The Last Few Weeks....

I realize that it has been more than a few weeks since I've blogged.  But I feel like the last few weeks of my life have been pretty blog-worthy.  I feel like I've been on the craziest roller coaster of emotions that I've ever been on.  

My first recital as a dance studio owner happened last weekend.  The few weeks leading up to recital were hectic and stressful and exciting.  Turns out I have a tendency to be a "detail Nazi" when it comes to volunteer assignments.  So I was up until 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning working, sleep for a few hours and then wake up and start all over again.  Needless to say, I didn't sleep much.  

The recital went better than I could have ever imagined.  My dancers did awesome and all had a blast.  My volunteers were incredible.  I had about 20 or so friends give up their Saturday night to come out and help.  They were awesome.  I am most certainly blessed with the friends that I have.  Recital was quite the culmination of nerves, a sense of accomplishment, gratefulness, humility, and relief.  And I STILL couldn't sleep.

The day after recital was the memorial for my grandma.  She died in December, but it was the first time that the whole family was going to be in town so we had it then.  It was great to see my family.  

Then came the Rev Dance Company auditions.  The turnout was WAY bigger than I expected.  There were some nice surprises there as well.  And some great talent.  Last year, I had a small but mighty competitive team of 7 girls.  Now?  34 girls and 2 boys.  Which is exciting!  And crazy.  And just a little bit stressful. 

This past Friday one of my dancers was killed in a car crash.  She was 18, just graduated from high school, and was just an incredible kid.  She was so funny.  And kind.  And smart.  Did I mention funny?  It's been hard on me; it's been hard on my girls.  So if anybody actually still reads my blog, please pray for the Senft family and my dancers.  The wake is on Tuesday afternoon - it's going to be a hard day for all of us.  

Stress, excitement, relief, more excitement, more stress, and grief.  There's of course so many other emotions - I'm just not feeling too "wordy" tonight.  

New Years Resolutions

I'm usually not really into making New Years resolutions.  Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not really into commitment.  But this year I've decided to make one.  Actually two.

1.  Take my vitamins.  I was really good about it in college.  Lately I haven't been too good.  Okay, this is boring.  I'm not going to blog about vitamins and glucosamine chondroitin (although I will say it's so good if you have joint pain).

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2.  Be more generous.  There is a really cool group on Facebook called the 365 club.  When you join, you are committing to doing one random act of kindness a day for all of 2009.  The group now has nearly 3,800 members already.  I was the 117th person to join, and it's crazy to see how many people have joined since then.  I haven't really done anything groundbreaking.  I let someone go ahead of me in the checkout line at the grocery store.  I prepared lasagna and put it in the fridge so my brother could just put it in the oven when he got home from work.  I scraped my dancers' windshields after class.  I cleaned (the kind of cleaning where you have to use your fingernail - yuck) a couple of pots and pans that my brother had used.  Like I said, not anything groundbreaking, but this group has been a great reminder that I'm not the only person that exists on this Earth.  It's really interesting to read what some of the other people have done.  To see the group click here.

What are your New Years Resolutions?