This is one of the busiest times of my year. The semester gets harder and harder, pushing more and more homework and studying. The exams start to flow, taking them and then having to deal with the pain of getting them back. The dance rehearsals are never-ending, keeping me from ever being truly rested. I've developed these tension headaches that knock me out every other day, and I can't deal with them in any efficient way. I'm trying to plan my summer while I can hardly keep my end-of-winter under control. Much stress.
So thankfully, I got a nice break yesterday. I didn't dance at all, I just ran an hour of rehearsal and was done. Then, I had an amazing time at Winter Fantasia with my girls. I love these girls, and they are so good to me. It's nice to have a group of girlfriends again, I've been missing that.
Jenn and I got ready together, even did our makeup. We looked darn hot by the time we got to Mary and Lisa's (even though we nearly froze our toesies off walking over there). Then a couple pictures with the group, and some work to squeeze us all in a little Neon. Off to Russ' we went, to spend a nice leisurely dinner conversing about everything from sex in hot tubs to Friend, Nebraska. Good food, good friends, good times. Then off to the dance we went, speeding along past countless exits off of which Mary knew people (my grandma lives there, and my boy lives there, and I live there...). The dance was awesome. We so got our groove on hard core for a long time. We slow danced together, singing at the top of our lungs and making many side-comments in order to disrupt as many romantic couples as possible. I even got to be the boy half the time, as I was taller than Jennica in my heels. We ended the night just as we were getting a little tired, so as to not ruin the magic by staying until we wanted to collapse. Overall, a fabulous night finished off by some Jennica-time before bed.
Gotta love some stress relief, and a good night's sleep to top it off. Now on to my 5 hours of rehearsal today, but at least I'm rested and ready for them this time. Later, all.