i passed!!!

YAY! i passed my Keats and my Rocker saturday evening :) i was so incredibly nervous. my best dance in practice was my rocker, but when i tested it, my keats was a lot better than my rocker! BW was my judge, and everyone knows that BW is probably the strictest judge in Skate Canada. she won't pass you unless you've shown you've mastered the dance and its elements. she also asked me to solo my rocker after i danced with my partner, DG! boy that was nerve-racking. DG said that she must have wanted to make sure i did my rocker step correctly. she asked 2 other girls to solo theirs as well... knowing that BW was my judge, actually makes me feel better that i passed. :D

2 dances down, 2 more to go (Harris Tango and American)... then i'll be done my Jr. Silver dances :)

HURRAY! for me! :D

pre-test jitters

i had my 2nd last ice dance practice last night. i had a good case of pre-test jitters. the first round of the dance i slipped and fell. i did another round and halfway thru my outside mohawk i fell flat on my butt :( i've NEVER fallen in dance so i was pretty shocked and had to hold back tears. i couldn't believe how nervous i was -- and it was only practice! part of it is that i haven't tested a dance in more than a few years (before i left for japan).

this friday is my last session before the big test in Surrey/Delta. i gotta figure out a way to calm my nerves. if i was this nervous during practice, can you imagine how i'll be on test day?! :(

anyone have any relaxation/focus/confidence building exercises?

nerves...

i can tell i'm getting nervous about my ice dance tests this coming weekend. last night i dreamed i missed my test completely. i arrived at the arena, but for some reason i was still late! and on top of that i wasnt dancing well too. :( so i was tossing and turning all night and didnt get enough sleep...'

now today i'm so sleepy... :(

castle fun park

we went to castle fun park in Abbotsford yesterday! it was SO much fun! they have 3 mini-golf courses, 2 indoor (a coral sea and jungle theme) and 1 outdoor, plus go-karts, batting cage, hockey, and golfing target games, plus lots of older games in the Arcade :) we did 2 rounds of golf, drove around in the go-karts, and played arcade games for almost 4 hours :b. and the weather was a BEAUTIFUL warm 20C :)

if you wanna be a kid for an afternoon, i recommend coming here!

tap tap tap...

something funny happened yesterday. i was walking from my building downtown after work and passed by the pub on Robson & Granville. i was kinda looking down slightly as i was walking and all of a sudden i heard a 'tap tap tap'. someone was tapping on the window from inside the pub, trying to get my attention. startled, i looked at the 'tapper' and didnt recognize him at all. he waved for me to come inside but i gave him this half-smile puzzled look and looked at his friends that were sitting at the same table. i didnt recognize a single one of them! :b

... so i just kept walking. :b

weird, eh? i'm pretty sure i don't know any of them. i wonder if they mistook me for one of their friends?

junior silver dance test...

just another week until i test my Keats Foxtrot and my Rocker Foxtrot. i'm SO nervous because i'm not sure if they're entirely ready to be tested! :I the main concern is having enough energy to push on every step.. and keeping my butt underneath me. i only have 2, possibly 3, dance sessions left before my test!

i SO don't want to fail them...

the worst feeling...

what is the worst feeling you could ever have? is it having your car dented by someone's carelessness? or is it finding out someone was talking about you behind your back? or how about coming to the realization that someone doesnt think of you as fondly as you'd like them to?

Rueda de Casino

...went to watch the Rueda competition last night. 4 teams competed in total. 2 from Vancouver, 1 from Victoria, and 1 from Seattle(?). it wasnt as organized as i would have liked it... but the show was pretty good. it was pretty much standing room only which sucks for people who are short as it was kinda hard to see over people's heads :b

but overall it was great :D makes me wanna get back into salsa again!

back at rehab...

so yesterday was Day 2 of "going back to rehab". monday was my Day 1 and i made sure i didnt go 'all out' cuase i knew i'd be sore the next day. previous to monday i was sick and too busy to go to rehab. i think i must have been away from the gym for about 2 weeks. during those 2 weeks i ate so much junk food it woulda grossed you out :b lots of caramels, chocolate, ice cream, apple pie. i don't usually eat chocolate, but i had a craving for Fruit N' Nut.. the bars that my mom used to always buy when we were kids :)

i weighed myself and wow i gained like 3 pounds from all that bad eating and no exercise. now my goal is to shed those 3 pounds, eat more healthy (perhaps one bad food per week), get back into a routine with my skating (i'm testing 2 dances, mom!) and attempt to workout at the gym/rehab EVERYDAY.

wish i had a workout partner... my good friend might come along next week so hopefully we can go to the gym regularly. :D

plastic bits...

so i feel really stupid after making my first protein shake with the new blender :D ...i'm happily drinking it when i almost choke on a piece of white plastic :b ok i didnt "choke" on it. i spent the next 10 minutes fishing all the white pieces and wondering what the heck did i just chop up. was it something in the frozen berries i put in? or did i chop up a piece of the machinery?!

i looked at the other chopper and realized that there was a thin plastic thing that the manufacturer places on the sharp blades to protect customers from cutting themselves. doh... i didnt even look at the blade when i popped it into the blender jug.

well at least i now know what happened... :)

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