Today began at 4:45am...by hitting the snooze button, of course ;). At about 5:10am I woke up and, before putting my feet on the ground, gave myself a foot and leg massage/stretch so I didn't limp around to get in the shower. Being sore from dance is easily mistaken for getting old (of course I didn't have this much of a problem in high school - judge as you wish). But before I could finish stretching, my hand slipped off of my foot and totally gashed my hand with my fingernail. And then I'm awake trying to figure out if that stinging sensation is blood. Stumbling to the bathroom - blinded by the light - I somehow focused on my finger by squinting in one eye to find that yes, I did break skin, but not bleeding. Ok. Now I can start getting ready for the shower.
This morning was a run-through of DPDT's show before Ginger Farley comes to critique an additional run-through. Awesome! Of course, being new to Chicago I have no clue who this person is other than being told that she's a previous professional dancer and model (I googled her after this morning). We're supposed to be warm on arrival, but 7am is difficult, so I took advantage of a dancer being late to begin the run-through to warm up a bit. The first run was still a warm-up period, but by the time Ginger showed up I'm ready to go :) She gave some awesome comments that I could really understand. Sometimes people come in and you have no idea what show they just saw when they start talking about it, but hers were right-on. And yes, I was thinking this before she told me I had very elegant and rounded movement ;). Her compliment did help me to like her more, though!
With rehearsal over, I go to a University that I've been in the process of getting hired as a research assistant. No long term position is available yet, but I do have employment to start next week through July! Hooray! Plus it's work from home so I can shift my schedule to do work as I need. So I get my assignment, borrow a book to use as a resource, and I'm on my way home thankful my money situation has improved significantly for the next couple of months.
On to a photo shoot with truffles (yes, that's me with the truffle from today). It was an awesomely fun time. I got free MAC makeup, truffles, scotch (just a little), and espresso. Oh My God.... I had to slow down on the chocolate half way through. Luckily we didn't shoot the truffles the whole 2 hours, and switched to just head shots. Stay tuned for more photos!
Then I went to the GIA show to usher. Hooray for another fun time! I got to socialize with some other dancers and got to see one of my best and long time friends perform. Yea! It was nice to see dancers genuinely have fun with the movement. At the very end it almost looked like Steph was about to crack up. THAT made me smile :). Went to Clarke's for some late dinner and talked about dance: what we liked, what we need more of, and lessons for when we start our own company.
So much to look forward to...
Free MAC makeup?! Cool!
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