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Thursday, September 13, 2012

college math

(finally maintaining correct pelvic alignment for more than a few seconds at a time in ballet class) + (jazz class) = extremely sore leg muscles

pro: feeling each individual muscle as I move really helps with identifying when I'm using the "correct" muscle(s) and when I'm not

cons: walking up stairs (the sounds effects go something like: *oww, oww, oww, oww . . . *, similar to the Muppaphone), walking uphill from my apartment to the main campus, moving in general without experiencing pain

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By the end of the trimester, I will definitely have increased my endurance and leg strength. Until then, Advil, hot showers, stretching and avoiding excessive moving will be my very close friends :)

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p.s. This is my 100th post :) :) :) My dad would be very proud of the fact that I chose to write about math in such an important post.

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p.p.s. My dad used to have red truck that could only play cassette tapes. Whenever any of my siblings and/or I got to ride in his truck with him, we would ALWAYS ask to listen to the Muppets tape. One of the tracks was the Muppaphone, Lady of Spain (see link above). I distinctly remember riding in the truck listening to the Muppets with the windows all the way down and my hair blowing in my face and Miriam and Zach or Joel singing along in the back. It seems like such a long time ago . . .

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

getting ready

Yesterday LehrerDance came to the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center at Mercyhurst. I was excited for the performance, but also excited to get dressed up to go to the performance :) I laid out my long lace dress, lace headband and shoes in the morning.

Usually, when I lay out whatever dress I plan on wearing to a special event, there is a little dress* laying next to it and somewhere else in the room there are the three dresses Miriam is still deciding between :P

While I don't have time for much of anything right now except English books (I'm about to start my fourth book for the class) and dance classes, I really miss helping a family get together (to go to school or church or lacrosse games or performances or whatever it may be) with clothes and food and things to do and whatever else may be needed. Just getting myself together feels so empty . . .

*Oh, actually, skirt and shirt because this year Charlotte is only wearing dresses on Christmas, Easter and Mother's Day by her own proclamation :)

Sunday, September 9, 2012

nests

My mom says that I like to make nests around the house.

Yesterday, half-way through studying in the library with Kathryn and Elena (Anatomy and Physiology is taking over my life and I still don't remember half of it), I decided to make my picture-of-the-day my "nest" of study materials on the library floor (because, when one walks into a study room decorated in an 18th/19th Century-esque style and full of giant comfy chairs, one should definitely sit on the floor . . . or maybe that's just me).

Kathryn decided that she needed to take an artistic birds-eye-view of me in my nest as well.

Unrelated note: I wore jeans for the first time in several months yesterday. I managed to get through the whole summer and the first three weeks of JumpStart/school wearing only skirts (excluding family and friend hiking/climbing adventures) :)

This afternoon, I was able to spend several hours reading, praying, journaling and writing letters which created the nest below along with blankets and tea (in my super awesome Princess mug). I've really come to love, and therefore look forward to, Sunday afternoons.

...now time for 88 pages of an English text?

Friday, September 7, 2012

soooo much to do . . .

I'm definitely not a freshman anymore. My frame has been perpetually full this week.

**side note: My roommate told me I had a problem because I was having a photo shoot with my 'to do' list last night. :P I was just trying to take a picture for this post :) **