1/15/2009

MOVING ON

ANOTHER WEEK ALMOST OVER. IT HASN'T BEEN THE BEST WEEK OF MY LIFE. BUT I'M DEALING WITH IT. THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT WITH MY MOVE, THE GIRL WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BUY MY CONTRACT DIDN'T PULL THROUGH, SO I'M STUCK AT MY APARTMENT. OH JOY. WHATEVER. I ALSO WAS FORCED TO MAKE A DECISION I NEVER WANTED TO MAKE. BUT HE LEFT ME NO CHOICE. SO I'M DONE, ITS OVER. I JUST FOUND OUT KYLEIGH IS MOVING TO SALT LAKE THIS SUMMER AND SHE ISN'T COMING BACK. THIS BUMS ME OUT, BUT SHE IS LEAVING FOR SCHOOL REASONS, SO I CANT GET UPSET. AT LEAST SHE IS DOING SOMETHING WITH HER LIFE. I'M JUST GUNNA MISS HER SO MUCH.



MOM IS COMING FOR A VISIT THIS WEEKEND. MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY I DON'T HAVE TO WORK SO SHE IS COMING TO SEE ME!! I HOPE IT TURNS OUT TO BE A GOOD VISIT! WHICH I'M SURE IT WILL! I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I'M KINDA EXCITED TO HANG OUT WITH HER :)









DANCE IS GOING WELL. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF PRACTICES AND THE DANCES ARE COMING ALONG NICELY!! EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER . THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME ONE FROM RIRIE WOODBURY, HER NAME IS CHARLOTTE BOYE-CHRISTENSEN. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO START WORKING WITH HER. IN FEBRUARY WE ARE GOING TO A THREE DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH HER. CHARLOTTE HAS AGREED TO SET AN ENTIRELY NEW PIECE FOR VDE!! WOOHOO!! IM REALLY REALLY STOKED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME ONE WITH HER EXPERIANCE. I THINK I WILL LEARN ALOT FROM HER!!


1/13/2009

NO BLOG SUBJECT

SO EVEN THOUGH NO ONE READS THESE, I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE MY BLOG. OH JOY!!
LETS SEE. WELL ITS WARMING UP HERE IN LOGAN UTAH. BUT OF COURSE THAT COULD CHANGE TOMORROW. I MIGHT WAKE UP TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. I HOPE I DON'T, BUT ITS UTAH, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER, WAIT FIVE MINUTES IT WILL CHANGE. I WISH OUR DEAR MOTHER NATURE WOULD MAKE UP HER MIND!! THOUGH I MUST SAY, THIS YEAR I'M NOT REALLY BOTHERED BY THE COLD. LAST YEAR I THOUGHT I WOULD DIE. I HAD THE WORST CASE OF WINTER BLUES EVER!! I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE SUMMER AGAIN! IT WAS AWFUL!
OF COURSE IT WAS MY FIRST WINTER IN LOGAN, AND EVEN WITH THE WARNINGS FROM CLOSE FRIENDS, I WASN'T FULLY PREPARED FOR LOGAN WINTER WEATHER!! KYLEIGH HAD ONCE TOLD ME "IT GETS SO COLD IT HURTS WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE" I LAUGHED. AND THEN ONE MORNING IT WAS -15 DEGREES, AND MY FACE HURT FROM THE COLD WHEN I WALKED OUTSIDE!!
WORK GETS INCREDIBLY SLOW THIS TIME OF YEAR. (YES BANKS DO HAVE A SLOW SEASON) AND EVEN AFTER I GET ALL OF MY PERSONAL JOBS DONE, I STILL HAVE 4 HOURS LEFT AT WORK! ONE CAN ONLY READ FOR SO LONG BEFORE YOUR EYES START TO HURT!! SOMETIMES I WISH THAT WE WOULD GET ROBBED. I DON'T WISH THAT ANYONE WOULD GET HURT, JUST THAT WE WOULD GET ROBBED. THAT WOULD BE EXCITING!! BUT ALAS, IT SHALL NEVER HAPPEN. ALL WELL.
SO WE ARE TWO WEEKS INTO THE NEW YEAR, AND SO FAR I HAVE DONE PRETTY GOOD AT KEEPING MY GOALS!!! THE ONLY ONE I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IS GETTING UP THE FIRST TIME MY ALARM GOES OFF. THAT'S BEEN TOUGH! BUT I HAVE KEPT MY GOAL OF RUNNING 4 TIMES A WEEK, AND IVE BEEN WORKING ON MY SIX PACK STOMACH. DANG I'M GUNNA LOOK SO GOOD!! ANOTHER ONE OF MY GOALS WAS TO CUT FAST FOOD OUTTA MY DIET COMPLETELY. I STARTED THAT ONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND I HAVEN'T HAD FAST FOOD IN OVER 2 MONTHS! BOOYEAH!! TAKE A HIKE MCDONALDS!!! THE BAD THING IS I HAVE HAD THIS CRAVING FOR A SONIC BURGER FOR TWO MONTHS STRAIGHT!!! I JUST WANT ONE SO BAD! BUT I SHALL NOT CAVE IN TO THE POWER OF GREASE!!! NEVER!! I GUESS I SHOULD MENTION THAT I HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH KYLEIGH. THE FIRST PERSON TO EAT FAST FOOD HAS TO TREAT THE OTHER TO A STEAK DINNER! WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER AGREEMENT THAT INVOLVED CUTTING OUR HAIR. WE BOTH WANTED TO GROW OUR HAIR OUT, BUT WE HAD NO INCENTIVE SO WE BOTH KEPT CUTTING OUR HAIR SHORT. SO WE AGREED THAT THE FIRST PERSON TO CUT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OFF WOULD HAVE TO PUT GAS IN THE OTHERS CAR. WE MADE THIS AGREEMENT WHEN GAS PRICES WERE ALMOST 5 BUCKS A GALLON. BUT WE ARE STICKIN TO IT!! AND MY HAIR IS GETTING LONG!! ITS SO WEIRD TO HAVE LONG HAIR!! THE LAST TIME I HAD LONG HAIR I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!! AND EVEN THEN I WORE MY HAIR IN A PONY TAIL EVERY DAY SO IT WAS LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN REALLY HAVE HAIR! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HAVING LONG HAIR WOULD BE SO EXCITING!!
DANCE IS REALLY STARTING TO PICK UP! I HAVE BEEN GIVIN THE TEEN CLASS TO TEACH THIS SESSION, AND I'M REALLY STOKED ABOUT THAT!! DON'T GET ME WRONG, TEACHING THE YOUNG KIDS IS GREAT TOO, BUT I'M KINDA LIMITED ON WHAT I CAN DO WITH SMALL CHILDREN. MY HORIZON IS MUCH MORE BROAD WITH AN OLDER AGE GROUP! I ALREADY HAVE A GREAT DANCE GOING IN MY HEAD FOR THE TEEN PERFORMANCE IN APRIL AND I'M PRETTY MUCH READY TO START TEACHING IT TO THEM! IT SHOULD BE PRETTY SWEET! I'M USING MUSIC BY THE TALKING HEADS, SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TALKING HEADS YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT ITS GUNNA BE AWESOME!! I'M STILL TEACHING THE YOUNGER CLASSES, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE. I'M SURE I WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING GOOD! AT LEAST I'LL TRY! THE COMPANY HAS BEEN HAVING PRACTICES RATHER REGULARLY EVERY OTHER SATURDAY FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS NOW. AND IT HADN'T BEEN GETTING IN THE WAY WITH MY WORK SCHEDULE AT ALL UNTIL THIS MONTH. CAUSE PRACTICES WILL BE EVERY SATURDAY UNTIL OUR PERFORMANCE IN APRIL. AND I WORK ABOUT EVERY OTHER SATURDAY. SO ITS BEEN KINDA STRESSFUL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MY SCHEDULE AND GETTING PEOPLE TO COVER AT WORK FOR ME. BUT I THINK IVE GOT ALMOST ALL OF MY DAYS WORKED OUT! YAY!! IT ONLY TOOK ME THREE DAYS TO GET IT RIGHT, BUT HEY, ITS DONE!
WE ARE HAVING A FUNDRAISER ON JANUARY 24. WE WILL BE SHOWING SOME OF THE UNFINISHED PIECES. SO YOU GET A TASTE OF WHAT THE ACTUALLY SHOW WILL HAVE IN IT!! THEN OUR BIG SHOW IS APRIL 25TH! ITS GUNNA BE GOOD!! AND I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD COME OUT TO IT!THE NAME OF THE PERFORMANCE IS "SHIFT" AND ITS AT THE ELLEN ECCLES THEATER ON APRIL 25TH AT 7 O'CLOCK!