It really started on Wednesday night with dance rehearsal, Thursday was my birthday as well as choir rehearsal, Friday I went to work and then had a dance performance, yesterday was a day working on my apartment, and today was a dance performance approximately 3-3.5 hours from here... I'm tired.
The dance performance on Friday was special in more ways than one. Our dance instructor hired a live band to come to our studio and we had practiced a choreography to dance to their live performance. It was a little bit nerve wracking just because we weren't 100% sure if the band was going to play the music the same way they played it on the CD we had been rehearsing too (luckily they did!). This was the first time that I had performed to live music and it definitely was an interesting experience. Not only was this my first time performing to live music, it was also my first opportunity to do a mini solo to live music (I shared one piece of music with two other girls where we each took our turn on the stage). Another first for me this night was along with my solo, I danced with a veil. Originally my instructor asked me if I would want to use a sword with this solo but I wasn't personally feeling it with the music - so I opted at the last moment to use a veil instead. I don't know if I would classify it as my best performance however, I felt okay about it because I challenged myself and went outside of my own comfort zone. I just have to look at is as yet another aspect of my personal growth along my quest.
The trip to and from today's performance was filled with fun and laughter. Because so many of us attended today's show, we ended up taking two vehicles and the vehicle I was in laughed the entire way there and the entire way back I think. I couldn't even tell you at this point all of the stuff we laughed about (I do know that some of it was about things that were pretty dumb) but it was nice to laugh so much that I think I might have earned a few more laugh lines and some sore abs/ribs in the morning. =)
I don't think that my doggies are too pleased that I haven't been home too much over the last couple of days so it's probably a good thing that I get to stay home tomorrow. Granted, I will spending tomorrow (hopefully) continuing to work on the never-ending "stuff" that needs to be done around the apartment -- especially since my Mom will be here in just over a week! WooHoo! =) Yes, I am very excited about this fact! I know that I have lots of things to get done between now and that time but I will hopefully get it all done... We'll have to wait and see...
I think I'm just feeling as if I need a Mom "recharge." I'm not saying that to put any added/extra pressure on Mom but I feel that it's true. For the last number of years, I have developed a very special relationship but I think in some ways, I am trying to make up for lost time with Mom. As I've written about before, there was a point where I wasn't as nice as I could have been to my Mom and spent a lot of time responding "whatever" to anything that she said. It's not like that anymore. While there are times we don't always see eye-to-eye, we talk it out these days. I really hope that this relationship between Mom and I continues. =)
Well, since it's been a long and crazy week, I am going to sign off for another week and see what this upcoming week brings! =)
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