngest sisters were spending the night and we were goofing around. I told them about the stair trick and they were like "yeah, right". So I stupidly had to prove it to them that I could still do it. I get a running start, get my head on the step and my hands on the steps too. Somehow I lost momentum and ended up stuck in a head stand ON MY STAIRS. I was laughing so hard thinking "Do I keep going over or try to come back down?" Gravity and laughter spilled me over to finish my somersault. I landed with such a THUD that I woke up DH out of a dead sleep. To make matters worse my laughing sent me sliding down the stairs and I landed on my head at the bottom of the stairs. I was wearing a tank top from working out and my poor shoulder, which had taken the brunt of the sliding down, had the worst carpet burn you've ever seen. It was purple immediately and bleeding right away. I was laughing and crying from the pain. DH was not pleased (very scared I would do something to injure myself), although he laughs about it now. My sisters nearly split their abs in 2 from laughing so hard. BUT! I proved I can still somersault up the stairs.
And I will never try it again...
...unless we all get to go on a Cathe RT this year! I will do it at the hotel for you all! (But I might have to be liquored up this time!)