Well it has been a while, and a lot has happened!
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| This is my little 5 yr old |
To sum it up...A bunch of snow days happened, and that got in the way of many things. We drove down to our last competition in awful snow and ice; it was bad enough that they delayed the competition for a day. We didn't quite come out on top at this last one, but that was ok. We still have some trophies to show off, and we are now gearing up for the end of the year showcase! That has involved continued rehearsals for our two competition dances, extra ballet classes, my two regular
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| We are working on her very first solo! |
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| Lilly asked for an emotional lyrical solo |
classes and their routines, 5 or 6 new students, and three solos to choreograph, teach, and clean, costumes to be ordered, sent back, re-ordered, letters sent to parents, an auditorium to book, dress rehearsal to be scheduled, and the program written all before May 3rd! Now of course, not all of that has fallen on me; Leslie makes amazing things happen for me. But it has been hectic! In the midst of all that I have had to cancel the youth group thing. My rehearsals have been running into youth group time, and I just do not have the mental capacity to make it all happen.
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| Selfies with the coolest teacher ever! |
In my other life, the one where I get up early and actually brush my hair, I had an interview for the Head Start Family Services position. The lady who currently does that job is retiring, and she asked me to apply for the job when she left. The interview was two weeks ago, and still no one has heard anything. At first it looked like I was in a pretty good position to get the job, but now I'm not so sure. Honestly, as my mother said this morning, it would be a God thing. It would be so great....I really think I would be good at it, but probably I'm more wanting the office and my own space and my own title and someplace to keep all my pens and post-it notes, and God probably isn't going to bestow such things upon me for such selfish reasons, but you can pray for His will to be done anyway. I've been trying to do that, amidst the prayers for my own desk....Mrs. Brooks offered to give me a desk in the corner of her room so I could have someplace to put my stuff! Like I would get anything done there. I spend too much time in her room, as it is.
Oh hey! Have I mentioned that I am now "Tia Rianna"? Yep. I have adopted a tiny Mexican as a niece. My friend Sarai had her baby Ariely, and I went over the other day to play dress up while Jesse was working late. It's not fair that everybody is getting to have babies and be all grownup and domestic. Well ok, I'm not in a huge rush to have babies, because then I wouldn't have time for my kids, and that would
be sad. So my childlike/domestic adventures are limited to wearing my owl apron while I spend my entire weekend making lots of food, and then canning it. Yep, I just canned my first pork and beans. Hello, camping food!
It's a little intimidating, I'm not gonna lie. I haven't canned anything in years, and never without my mother. Really my mother has canned and I have hung out in the kitchen, eating whatever I could scrounge. So going at this lone has been an experience. it has made a decent mess, BUT I haven't exploded anything, and so far all (5) of my jars have sealed! I have another 6 in the pressure cooker right now, so hopefully they will share the fate of their brothers. Of course, if they don't (assuming they don't explode), I won't have to make dinner tonight, so maybe that's not such a bad thing!
Anyway, I ust end this edition of DBA chronicles, because I have something burning in the kitchen....
