I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Monday, October 22, 2012

Just Dance

  • I got 2 Evergreen kids who never to fall asleep today! And I almost got a third but I figured out the best way to get her to sleep too late...I'll try another day muahahaha :D
  • Tonight, after my 10-hour workday, I decided it would be fun to use part of my Groupon that I got from one of my directors at work...8 dance classes for $25 at a great studio in AA! I changed my clothes at work, had a Panera broccoli and cheddar bread bowl for dinner (totally gnawed at the bread bowl in the middle of the restaurant too) and then headed to 2 dance classes. The first was a ballet class. About halfway through, I realized that I've never had a ballet class before - DUR! Everything I know about ballet I learned in guard. Huh. I thought about trying the Level 1 (instead of the Level 2, which I did tonight) next week - before I went to my 2nd class. It was a contemporary class and I loved it. The stretching alone (which lasted about 30 minutes) was worth it! And the instructor started a new combination tonight and it was awesome. Plus there are only 3 people in the class. And it was just more my style of dancing. (I can't believe how much I've come around to Modern.) Can't wait to go back!
  • One thing that turned me off to the ballet class was that I honestly understood how a ballerina could be lead to an eating disorder. I felt too big. ME. I know that I am not fat. I understand that I am not even CLOSE. And it's not like anyone in the class said anything about it or was even particularly skinny. I mean maybe I was even just standing in front of a weird part of the mirror. But I knew that I didn't feel ballerina-like enough and that included my posture and training (or lack thereof), along with all of the imperfections of my body. Now, since I don't know what spurred this craziness, I would ABSOLUTELY be willing to try a ballet class again. But for this, and the above bullet point, I'm sticking with the contemporary class for now.
  • Happy Birthday, Anna!
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