I dance in my sleep!

Hello everyone! First I want to apologize for how long its been since I have written! I have to say that the reason for my lack of blogging is that I have been having a lot of fun! As I think I mentioned in a previous entry, I have finally started to understand how to practice dancing. I have been practicing a lot at home. All I want to do is dance. I wake up in the morning and can't wait to start dancing, I go to dance class and when i get down I want to practice dancing, and when I go to bed at night I dance in my sleep! Seriously sometimes I will just have to sit up in bed at 3am and say outloud RELAX! I am loving dancing so much I just can't get enough. I am also starting to get really excited about moving to NYC because there is a really good chance that I will be getting a job as a dance teacher. This is the most excited I have ever been about a job oppotunity because it seems like a perfect fit for me! Not only do I want the job more than anything, but I think the job will want me. I am looking forward to solidifying that and I am definitely going to throw some sort of party if I do get the job! In other news- this past week I took a trip to Toronto, ON to audition for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. I travelled there via car (to Windsor) and train and I stayed with my 2nd cousin, twice removed in downtown Toronto. My cousin took me out to a fabulous dinner and we had great conversation including a mutual understanding of feeling like you are living single when your lover is just a few thosand miles away! (Her fiance lives in Yellow Knife and she is in Toronto) So I spent the night at her house and got up at 7am to travel to the audition in the morning. I took the subway about 5 stops east to Metro Movement Dance Center. When I got there I got a number which I had to fasten to my chest. I was early so I took the time to stretch out in a cramped and intimidating waiting room! I had a great strech though and I was happy because I got my right split and other girls seems to look over at me with jealousy. When the time came we all gathered in the dance studio and learned a short combination (4 counts of 8) that went with Britney Spears song "Slave". The combination was just above my comfort level so I didn't quite have it when it came time to perform. It was really hard to focus because there were so many people and I made the mistake of standing in the back of the room when he was teaching the combination so I coudn't see the first few steps. I'm sure I would have done way better if I had stood in the front and really focused and the steps and didn't think about all the other people around me. Anyway- it was a good time and I had fun dancing even though I didn't have quite enough time to learn the combination well enough to perform it when the time came. i am going to wrap this up but I'd first just like to apologize for those of you who follow my podcast! I have really dropped the ball on my podcast and I hope to get in some really great workouts and episodes after the Thanksgiving break. Have no fear Podfit will return strong after this short hiatus! Also- Podfit is now available on iTunes so you can subscribe to it and have new episodes automatically downloaded in to your iTunes library. Just searh for "Podfit" in the Podcast Directory, or Browse for it under Health and Fitness. More to come on syncing your computer with my podcast after the holiday! Hope everyone is enjoying their life as much as I am! AND- I get to see Cyrus in 56 hours!!!!!!!!
PS- the pic is the black and white version of my headshot! What do you think?

rebirth of the socialite

Hello everyone! I'm sorry it has been so long since I have written! Things have been getting busy and I am happy about it! Just when I was starting to feel really down things started getting better and I finally feel OK being in Ann Arbor for a few more months. Several of the friendships I have been trying to maintain/work on are becoming more meaningful and reliable. My dancing has really begun to take off and I am practicing dancing all the time in my dining room (which I have pseudo-transformed in to a dance studio with several full length mirrors and by moving the dining room table in the corner of the room). Ballroom dancing is taking a big place in my life now as I decided to invest a HUGE amount of money in to the Bronze level. I did it for several reasons but the main one being that, if I complete my Bronze certification now, then when I get to New York I am almost guaranteed a job teaching ballroom dancing at one of the New York locations of my current studio. My studio director talked to the studio director in New York and he is anticipating hiring me come January! So- that is really exciting! In addition, on Friday I got to participate in something called "Medal Ball" at Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville, MI. It was a lovely catered event with food (although not much for vegetarians) and drinks available in a fancy ballroom with cyrstal chandeliers. There was plenty of open dancing and then I also got to perform 2 dances (the Tango and the Cha-Cha-Cha) with my awesome teacher Nick! We had a blast performing in front of nearly 100 people from all the nearby MI branches of the studio. To get in more practice time I also joined the Michigan Ballroom Dance Club for the remainder of the term for only 20 bucks! I took Gina to the the Michigan League for a tango lesson and open dancing last night! We had a great time and she learned to Swing! It was fun to dance in such a huge ballroom which so many different guys...although there was one that tried to monopolize me the entire night. Luckily, I my friend Geoff was there and helped save me from him a few times and eventually ended up walking me to my car at the end of the night. After dancing I got out to Conor's to wind down with a glass of wine and the company of Conor's Sunday regular's Brandon and Ian! Shelly was there also and I met another nice girl named Lauren. They are all (except maybe Ian) involved in "A Mid Summer Night's Dream" with Ann Arbor Civic Theatre which goes up Nov. 15th! I am looking forward to seeing it! Another thing that added to my good spirits is that Michigan beat Michigan State in one of the most exciting games of the season! I watched the game at my uncle's house in Canton and got stuffed with appetizers, tailgate food, and several game day bottled beverages. I am introducing a new feature to my blog that is meant to encourage a more interactive use of blogger and it is called "What's on My Mind?" Each entry will include a question fo discussion starter derived from something I have been milling over in my head. Then- you all can think about it too and respond by posting comments at the end of the entry. So- the first question is: What time do you get up, on average and how many hours do you sleep? So I want to know about your schedules- as mine has been late to bed late to rise and its not working out so great for me. So with that, I am out. Stay warm in this brisk fall-y weather!