excitement

It has been another long and busy week, dear readers so I hope this comes together without being too disjointed...

Last Sunday, we danced on the main stage of a wonderful dance festival and we were very well received.  Because we were working with props (skirts, canes and veils), there were a couple of moments where the props had minds of their own (including the instructor's cane going flying at one point) but that's to be expected sometimes.  My knee did decide to give me some trouble but I didn't let it stop me from dancing.  I danced with everything I had and then ended up limping to my dance bag for my knee brace and still ended up limping some even with it on [side note: my knee has been doing pretty good this week and only has given me a few problems on and off].  I did find a really neat costume piece as well as a new belt for myself at the festival so that's always exciting!  =)

One of the surprising things that happened this past week is I took an afternoon off of work.  When I woke up on Wednesday, I felt a little nauseous but I was able to push the feeling away.  While I was at work, the feeling returned even stronger and I wasn't able to push the nauseous feeling away.  People at work told me that I looked awful and I think I probably looked as bad as I felt.  I ended up talking to the boss, told her what I thought I could accomplish but that I thought I would need to leave at noon.  I surprised myself and was able to get those tasks done before leaving.  On my way home, I stopped and got some soup (and I very rarely eat soup); when I got home, I changed into sweats, ate my soup and fell asleep on the couch for about three hours or so.  I was feeling some better but I continued to lounge on the couch.

While I was lounging on the couch, I got an unexpected text message from one of my nephews.  We then continued to have a "conversation" for a few minutes (he sent me strings of letters and my typical 'teacher' response of "that's so interesting...") and I then sent him a photo of the zoo trip he and I shared last summer.  Right after I sent the picture, my phone started to ring -- he was calling me via FaceTime! We didn't have a long conversation (he was VERY excited) but it was really fun to talk to him even if for just those few moments and see him being his goofy self.  I think maybe the conversation with him is what helped me to feel better.  That night I feel like I got really restful sleep and I woke up ready to go into work (it's been quite some time since I've jumped right up in the AM ready to go to work).

This weekend I have been a little adventurous when it comes to food and I have actually cooked a few times for myself.  Some of it ended up EXACTLY how I wanted it to end up and was delicious and some of it was not so delicious but I will live and learn...  I know that some of cooking is being willing to try and I'm glad that I did.  One of the things I attempted to make was biscuits and they ended up not so fabulous.  I was looking forward to having them with scrambled eggs and the eggs didn't turn out too great either.  I didn't realize I could screw scrambled eggs too bad (especially when I made them with Egg Beaters) but they didn't taste very good.  Oh, well.  I guess I will just have to continue to try different things.  I was just proud of myself for making the attempt (especially with the biscuits).

Because I was sick, I don't feel as if I had the opportunity to work on my "muchness" this past week.  I know that it will be an ongoing process but it is something that I plan to really focus on over the next few weeks.  I will let you know how that goes...