Sometimes you just need to be fancy

Well...  I have to admit that I didn't do as much walking this past week as I should have.  I met my 10,000 step goal each day during the work week (there was a day that it just barely happened) and I didn't get any where near the step goal yesterday or today.  I need to work on some way to get my fight/drive back.  Granted, I don't want to be someone who obsessively walks but I know that I need to do something.

Because of this struggle, I haven't been excited about looking in the mirror and everything in my closet has made me feel even more blah (even though I have some fun clothes in my closet).  I questioned my sanity in buying some new clothing items since I'm not happy where I am with my body but I know that I needed to get some new pieces to get me past this feeling (I hope).  Maybe one of the things I need to think of is a profound statement my cousin's daughter has said (she's 5-years old), "sometimes you just need to be fancy" and she wears a string of pearls.  Sometimes the best statements come out of the mouths of kids...  I think I need my own strand of (faux) pearls.

Part of my frustration with getting my steps in has been working about 12 hour days again this past week at work.  The school we work with is on Spring Break so that means we're open from 7 am - 6 pm since they're closed.  I've been getting to work at about 6:30 am daily and most days leave after 6 pm (all but one day when I had to leave work at 5:30 to make it to a dentist appointment).  This upcoming week, I'll have the same schedule (including another dentist appointment for a small filling I need to have done but as of right now I have an appointment during the work day where I'll go to work, go to the dentist and then head back into work).  I'm kind of looking forward to getting back to what's become my new schedule 'norm' (9-6) and I can try to work out again in the mornings before work.  We'll see how that works out though...

I'm hoping that if I start a fitness routine before work again, I'll be able to get some better sleep at night.  I've been tracking my sleep habits for a month and there are nights I average 5-6 hours a night and my sleep can be very restless at times.  I know that this needs to change.  I'm not a big tea drinker but my Mom suggested that I might try a cup of chamomile tea before going to bed and seeing if that helps.  I figure that might be an inexpensive place to start anyway (that or I just completely wear myself out with my work outs)...

I do have big dance performances the next three weekends so that gives me something to work on.  This upcoming weekend, I have a performance with the troupe (including a solo that day) and then the following two weekends I have solo performances (the first one the person who's organizing the show sought me out to solo and the one after that I had to request to be a soloist and the organizer agreed).  For the performance this coming weekend, I don't know if I'm going to use my new sword or not because it's an outdoor show and I really don't relish the thought to set my brand new sword on the ground (there is a place in the music where I set it down, dance for a bit without it and then get the sword back).  Members of my troupe have been begging for me to use it (and I really have been dying to dance with it) but I don't know if I'm quite ready to use it yet.  It is a little bit heavier than my other swords (it's made out of brass) and I don't want to hurt my neck if I have these other shows coming up and I'm not ready physically to use it.  Using the new sword would definitely help me to feel fancy I think though...  =)

Well, my dear readers, I think in an effort to let myself be fancy (and to work on my muchness/flying my freak flag) I'm going to do something like paint my fingernails some weird color before I go to bed tonight.  I hope you have a wonderful week ahead and try to find something to help you feel fancy.  =)