Listening to the Voices in My Head

Great dance class tonight, and yes, Brenda was right..I was brutal, but it was a great class. Working on some transitions until they were as smooth as glass, and worked on techinque, dance formantions, new dance moves, and ZIL DRILL! We had been avoiding zils as Brenda had pretty bad tendonitis, and during cold damp weather (typical W.A. winter) it's painful. Well, the weather is warming up, so back in the saddle with the zils.

Came home and cooked dinner. Told aikidomayland about my left shoulderblade hurting,and he give it a massage. After 5 minuntes of working it,a tendon went crack/snap and mobility came back. He has such nice hands.:)

( Meme stuff )

One teacher ill, and one class suffering the flu. Luckily, it's the teacher for that ill class that is also sick.

Wearing one of the pretties aikidomayland brought back for me. He said he saw it,and knew exactly what I could wear it with, and he was right. *chuckle* Native american A.T.S.bellydancer with authentic African tribal jewelry. Who would have thunk it.

My OPTCORP memebership arrived before my DSI. For some odd reason, MEADE won't ship internationally, even to US citizens living abroad. So, I have a very trusted friend who will accept delivery and forward it on to me. I would have gotten it locally, but a $300+ AUD mark-up is a bit over the top.

AH well, must away to finish packing and getting dressed.

Dance class was more like workshop/dance class today. By request of a few students, we did a mini workshop on how to do tassels and tasselbelts. After that, we did some dancing, teaching them at least one new dance move, and making minor corrections on already known dance moves. Was asked last night if the old crew would be there tonight. My answer sums it up perfectly "Don't know, don't care."

Came home, made sure all is in readiness for tonight, tried to take a short nap (no joy), and printed out flyers for our upcoming student salon. Brewing a pot of coffee to sip on now, and got some honey/nuts/raisin bite sized snacks packed and ready to go. So much to do, and so little time to get it all done! :)

Last nights class went wonderfully. Poor S, she won Trooper of the Night, as she was still under the influence of a virus, but stuck it out through the whole class. Worked on technique and the reasons why we were working on technique. They both did wonderfully. Had both of them doing some fairly intricate footwork, and they did it! 

Came home and played around with the new mounted telescope. It is both easier to use, and complex at the same time. I ended up coming back in for two reasons: 1, it was friggin' cold out there last night (about 2c, just above freezing) and aikidomayland popped open the door and light blinded me. *sigh* He meant well. (sends him zen hug)

_meegan_ are heading into our Pillage grounds today (that would be Fremantle) to drop off her sewing machine for a servicing. Mine needs to go too, but I will wait until hers comes back so we don't end up not having a working one. Also have to pick up a few things at the Fremantle Markets.

Started too early due to aikidomayland's sore arm. (It's feeling better today, after being given a day of real rest.) Pillaged and plundered in Fremantle. Saw someone that it took a few seconds for my brain to twig as to who it was.  So corporate, so necktied and pressed shirt. *blinked a few times* Nope, it was! Wow, I am not going senile or brain dead. Said Hi, and how ya doing sort of thing, and zipped off on our merry way.

Brought the booty back home, unloaded the car.  Was kind of tired, but managed to stay awake. Got to dance class. I have to say this again: I would rather have a few enthusiastic students, than a room full of 'belly bunnies' who are there just to flounce around and giggle.  Sure, financially, having a bunch of BB's pays off, but not when I crack a molar gritting my teeth because of their antics.

So, the students we have there are either savants, or we are brilliant teachers, or a combo of both because they are zooming right along!  Class surpassed our expectations, so we raised the bar on them again. And they met the challenge.

Came home, and aikidomayland had prepared dindin for me, with my self imposed dietary restrictions in mind. He is just so sweet.  Methinks I will keep him.

Crawled into bed, and that was about all I remember until Keito, the PURRminator, decided he had to go out NOW. And then commences the Domestic Chore Blitz. :p yeahfun.

Got an email from A.O.E. and my motorised EQ5 mount is on the waaaay!  I told him not to worry about it not getting here THIS week, as rain is predicted until next week anyhow. I lucked out this week getting a decent group of AVIs. Still haven't processed em all, but I will. :)