Adventure.....

I took myself on an adventure yesterday. I traveled approximately an hour and a half north (alone) to visit two belly dance shops. In order to budget myself, I took cash with me and told myself that I didn't want to spend anymore than I had on hand. Surprisingly, I stuck to my budget (even though I wanted to spend WAY more than the cash I took with me) and bought a dance top and what's referred to as a "flying skirt" (it's also called a 25 yard skirt). I love both pieces that I bought! =)

The top is black lace with really cool sleeves (up close the lace looks like spider webs but you can't tell what it is at a distance) and the skirt is black with a strip of turquoise velvet at the bottom and it's covered with different colored outlined mirrors. And to make this weekend even more perfect, I got an e-mail from my Mom saying that she finished my costume and I should get the box Tuesday!! YAY!!

While I am SUPER excited to have the pieces that I bought, the pieces Mom already sent me and the ones I should get in the next few days, I am also SUPER nervous about Saturday. This upcoming Saturday, I am dancing a solo piece at my dance studio (we are turning it into a nightclub for the evening). Granted, I love the piece that I chose (it's a very fun, funky, Middle Eastern version of the song "I Put a Spell on You") but it makes me nervous to perform (since I haven't done it yet) and to make it worse, my instructor told us she's going to videotape the performance.... Oh, well. Gotta do the first solo dance at some point.....

On my adventure, I had a very yummy vanilla ice cream cone (on my way home) and I only got a little bit lost.... I got turned around but luckily I was talking to my Mom on the phone (using my headset, of course) and she was able to help me back to the highway I needed in order to get home. But I guess getting a little lost (or a lot lost) is okay when you are on an adventure/quest...

I am also impressed with myself because besides taking myself on my adventure, I didn't bring any work home with me this weekend. I had work that I could have brought home (it seems as if I always have work that I can bring home), I just chose to leave it all at work so I could focus on my adventure. While part of me feels guilty for not bringing it home (cause I did have time that I could have worked on it), another part of me is really proud that I chose not to focus on work this weekend but focus on myself.

The one thing that happened this weekend that I'm not really sure how I feel about it is my wasband received orders to move to a different location in the state. While on one hand, it will be a relief not having to wonder if/when I'm going to run into him; on the other hand, I wonder why he gets to leave the area first.... The only reason I moved here in the first place was to follow him/his career. Now, he's leaving and I have to stay. Kind of feels as if he's leaving his "extra baggage" behind while he gets to move on...

I know that I am on my own quest and I have made progress on said quest however this is just a shock. Plus, I'm not sure why it was a shock and that's what makes me even more frustrated...

But I guess I just have to keep telling myself that tomorrow is another day...