I don't know what to call this part 2

So the performance at The Mann went well and now we're gearing up for our performance on Friday at the GAMP, a school. We're also doing a showcase, of sorts, on Thursday of some variations we've learned. I was put in a group to perform The Rock's version of Esmeralda, a playful gypsy that dances with a tambourine. After the showcase on Friday, I'm going on a cruise hosted by the Rock staff for the dancers and parents. We'll be on the Spirit of Philadelphia cruise ship for 3 glorious hours!! I can't wait, it sounds so fun! It's going to be pretty sad on Friday cause a lot of my friends that I've made are not staying for the last week, which kinda bums me out. Kind of off on a tangent here, the one thing I won't miss here is the food. I'm so sick of salad you have no idea! The food at Cabrini College is passable but at the Rock...I think they think that dancers can last 6.5hrs on salad, no carbs, and no sugar. True we're not supposed to eat a lot of sugar but the only that keeps us going is the jell-o and ice cream. I'm really starting to crave red meat and real Mexican food!

Me standing on the fountain at Lincoln Center, NY

I don't know what to call this

So right now it's Sunday and I'm doing absolutely nothing, and it's awesome!!!! But I'm also ordered by my teacher, Jose Chavez, to do nothing today to rest my hip. I overworked my right hip flexor like 2 weeks ago and it's just been getting worse, so I'm basically on time-out for the day. So let's see, what have I done that I haven't told you about, probably a lot! So I went to New York City last Sunday and it was amazing!! We went on the ferry to Staton Island, saw the Statue of Liberty, then we went to a small little seaport mall and did some shopping. After that we went to the Radio City Music Hall and saw Cirque du Soleil perform Zarkana, which was amazing!! After that was dinner at Planet Hollywood, then over to Lincoln Center. I was able to see a very good friend there, who is doing School of American Ballet's summer intensive, and it was great to see him! Let's see, then I had a performance at the Mann Center on Wednesday, which is an outdoor theater and it was so hot. I'm surprised no one passed out on stage it was that hot. To be continued...

Day ?

So I finally got internet, in an ever so slightly illegal way, so here's an update on what I've done and how I am. I checked into Cabrini College, got my key and card and met my roommate. She's nice, which is a God send, and we get a long well. I get up fro breakfast at about 8am, then come back to my room and shower, dress and all that jazz. Then the bus picks us up at 10am, for those people who start class late, like me. It's about 45 minutes to an hour drive from the dorms to the studio, but what's nice is that the Rock School has their own transportation so we don't need to ride public transportation. First class is from 11 - 12:30, then lunch from 12:30 - 2pm, then random classes from 2 - 5, then rehearsal from 5 - 6:30.  I've gone to Cherry Hill mall, which was awesome!! Well off to bed, post more later!!! :)

Day 1

So I woke up this morning at 3:30, but didn't actually get out of bed until 4:00. Got ready, finished packing and headed down to the airport with Mommy at about 5:30. Our flight felt at 8:15 so we figured getting down there at about 6:30 would be ok. Southwest, most of the time, has a tent set up out front where you can check in your luggage before you go in, which I think is a fabulous idea. So we check our luggage in and the max weight before they charge you is 50lbs. My big suitcase weighed 61lbs. Sorry Mommy!! So we got charged for that, but the rest were fine. Starbucks in hand we went and sat down to wait for our flight.

Our first flight went well, as well as a plane ride can go. We couldn't find a continuing flight due to distance, so we had to change planes in Phoenix. Mom and I were hungry so we inhaled a small pizza from Pizza Hut and then boarded our 2nd plane from Phoenix to Philadelphia. We ended up flying with the Arizona Rattlers football team, a semi-pro team. And I got to meet and sit in the same row as the quarterback!! So cool!!! 4hrs and 45mins is the LONGEST I've ever been in the air and that's plenty for me.

What Mommy does on the plane

What I do...apparently!

1 more week!!!

Hello everyone, sorry I haven't posted in quite some time but I promise I'll be better. Well, I've got a week and a day until I leave for Philadelphia. YIPPEE!!!!!!!!! I can't wait!! Don't worry, I'll take tons of pictures and have lots of stories when I come home. I'll be gone for 6 weeks, leaving June 24th and coming home August 6th. Mommy's flying out with me to get me settled but then I'm pretty sure I'm flying home by myself. And I have to change planes on the way home. Ugh! And this time I'll have a room mate. When I went to Austin last summer if you were 18+ we got to stay in the casitas which were like houses with two floors and we had our own lockable rooms, which was very nice. Now we have to share rooms, which isn't so bad. Oh and I'm basically done with school for this quarter!!!! I only have 2 more classes until I'm officially done, then I don't have to think about it until September :) I'm going to miss everyone here while I'm gone, but especially my boy. I know he won't understand why I'm gone (guys never do) but I know he'll be here when I come home. I couldn't imagine life without my boy Una!!

My boy, Una!!! <3

No more friend!!! :(

Ok, so I don't know how many of you have heard about my constant friend over the last several months, but *sniffs* he finally died. :( I guess the torture of being jarred and banged around finally took its toll. So, what I'm trying to say....I GOT A NEW MUFFLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No more hearing it bang around under my car when I'm driving down the road, no more hearing it rattle when I start the car in the morning. I am ecstatic!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here's my old muffler, still connected.
If some of you don't know what a muffler is, just follow the exhaust pipe and you'll see it.

Daddy taking his SawzAll to it.

Not sure how many of you, if any, have ever looked inside the tube of a muffler.
Well, it's not supposed to have those big rust holes in it like mine did.
All the metal that rusted off is what was making the loverly rattling when I drove. 

Shiny, brand new, beautiful muffler!!!

No more sounds. Bliss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's funny, Mommy just pointed out that my profile says that this blog will be a window into a dancers life. Yeah well this is this dancers life, complete with cars, prom, horses and whatever else I've blogged about. Hope you guys are still enjoying it!!!

Prom '11

So Brooke at the florist in town asked me to come in and help her with prom orders last Friday. I complied because I LOVE making boutonnieres and most of the time the kids are happy with them. We do get the occasional complaint that the flower looks dead but they wanted it spray-painted brown so what do they expect?? But we do get some special orders that are fun to make. Here are some pics of what Brooke and I did. She made the wristlets and I did the boutonnieres. :D

We tipped these guys to make them purple

This one was fun to make!!

I wish I got to wear this one

Gerbs are such happy flowers!!

This one was my favorite to make

Brooke was having quite a time figuring out how to make this one work

A lot of the kids wanted feathers this year, it must be the 'thing'

Modeling this one was cool.
The girl who wore this one had a leopard dress,
so Brooke  didn't use a wristlet band, she used wire to attach it to her arm.
You can see the front wire on my hand.