Yawn!

I'm sleepy.....  It was a full weekend of shimmying and I'm tired.  We had class yesterday morning (two hours) and then had a quick performance (which was running SO behind that it wasn't even funny).  If that wasn't enough, we had a full performance today (45 minutes of continuous dancing) and within the performance I had my sword solo.  Both my mind and body are tired after this weekend and it's difficult to think that I have to get up early in the AM to go to work.  I know that next weekend is a long weekend but that feels like such a long time from now and that week hasn't even started yet...

On the way to today's show of course I had to stop and put gas in my car.  And of course I didn't think to bring my debit card with my so I had to go into the gas station to pay.  And of course I was in full performance make-up and in my costume.  I know it wasn't the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me but it was pretty embarrassing all the same.  Oh, well.  I survived the experience and only got a couple of really weird looks and double takes from people.

After the show today, I ran home to change (without even removing my make-up), took my solar viewer (made from the replacement lens from a welding mask and a rectangle of cardboard -- even though the guy at Home Depot treated me like I was dumb and told me it wouldn't work) to the beach and watched the Solar Eclipse.  Because I pulled something in my knee during the performance today, I didn't go onto the beach to enjoy the event but I sat on a bench right before the beach started.  So I was able to hear the waves crashing while I looked through my solar viewer.  While I was sitting there, I was talking to my Mom (the lover of astronomy) while she watched the Eclipse on-line (she wasn't able to see it where she lives) and I wished she could've seen it in person, with me, sitting on my bench at the beach.  At least we got to share the experience the best way we could.


Once I got home from the beach, I let the dogs out (who were very upset/annoyed with me that I didn't let them outside when I came home to change) and then jumped into a long, hot shower to not only wash all of the glitter off but to relax whatever I did in my knee.  After the shower, I used some Icy/Hot on the knee and some peppermint foot cream on my feet and legs.  Things are starting to feel a little better but it's been interesting trying to keep two doggies away from my feet and legs because they are trying to lick the peppermint lotion off.  =)


I was pretty impressed with myself at our performance today.  We were performing at a fair where there was all sorts of wonderful smelling fair food.  While everything smelled delicious, I stuck to my diet and found some yummy things for me to eat and still be "good" (I had grilled chicken skewers and a strawberry smoothie).  I wanted to get some of the other fair food but I just lived vicariously through the food the other people were eating and the smells.  Maybe one of these days I'll be able to enjoy fair food in moderation but because the dieting is still relatively new, I didn't want to jeopardize things by overindulging.


Well, since it's been such a long and eventful weekend (and who knows what the week holds in store -- hopefully it's better than last week), I think I'm going to shut the computer off and just relax some before going to bed.  Enjoy the magic a Solar Eclipse brings!