Not doing homework

I should be studying, or reading, or writing something I'm sure. But I'm not. And it feels good.
Things that have been happening:

Messed up my car on the S-curves in Grand Rapids during the big snowstorm last Sunday. The rim is ruined, the alignment is way off (holding the wheel at a 45 degree angle to go straight is totally not right), and the tire is losing air. The dude at the shop said it takes like 3 days to get the wheel in that it needs, so I'm stuck carless for like a week. That hurts. Plus, my poor car is all sad and broken.

Gave a presentation in biochem (pretty much my first speech in a class in a long time), and realized that this teaching thing really helps my public speaking. True, I stared at the power-point slides most of the time, and realized in the middle of a sentence that what I was saying made no sense at all, and I totally couldn't use the stupid laser pointer thing, but the actually speaking part went rather well. I used to get all shaky and nervous, and spitty and stuff, but this time I just got up there, totally confident in the information, said what needed to be said and was fine. It felt really good.

I took my fist jazz class exam late because I was sick when everyone else took it. I totally sucked it up. True, in the grand scheme of things I got like a B, but a B in a dance class feels totally like failing to me. I had this wierd panic attack and coudln't remember the combinations to save my life, and kept doing that thing where when you mess up you make a stupid face (a real give-away). I just freaked, which I haven't done in a dance-type situation pretty much ever. Wierd. But today we had our mid-term, and it went much better. I knew what I was doing, I didn't panic, I felt confident. That's good, I'm back on track.

Michael is out of town until Sunday, so there's quite a lot of house fun planned. I'm getting a massage on Friday (oh man do I need it, it takes me like a full minute to stand upright because my back is so tight), then the wonderful Jennica is preparing a roommate dinner for Kath, her, and me. I'm totally excited. Then I think we're having a house viewing of Napolean Dynamite, which is hilarious and will be super fun to watch with these girls. Then Saturday, I have my first rehearsal for Chelsea's piece, in which I'm a little kid, which should be fun. Plus, I might actually get some sleep in the next couple days without Mike around to distract me. Good wishes to him on his big fellowship interviews.

Probably other things have been happening, but that's way enough for right now. Leave a comment with anything else exciting you remember happening to me :)

Back to the Grind

Winter break has come to an end. It's sad. I was supposed to take 4 days and catch up on all my homework and all my sleep. I kinda did that. I did some homework, I'm only like 2 lessons behind in stats now. I still know nothing about biochem or jazz or anything else. But at least I can remember how to take integrals. I got sleep: a couple of 12 hour nights. But here it is, just after 11, and I'm already super tired. My body makes no sense. Oh well. I went home, which was good. Saw Sammy (sooooo cute), and found my passport (now I don't have to pay for a new one, that saves me a good $80). I make tons of cookies for my housemates, which everyone is greatly appreciating. I also discovered that Cadbury Egg season has yet again arrived (my favorite time of year). Alyssa claims that we are going to be fed only Cadbury Eggs in heaven, and I am very close to believing her. Yum. All the sugar is great for me, but is putting some strain on my ballet classes. The little ones do not know how to handle a sugar high. The girls were literally running around the room at top speed and running into walls the other night. Not fun for me. But I talked to my boss, and she says that she's super happy I am doing well with the little girls this year, but she's letting me have all upper school kids next year (thank Jesus, I am simply not gifted with beginners). That's great, and shows that she trusts I know what I'm doing.
This was very random, but that's the way life goes. It's supposed to snow tons tonight, but so far I've seen only one snowflake. If only they gave snow days in college....

New Shoes

This week I bought two pairs of shoes. Now, normally, I hate shoes. I hate shopping for shoes. I hate wearing new shoes. I have worn the same kind of shoes for the last 7 years because I don't care any more than to go to the store and get the same kind in the same size once the old ones wear out. But this week, I've done the unspeakable twice. The first pair is a pair of $250 tap shoes. They are gorgeous. I had them sent out to NY to be re-soled, so they are super cool looking. They have nice thick soles, the taps are put on wonderfully, they are just the right weight and they look really nice. They were expensive, yes, but they sound awesome and will last me a long time. The second pair was really off a whim. I saw this girl wearing these shoes I liked, and just went out and bought them. Impulse buying = not good, but they are so cute. And comfy. And for once actually hip. And not too hip that I'll look stupid. If the photo-blogger thing worked, there should be a post of a picture of them. I like them, at least, and that's good enough for me. Plus, my normal sneakers are getting kinda gross already (they usually last longer than this, oh well.). So an odd week, with new shoes. I don't think I'll make this a habit.

Hip, eh?