Spring Break is near.....yay!

Spring break is almost here!!! This time next week I will be sitting on the beach relaxing. It will be a much needed break. It seems like so much has happened in the last couple of months that I don't even know how I survived. There has been so much change in my life. I have had a stress fracture, couldn't dance, started dancing again, quit dancing, and then became an eaglette. It makes me tired just thinking about everything that has happened. It will be really nice to get away and relax. I just want to be able to sit on the beach and not have to worry about anything except getting a tan. Of course a little shopping would be nice. I am always up for that. This year we are going some place that we have never been before so it will definitely be interesting. At least it is closer so it won't be that long of a drive because that is always the worst part. When we get back from Florida I get to go pick up my prom dress from being altered so that is also very exciting. It feels like it has been so long since I have seen it that I almost forgot what it looked like. When I get back from Spring Break it will be total chaos. School will almost be ending and prom will be less than a month away. Starbucks makes the world go round :)

Cup Stacking 101

This year I had the opportunity to experience something very different, a cup stacking tournament. I had heard that it was a sport but I didn't realize how intense it was. I was a judge for the tournament. The tournament consisted of mainly elementary aged competitors. Let me tell you they could stack cups fast. I was amazed at just how fast their hands could move. This kids were only in elementary school but they were very serious about this tournament. Many of the kids were trying to break world records. There was one Chinese kid who was a member of team USA. He could do a 3-3-3 in about one second. (A 3-3-3 is where the kids stack 3 sets of 3 cups and then take them down.) His hands moved so fast that there was no time to find any errors. I was glad that I didn't have to judge him but instead I just got to watch. As a judge I had to make sure that the kids stacked the cups properly. Sometimes I felt so bad when I had to tell the kids that they stacked the cups wrong and that it was going to have to be a scratch. Luckily, most kids were very understanding and didn't get upset when I told them they did it wrong. However, one judge told a girl that it was a scratch and she started crying and her parents got really upset. Being a judge wasn't the easiest thing to do but it was definitely very interesting. Starbucks is amazing!!!!

This could be the start of something new......

High School Musicale is finally over!!! I can now officially be done with Owensboro Dance Theatre. The show was on Saturday night and my sister did great in the show. However I didn't realize how boring the shows actually were for the audience members. I am pleased to announce that Sunday afternoon my sister gave her resignation to Mrs. Johnson. She is no longer a part of Owensboro Dance Theatre or Joy Johnson's Dance Studio. This decision was not one that was easy for her. Her decision had nothing to do with mine. Even though I had already quit I supported her still being there. She decided all on her own that it was not a place that she wanted to be anymore. Taylor makes the fifth person that has quit Owensboro Dance Theatre this year. Maybe Joy Johnson will eventually get the message that something is wrong, but she probably won't. However those problems no longer concern me which is kind of nice. Now that my sister and I have more free time we are actually going to be able to do more things. No longer are either of us going to have the excuse that we can't do something because of dance. Even though I had quit earlier than my sister I still had to hear about all of the drama at the studio from my sister. Well I won't have to anymore I am going to finally be able to move on completely to life after ODT. I <3 Starbucks!!!

Where is the teacher?

I am sure that everyone has already heard the story of the class that was without a teacher. However no one really knows what it was like. People may have thought that we didn't tell anyone because we wanted to be by ourselves. That may be partly true but we honestly thought that the substitute was going to eventually return. When we arrived at class we expected the substitute to show up at any time but after about ten minutes we were getting worried. We thought that maybe they got the lunch shifts mixed up. We figured that could be possible to happen so we took attendance and turned it in to the front office because we did not want the substitute to get in trouble. Then we put in the movie that we knew we should finish. We watched the movie like we were supposed to until it was time for lunch. We didn't leave early for lunch and we kept the door unlocked in case the substitute returned. After we got back from lunch we expected the substitute to be in the class but they weren't there. So we just continued to watch the movie like we were supposed to. After about thirty minutes we realized that the substitute was not returning. At that point we had no idea what we should do. We didn't know if we were going to get in trouble for not telling anyone sooner so we decided to wait until after class. Lets just say that the vice principal wasn't to happy with that substitute. Last I heard that day the substitute was still MIA. Starbucks is the best :)

The first time I drove a car

Before I got my permit I had driven a car around on my street and in a parking lot but I don't really count that as the first time that I have driven a car. Driving in a parking lot or a deserted street is completely different than driving on a street filled with other cars and stoplights. The first time that I actually drove a car was right after I received my permit. I asked my mom for the keys and she gave them to me, and that was a huge mistake. I realized that I had no clue what I was doing. I didn't even know which way to push the turning signals. I was so confused because I thought that driving looked so easy and the driving that I had done before had been easy. The distance between downtown and Starbucks is not that far but that day it seemed like forever. I honestly believe that my mom thought we were going to die before we made it to Starbucks. However as usual I wanted Starbucks so badly that I had the will to make it there. We made it there alive but my mom drove me back to school. My first time driving is a very memorable experience. I love Starbucks!!!!

We are all in this together....or not

Yesterday I went down to the River Park Center to film for my community story on High School Musicale. This is Owensboro Dance Theatre's Spring production. This is the show that I was supposed to perform in before I quit ODT. I was a little hesitant to even do the story on ODT. I wasn't for sure how I would feel. I didn't know whether I would wish I was up there on stage or if I would even start crying. However, I didn't feel sad at all. As I watched some of the girls on stage that were being yelled at I realized that I didn't miss all of the stress at all. It was great to get to see some of the younger girls that I hadn't seen since I quit. For example when I went into the Apprentice company dressing room to interview a few of the girls I was greeted with everyone saying that they missed me. It felt good to know that the Apprentice Company missed me because I know that they copmany doesn't feel that way. Most of the girls are bitter because I can do what I want now that I am not dancing. It is like they are jealous of my freedom. Hardly any of the company girls would even talk to me and if they did it was just like a hello. That's ok though because I no longer have to worry about all of the drama and I can enjoy my life unlike the rest of the miserable dancers. :) Starbucks is still amazing!!

Marietta Diner

Last weekend at Jazz on Tap in Atlanta I went and ate at the Marietta Diner. It has sort of become like a tradition on Friday night to eat at the diner. Anytime we are in Atlanta or even near Atlanta we have to stop at the diner. We even stopped at the diner going to Florida for fall break. No matter what time of day the diner is always full (by the way the diner is open 24 hours a day). On the way home from Florida during fall break we stopped at the diner at 2 am. I assumed that it would be desolate. However I was wrong because the place was booming. I had never seen so many people at a restaurant at 2 am. They do have the best pancakes. Their portions are huge. One time I got a side of home fries and it was a large plate full. I couldn't believe it. I don't understand why the diner is such a great place to be. It may have to do with the fact that greek owner is an adorable old man. It could have to do with the fact that the food is amazing. It could even be that the outside of the diner can draw you in. It looks like a diner with the neon lights and and the silver outside. It maybe their desserts that look almost to good to eat. A piece of cake could easily feed at least three people. The diner is just a place that you can't miss if you are in Atlanta. It's so good that Food Network has been there. Starbucks is still the best!!!

It's over

As of this Sunday I am officially no longer a member of Owensboro Dance Theatre's company. This may be shocking to some people but to others who know how unhappy I have been lately this isn't a surprise at all. I guess things have been bad for a while but Thursday night was definitely the last straw. It hasn't been the easy for me to try dancing with my stress fracture. However my dance teachers wanted me to continue dancing and to perform in the show, so I did what they wanted like I always do. Well Thursday night I left class at 6:00 because I had to film for ENL but they were going to keep rehearsing the tap piece. Well I found out that when I left some of the girls and one of the teachers (she is very immature) tried to blame the piece not looking good because of me. Earlier the teacher had made the comment about how I was the only person who knew what they were doing. So the teacher and the girls decided to throw me under the bus and shove me in the back because they said I was "limping" and I know that I wasn't. So to make a long story short that was the final straw. I couldn't stand to be treated like that any longer. So on Sunday I went to the studio and had a long conversation with Joy Johnson. I tried to explain to her that I still loved to dance but this studio was no longer an enjoyable place to be. She didn't listen to anything that I said but that's ok because three girls have already quit this year. Maybe she will eventually figure out that there is a problem.