Blog # 2

I'm pretty excited and sleepy right now. My friend Sherry called and to make a long story short, asked if I wanted to teach some ballet tomorrow. Of course I said yes! I've been eager to get back to teaching and dancing and had considered calling some friends in B'ham who were still involved in that. But who wants to drive to B'ham on a regular basis? Not me! Vote for Summer!
Anywho, I'm pretty excited and also a little nervous about it. I haven't taught since Micah was a little baby and I haven't taught a whole class full of kids in a while! It's a different dynamic than teaching a private lesson. I had been teaching my friend Virginia and it was fun to be able to focus on one person. But I am looking forward to it. I'll be teaching 3 classes including one point class. I'll be taking my own music but I'll go early to check out their music and watch the students in their other classes to see where they are ability wise. This is a sub thing tomorrow, but could become a permanent deal. It will just be a challenge getting childcare lined up for an hour or so before Jake can get the boys. We'll see.
Guess that's all. My brain is more sleepy than it was the other night so I'm not thinking about as much.
I lost 1.6 lbs. at Weight Watchers. Yipee!!
Sleepy time. G'night!!

Here it goes...

I thought I started a blog a long time ago, so apparently it just didn't take. I've decided to do this one since journaling is just good for you. Not you, if you're reading this. For me. It would be good for you too, you. Not to read mine, to do your own. ANYway, I tend to think in a very random and jumping around way so I thought this would also be a good way to organize my own thoughts and perhaps think a little clearer. I hope it helps! I've been mulling around a few opinions on some things lately and would like for those things to leave my brain or at least save their place on paper while I think about some other things.

I have also discovered that this will be good to hone my typing skills which are very lacking. I taught myself to type while I was pregnant with my first son but haven't practiced consistently since then so this should help.

One of the future topics I hope to address is why people (in general and many of whom I know and love) are sick and miserable. I have lots of thoughts on that that at this point I do not have the guts to discuss face to face with them. Also, hmmm. I know there was something else... I guess I'll deal with that first topic first. I tend to be harsh with my opinions- a bad side effect of having watched Seinfeld for a good part of my life. And then the Holy Spirit checks me and tells me so many things about why people are the way they are and I gain compassion for people that I would not have done on my own. I love how He does that. I love that I have an invisible friend who loves everybody. He is so awesome! I'm so glad He wants to hang out with someone like me! He teaches me so much and loves me so much even though I screw up a 100 times a day! Wow. Just had to have a "love you Holy Spirit" moment. I stinks that at this point I can't type as fast as I think! Is it possible to do that? I hope so. I always disliked writing papers in school- especially doing the outline. Rrrrggh. I have never thought in a nice orderly way and it was so hard to organize my thoughts into something readable. I think maybe my brain is always storming! I like to think that's a good thing. ADD is for suckers. I'm sure that many people labeled ADD are just super creative and unfortunately for them, just don't fit into the conventional way of doing things. So they are taught that they are wrong and then end up feeling bad about that and ultimately become destructive people to themselves and society.

I'm so thankful that I had a perceptive mother that never tried to fit me into a certain mold. She really nurtured a freedom of thought in me that I am really thankful for.

See- I knew another topic would pop out if I just kept typing! I'll edit this later. Or not. I don't care! Bwahhahahaha! I would like to polish my writing and editing skills, but for this first blog I think I'll leave it as is. Then I can see how it gets better. Like a before and after blog.

Hope you all enjoy!

P.S.,

Picture at top is when Micah stepped on a big bruise I had on my leg. Thanks for the pic Jake!