Thanksgiving

I like Thanksgiving. The food is yummy. The family talent show is always entertaining. It's just nice to hang out with everyone who's around. Sad to be away from all the fun and people at school, but still good to be home. Not too much else exciting about it, I guess. Oh yeah, the 8 and a half hour drive home through a blizzard was also really fun. The little Hyundai pulled through again. Now I must go, the babies are being cute again (can't miss that :-))

Anemic

It's come to be that time of year again: anemia season. Around this time of year, every year since I can remember, the stress level goes just about through the roof. In high school, it was Nutcracker season, and I would spend approximately 90% of my time at the theater or in the studio. I don't think I ever did homework for about 2 months. Now, I'm in rehearsal for three separate shows, each with enough rehearsals to about kill me. Oh yeah, plus my 18 credit school load, and my 2 jobs. It's great to be making money, learning things, and performing, but all of it at the same time is a little dizzying. Also, not very good for me. I went to give blood today, and the nurse gave me the response I got last year at this time: "I can't believe you even walked here today." Not very good. So it's back on the iron supplements. What's wierder than the low iron thing is that I am eating pretty much non-stop at this point, and I'm actually losing weight. You'd think that with about 5 good sized meals a day I'd be over-doing my metabolism, but it just seems to be running higher the more I give it. Fun. It's rather confusing, actually. Plus, I'd like to be able to go more than 20 minutes without needing to eat something. I can't afford my own eating habits...
Only a couple more days till break. Then comes Mommy food...yummy.

Terrible

I don't really know how to preface this link, but I feel like I have a responsibility to put it here, as someone who used to be part of his life:
http://www.alexfortney.com/justin.php (The Truth About Justin Daering)
I'm really sorry that this happened, and that the system twisted a good thought into a nightmare. I wish I could tell him that I support him, as much as that might mean coming from me.

Old

My adorable little nephew Sammy is now officially WALKING!!! Holy crud, he's growing up fast. Now I'm going to have to chase after him at my house when I go home. Amazing. I can't wait to see it :)

The End

I'm hoping this is the last I have to deal with this. I got rid of all the mess, because it hurt to just look at it, and it didn't seem like it would ever end if I left it there. I'll stop obsessing about this in a couple days, until then I'll just keep remembering the people who were supportive and helped me see that I still matter. Thank you for that, all of you. I tried to do something nice, and it totally blew up in my face. So I'll just have to find another way to be nice :-) I'm going to keep this up, even though I'm afraid of this happening again, if only for the sake of my mommy who is far away and my housemates who like to cyberstalk me. You guys are the world to me.
Alright, back to life.

It Never Ends

Life just keeps rolling on, never stopping or even slowing down.

I was so tore up last week physically that I went to get professional massage. It was amazing, and cheap for that kind of thing. It helped a lot, though I was bruised and sore from it for a couple of days. Sadly, I could use another one. I've decided my back problems come from all the teaching I've been doing lately. It's an odd situation where I'm not really dancing, but putting just enough stress on my body when I'm not warmed up to really mess some things up. I'll have to make a habit of warming up some before I give class. Or I could just get used to doling out $40 every couple weeks to get my back worked on (yuck).

School is kinda wierd. I'm passing things at this point, even with how busy I am and stuff. It's odd to actually be able to rely on my natural intelligence again, and have that get me through with pretty good grades. I'm not acing stuff, but it feels really good to get B's rather than C's on everything. Being able to say "I know this pretty well" and go in and actually get a grade that reflects that is wonderful. But I'm still wary, and expect a C every time. At least then it's a treat if I get better than that, and not a smack in the face if I don't. Hopefully this good trend of actually looking like I know what's going on will continue.

InSync is getting into full swing now (like it wasn't before...). As a company, we got these amazing sweat suits that are super cute. In the 5 days since they came in, everyone in the company has had at least one part of it on every day. We're gonna wear them out by the concert at this rate :) But the pieces are coming along fine. The things we've started are going well, and some new stuff is coming up quick. I just got cast in another tap piece, and there are a couple more pieces on the roster to get going soon. Then finals week, the guest artist from NY comes in to set her piece, and hopefully lots of us are in it. I'm really hoping for that one, even with the little tiny costume (why does jazz have to equal hotpants?). It's just amazing to be able to work with these girls, they are all fabulous dancers, and the faculty too. The pieces are all going to be fantastic (everyone should come in January!!!).

I'm not "sick" anymore, I guess. Mike has had a stuffy nose this week, but I don't seem to be catching it. I'm not coughing any more, which is awesome. I actually made it through all of my dance classes this week without any asthma-type breathing issues like I've been having. I'm getting some sleep, which helps lots. If it weren't for my insane schedule, I would really be doing very well. Today, when I actually have some time to assess how I'm doing, I'm feeling very well. So that's all good.

Some other weekend notes:
I had a hot date with the lovely Jessica Nelson on Friday. We went to Piedro's and got dessert (a nice resaurant, I'd never been there before), then stayed up late and talked. It was nice to hang out with her, I miss her craziness :)
Even year won the Nykerk cup Saturday night. Odd year really deserved it, but what can I say (Even year forever!!). Our orator made about 6 mistakes, and not little ones. Our play was funny, but not super well put together. There was a dance sequence at the end which totally took the whole night's glory (a dance major is a play coach this year), and I'm convinced that's what won the cup for '08. Sure, song was great as usual, but we really thought odd year had it. Their play was very clever and well rehearsed (though the dance scene was sub-par compared with Jennica Avery's brilliance with even year), their orator was very clear and did all the traditional hand/arm things that you expect to see. Their song was good, with a good number of song-girls considering it was sophomores and they usually have like 12. But it's okay that even year won, because odd year took it last year when even year really deserved it. So now each year has the right number of wins, even though they came at the wrong times :)

Sorry for the long post, it's just nice to have time to write. Shout-out to my mommy, who reads this now!!

Very Large Underpants

This pair of underwear was sent to me when I was away at a dance camp a while ago. They took the girls out and put a jar of Nutella, a box of Lucky Charms, and a can of baked beans inside. I've still got the underwear, with the funny notes they wrote to me written on them, but I am sorely missing the funny girls. The Lucky Charms were yummy, but the friends are significantly more long lasting. How funny is this picture, though? Gotta love my stupid friends :-)