Journal 71
11-5-10
Quiet day at home - woke up closer to noon; spent the brunt of the afternoon working on journal outlines. I had over *20* to go through, and put up online!!! I really did get myself in a fix, not writing, and not posting…
I also had a lovely chat with some friends. I was so excited, I got to talk to Williams and Cassandra today!!!!
Actually, Williams and I were a little disappointed -- we were tossing around the idea of my flying out to go to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball with him, but my director put the kibosh on my leaving the country before December... Shame... It would have been awesome to say I'd gone to the Middle East with the Marines!! More than that, it would have been really, really fantastic to see Williams again.
At least we got to talk today though!!
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I left for dance practice a little late, but not *too* late. I was so surprised to walk in, to see only one couple there!!!
Practice was alright -- my shoulder was still a little uncomfortable, so I still didn't feel like I could use my arm like I needed or wanted to -- but at least I was moving.
I went back to trying the "near impossible" spin again, as well as trying to figure out how the boys do their impressive series of spins -- and I actually had a little success with both matters. It was nice. Now I just have to make the success the "norm," instead of the, "accidental."
In other bright spots, I heard another Samba song, this one with no words, which I LOVE -- but every time I had previously heard it playing, no one has ever had the actual name of the song. Always some random jumble of letters and numbers, or a moniker. Rushing to the music, hoping this time would be different, I looked… … And again, there was no true name. But I wrote down the song, and when practice was over, I approached Dima (whose music it was), and asked, "If I give you a flashdrive, could you please, please, *please* give me this song? I have been trying so hard to find it, but no one ever has the name of the song, so I can't…" And Dima was a total sport about it, and said, "Sure!"
So, I am going to have the song!! Hooray!!!
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I went straight home after practice… I was a little tired, and had more journal work to do.
I felt bad about doing so -- one of My Marines had his birthday the other day, and he was going to be DJing at a real club in Moscow tonight -- but when I re-read his invitation, it said that he wouldn't be DJ-ing until 2-3 AM, and I just couldn't stay out that late.
I had intended to go to sleep a little earlier, to try and give my shoulder time to heal.
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Of course, whenever I plan to go to bed early, it *always* works out… (Please note the sarcasm in that sentence…)
I wound up doing tons of work on my journal, and then re-reading some parts of it, and getting all sentimental, and sending certain tidbits to some of my loved ones, to let them know that I was thinking of them.
Then I started to re-read, "Little Women," and "Moby Dick," on my computer -- I am a total bookworm… I just can't help myself!!
I did that until I could no longer keep my eyes open, and then got myself ready for bed, and off I went…
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