Choreography

This weekend is going to be really hectic because I have to learn choreography for the second act of In Concert which is High School Musicale k-12. Marcus and Annie come in every year to teach us the choreography for the second act. They also bring in other male dancers that will perform with us in March. Even though Marcus is probably about fifty years old he still performs in the show every year. It amazes me that he can still do a jazz split. This weekend is always crazy because we have to learn a whole second act of a show in just three days. He always starts out with a different idea then what we actually end up doing. Even though the choreography isn't that difficult is still a lot to try and remember in just one weekend. Another bad thing about trying to learn everything in one weekend is that we have to be at the studio a lot. I have to be there today 4-8, tomorrow 9-6, and Sunday 9-3. That is about 18 hours of dancing in just one weekend. It is going to be especially difficult this year because of my foot injury. I will only be able to dance a few hours at a time and then I will have to walk around in my boot for a little bit. This year we are doing High School Musicale (yes it is spelled musicale not musical) which is a combination of all three high school musical movies. So it will definitely be interesting. I <3 Starbucks!!!!

Winter

Winter us not my favorite season. Weather in the wintertime is just cold snowy and bleak. When it snows you can't really do that much besides build a snowman or go sledding and I don't really like to do those things. While I am stuck inside on a snowy day I like to pass the time by watching t.v. and drinking coffee. Who wouldn't like to do that? Waffles are also good for breakfast on a snowy day. Well, there is one good thing about winter and that is snow days. Waking up to school being cancelled can be quite exciting. When you get to sleep late and do nothing all day. Who isn't glad to get a day off from school every now and then? While snow days may be fun that is really the only positive thing about winter. When everything is dead and it is freezing cold outside it makes me want to stay inside all day. Winter is cold. Winter is boring. Winter just really isn't that great.

Pointless Snow Day

I was kind of disappointed that there was a snow day on Tuesday. I was excited when my mom came in my room to turn off my alarm because there was a one hour delay. I like delays because I get to sleep in but we don't have to make them up as long as we don't have to many delays. So I got up at 6:50 which is one hour later than I normally do and I took a shower. After I got out of the shower I started drying my hair. My mom then tells me that school is cancelled. I was extremely disappointed that school was cancelled because I was already awake. There was no point of having a snow day if I couldn't sleep in late. However since I was awake I went ahead and babysat the kids that I normally do. Since I was already awake I figured that I might as well do something productive. Even though babysitting isn't my favorite thing to do it is a good way to make money. The morning started out kind of hectic but it ended up not being to bad of a day at all. Even though I enjoyed my snow day hopefully the next snow day I will get to sleep in. A piece of advice: Starbucks is perfect on a snowy day. :)

Dancing Again

Yesterday I danced for the first time in about 3 weeks. I was so excited when I walked into the dance studio and got to tell my dance teachers the news. When I walked into the office to tell Mrs.J the news the first thing she saw was that my boot was still on. She thought that I was going to have bad news but she was relieved to hear that I was going to be able to take a class. I still have to wear the boot all day but I can dance for a few hours at night. Hopefully soon I will be back dancing full force again. When I started warming up with everyone it felt so foreign. It had only been three weeks but that is like forever in the dancing world. I could tell that I was some what behind because I didn't know any of the combinations. I didn't get frustrated though because I was just happy to be dancing. I was still nervous the whole time that I was dancing though because I was afraid that my foot would start hurting. I was also afraid that I was injuring my foot more even though the doctor said it was ok for me to dance some. I got through almost all of the class before I had to stop because my foot started hurting. After class I realized how much I had missed some of the girls at the studio and how I was glad that I was able to dance. Starbucks is amazing!!!

Out of options

When something you loved so much becomes something that is unbearable what should you do? That is a question that I have been asking myself a lot lately. I still love to dance but there has been so much going on at the studio( teachers telling us how awful we are, telling us that we are fat, and nothing ever being good enough for them) that I don't know what to do. Everyone has tried talking to the teacher that is mainly in charge and she does nothing. Even though she knows that things are going on that shouldn't be she doesn't do anything about it. She continues to blame the dancers for all of the problems. She also continues taking up for a 29 year old who she says is just immature. How is that possible when a 17 year old knows something is wrong but a 29 year old is to immature to understand? All of the dancers are very frustrated about what has been going on at the studio and we had done all we thought was possible. However someone did something yesterday that hadn't been done yet. After jazz class she told Mrs. J (the main dance teacher) that she needed to quit. Now I know that you are probably thinking that she is a quitter but she isn't at all. As she was packing up her locker after class all I could say was that I respect you. She is no longer going to have to spend her time at place that isn't happy anymore. She paved the way for all of us to stand up for ourselves. Even though she is going to be happier she is going to be missed. The company has lost two dancers in two weeks. Who will be next? I <3 Starbucks!!!!!!

Ugly words

There aren't really that many words that bother me. However there are a few words that my dad says that I can not stand. The first word is nuke. I don't know why but every time I hear that word I cringe. I just don't like the way it sounds. I don't understand someone has to say you can just nuke that in the microwave. I believe that it sounds a lot better when someone says that you can warm that up in the microwave. You can even say that you can reheat that in the microwave. I think any word would be better than nuke. There is another word that my dad says that I can not stand at all. This is probably one of my biggest pet peeves is when someone uses this word. Actually, "the word" isn't even a word at all. It is defiantly not in Webster's English Dictionary. The word is....warsh. I don't understand why my dad can't simply say wash. I correct him every time that he says warsh. I just think it sounds so countryish. When he says warsh it makes him sound like he lives on a farm in the middle of nowhere and can't pronounce words correctly. The whole family has tried to get him to correct it but he is stubborn and just won't do it. I guess nuke and warsh are the only two words that I find really ugly. I know for sure that Starbucks isn't an ugly word it is a beautiful one!!!

Anorexia

Anorexia is a stereotype that many people associate to ballerinas. However that stereotype is usually wrong. To be a dancer you don't have to be anorexic. Actually dieting isn't really encouraged in our company because the dance teachers fear that we would take it to the extreme. One dance teacher does encourage it though but she is rather larger herself. I believe that she encourages us to be skinny just because she can't be. Every time someone loses a few pounds she comments about how good that girl is looking. Most of the older girls don't like it when she comments about others weight because we have seen how anorexia has affected other girls. We have had one girl who has had to take a whole semester off after she had lost about twenty to thirty pounds. I would think that after that has happened to one girl that everyone would learn from her mistakes but I am wrong. Thursday everyone comes to dance thinking that it was going to be a normal day but we were give some awful news. One of the freshman girls had to drop out of dance because she was anorexic and was going to have to be treated. This affected our whole company because now she was going to have to be replaced in all of the dances. That's not what we cared about though we couldn't believe that she wasn't going to be in the company anymore. I just can't imagine that a person would feel so bad about themselves that they would feel the need to starve themselves. I don't have to worry about me though because I would never starve myself for dance. Starbucks is amazing!!!

I've got a boot.....

So today in case no one has noticed I am wearing a very fashionable boot. It is probably one of the most uncomfortable things that I have ever had to wear. It adds about to ten pounds to my left leg. I feel like i have this huge weight that i have to carry around. Almost everyone has asked me what happened. I am very glad that they are concerned but I have had to say that I stress fractured my foot while dancing like a zillion times. I think it might have been easier just to wear a t-shirt that said I fractured my foot while dancing and now I've got a boot with an arrow pointing to the boot. Probably the worst part of being injured is that I can't dance. I have enjoyed the time off but I miss all the girls at dance. I feel like am missing out on a lot at the dance studio. It is also really hard for when I do go to dance that I just have to sit and watch. I just want to be able to get up and dance. I never thought I would say this but I am tired of sitting around and doing nothing. Another plus of the boot is that if we have fake injury day for Spirit Week, I won't have to fake an injury. That is really the only positive thing about the boot. However I try not to complain because I know that it could be worse. I could be stuck with a case that I can't take off at all. Starbucks is amazing!!!!!!!!!

Snow Day

I really hope that there is a Snow Day tomorrow. I can't believe that I am saying this right after we have just gotten back from a 2 week break. However I still have a lot of sleep that I need to catch up on. It would also be nice to have a break before I have to go to dance that day even though I am not dancing because of my foot injury. Snow days are just always so exciting because you don't have to do anything besides drink hot chocolate or preferably coffee and watch tv. If we don't get a snow day a 2 hour delay would be really nice. At least I would get to sleep in a little bit. Actually a 2 hour delay would be better because then we wouldn't have to make up that lost time and the school day would go by really fast. I don't really care whether we have a snow day or a two hour delay I just hope that it is something. I am just afraid that everyone is anticipating a snow day and everyone is going to be disappointed when we wake up in the morning and there isn't any snow on the ground. So I am going to do my homework tonight because I know that if I don't then it won't snow at all. Snow days are perfect for Starbucks!!!!

Anxiety

I didn't really realize the importance of my feet until now. I use them everyday to dance. I never thought what I would do if I got hurt. Even though I haven't been enjoying dance as much lately I don't want the decision for me not to dance to be made for me. However it might be because I might have a stress fracture in my foot. It has been bothering me for a while but I just assumed that over Christmas break that I would get some rest and that it would be fine. Even though throughout Christmas break it had been bothering me I just ignored it hoping that it would get better. Yesterday I realized just how bad my foot was. As I was dancing sharp pains kept shooting through my foot. It finally got so bad that I had to tell my dance teacher. She said that I might have a stress fracture and that I should get it checked out. My heart just dropped because if I have fractured my foot then I can't dance. So I don't know what I am going to do if my foot is hurt. My life would be drastically changed and the decision whether or not to quit dance would pretty much be made for me. So I am just keeping my fingers crossed that everything is ok but I know that it can't be. Coffee is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!