The Summer Wind, Came Blowing In...

Vegas was a great time. I am, however, glad to be back home. It was really great to see Christine and bond with all of her friends. I felt like one of the gang in minutes, and the weekend ended with trading e-mail addresses and phone numbers to keep in touch. I may not have won any money, but I did win some new fun acquaintances.

I have to hand it to my husband, he sure knows how to impress. I came home to a fully cleaned house including the shelving of the last moving boxes. It is nice to no longer have a box wall to push around from place to place. I am glad to get home and again get to work on my embroidered belt. I also have some major choreography work to do for the April 11th performance at Hot Java in Morgan Hill. I have decided on a song and cannot wait to tackle it. Prop dancing is one of my favorite things because it is very challenging to me. You need to keep enough dance in to still have it be a bellydance, but you also need to seamlessly add a prop to the mix with out it distracting from the dance itself. I am going to devote tomorrow to that, but for now, I want to sew and work on some domestic activities. I am also thinking about making a new black choli for myself once I get the serger figured out for making my skirt and making it. I would love to have both the choli and the skirt for classes on Friday. Here is to hoping for luck getting it all to work!

Viva Las Vegas!

I am realizing today that I leave tomorrow for my trip to fabulous Las Vegas. This trip really crept up on me! I am going for my friend Christine's bachelorette party. It should be a fun filled time with lots of silliness. Don't look for an update as to this weekend's activities though because we all know... what happens in Vegas stays there. I finally has some "girl" moments in my life. Yesterday, after getting my hair done, I went shopping for some last minute additions to my wardrobe for the trip. It was the first time in a long time that I actually enjoyed shopping. I can finally understand now how some women can blow through a ton of money shopping. I know I am coming to this a little late in the game, but it was genuinely fun. I also bought my first pair of "grown-up" heels. I have never been one for heeled shoes seeing as I am a clumsy person, but it was time to take the leap into wearing real women's shoes. They look great and are actually, dare I say it, kind of comfy. It took me over six stores to finally settle on one of the first pairs I tried on early that day. This is also a running theme in my life.

So for today all I really have planned is laundry and getting ready for the trip. I have to return a dress for a smaller size because I was having a bad day shopping when I bought it originally. Today is also Thursday, so it is a tutoring day as well. I hope to listen to the two songs I have narrowed down for the April 11th performance and pick the song I will do. I also will start my memorization of the song today. If there is any time left I will work on more embroidery for that belt. Lots on the plate and so much excitement for the weekend. It already feels like Friday!