My life, dance class, this and that
Mar. 11th, 2006 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebratqueenSo being up until 6:30am going to bed on time after OMGWTFBBQ I was NOT CRYING a quiet night spent reading a book, I now find myself awake and facing a pleasant spring day.
I'm actually okay with spring coming. Not so much the weather getting warmer part because I am of a cold people and prefer my snow. But food-wise it's always neat to think of what's about to start growing, and all the fresh veggies and such that will be around to enjoy soon.
Further updates on the subject of me:
We have, as I believe I've mentioned, an influx of newbies in my dance class. I find I'm utterly adoring this. I think it's actually helping to amp up the lessons for those of us who have been there for a year. Reason being before when there was nothing to compare us to then any lesson was a good lesson. But now that there's the newbies the teacher wants to demarkate what newbies are doing vs what the intermediates are doing. So I and the others are now learning things like layering while the newbies drill on the basics. I'm enjoying it.
Also it's nice because whoa, ego boost. When it's the regular class and the teacher the teacher's pretty much the only person I can compare myself to. As she's been doing this for 8+ years now obviously she is leagues better than me. But the newbies are, well, new. So I can look at them and look at me and realize oh yeah, I have come a long way.
Plus it doesn't hurt when after the class one of the newbies comes up to me and says "Wow, you're very good." 8)
***
I find myself still wibbling on the concept of the sewing class. I'll be going again this Tuesday, don't get me wrong, but man does this take out huge chunks of my time.
The problem is that health-wise I've always needed downtime, and since I've gotten the extra-special health problems to deal with now I need it even more. Monday nights I work late, Tuesday is the class, Wednesday is nothing, Thursday is Dance Class, then there's the weekend where I'm working either Friday or Saturday.
Which would sound like a lot until you remember that at some point I occasionally need to buy food, I need to run whatever errands need running, I need to clean house and do laundry, I need to sleep in on days off to make sure I'm properly resetting the system and giving myself enough endurance to last the next week - the free time gets eaten up very quickly. (Even when I'm not utterly silly and staying up until 6 in the - I mean I went to sleep ON TIME last night, what are you talking about?)
As it is the health stuff has me shelving a lot of my usual downtime things (seen me on LJ much? seen me talking about TV shows much? No time to read, no time to watch. Sucks but there it is.) I now have about an afternoon a week to kick back and turn my brain off, and homework from sewing class now wants that time. (Which also means now I'm having to turn down invitations to go do stuff with friends and family b/c I don't have time for that anymore either.)
Not that I blame it. You don't get what you need out of lessons if you don't practice during the week. It's just that drills for belly dance can be snuck in with five minutes here and five minutes there. Sewing class requires putting everything aside and just doing sewing stuff. The health thing has destroyed my multitasking skills so I can't even watch TV while I'm doing it.
On top of all that - the class isn't that good. Like I said last time, it's at best a sewing circle where you don't have a teacher so much as an older member of the group who occasionally gives you tips and tricks. If I felt like I was getting a solid education out of the time spent I don't think I'd be wibbling like this. But since I'm not I can't help but wonder what the difference is between sticking it out vs. trying it on my own again while constaintly emailing friends who could maybe guide me through what to do.
The problem is that now that the local sewing shop is closing down, this is literally the only game in town. None of my sewing knowledgeable friends live even within a single-state radius. (Which is really annoying of you, by the way. You need to move near me! Especially you and you.) If there were any other classes I would drop this one in a heartbeat and try my luck elsewhere. But with no other classes, and with zero luck trying to teach myself from books, I feel like if I don't hang in there I'll never learn how to sew. Or at the very least learn if I could've learned how to sew if I'd only stuck with it.
So... wibble.
***
In other news it looks like I won't be going to Germany after all. Reason being: have you seen those plane fares? OMG. Though on the upside that'll make taking time off for WriterCon even easier.
And, uh, if anyone has an MP3 of Nick Lachey's new songZOMG please send it now now now! I am totally not interested so don't even bother mentioning it.
(Shaddup)
I'm actually okay with spring coming. Not so much the weather getting warmer part because I am of a cold people and prefer my snow. But food-wise it's always neat to think of what's about to start growing, and all the fresh veggies and such that will be around to enjoy soon.
Further updates on the subject of me:
We have, as I believe I've mentioned, an influx of newbies in my dance class. I find I'm utterly adoring this. I think it's actually helping to amp up the lessons for those of us who have been there for a year. Reason being before when there was nothing to compare us to then any lesson was a good lesson. But now that there's the newbies the teacher wants to demarkate what newbies are doing vs what the intermediates are doing. So I and the others are now learning things like layering while the newbies drill on the basics. I'm enjoying it.
Also it's nice because whoa, ego boost. When it's the regular class and the teacher the teacher's pretty much the only person I can compare myself to. As she's been doing this for 8+ years now obviously she is leagues better than me. But the newbies are, well, new. So I can look at them and look at me and realize oh yeah, I have come a long way.
Plus it doesn't hurt when after the class one of the newbies comes up to me and says "Wow, you're very good." 8)
***
I find myself still wibbling on the concept of the sewing class. I'll be going again this Tuesday, don't get me wrong, but man does this take out huge chunks of my time.
The problem is that health-wise I've always needed downtime, and since I've gotten the extra-special health problems to deal with now I need it even more. Monday nights I work late, Tuesday is the class, Wednesday is nothing, Thursday is Dance Class, then there's the weekend where I'm working either Friday or Saturday.
Which would sound like a lot until you remember that at some point I occasionally need to buy food, I need to run whatever errands need running, I need to clean house and do laundry, I need to sleep in on days off to make sure I'm properly resetting the system and giving myself enough endurance to last the next week - the free time gets eaten up very quickly. (Even when I'm not utterly silly and staying up until 6 in the - I mean I went to sleep ON TIME last night, what are you talking about?)
As it is the health stuff has me shelving a lot of my usual downtime things (seen me on LJ much? seen me talking about TV shows much? No time to read, no time to watch. Sucks but there it is.) I now have about an afternoon a week to kick back and turn my brain off, and homework from sewing class now wants that time. (Which also means now I'm having to turn down invitations to go do stuff with friends and family b/c I don't have time for that anymore either.)
Not that I blame it. You don't get what you need out of lessons if you don't practice during the week. It's just that drills for belly dance can be snuck in with five minutes here and five minutes there. Sewing class requires putting everything aside and just doing sewing stuff. The health thing has destroyed my multitasking skills so I can't even watch TV while I'm doing it.
On top of all that - the class isn't that good. Like I said last time, it's at best a sewing circle where you don't have a teacher so much as an older member of the group who occasionally gives you tips and tricks. If I felt like I was getting a solid education out of the time spent I don't think I'd be wibbling like this. But since I'm not I can't help but wonder what the difference is between sticking it out vs. trying it on my own again while constaintly emailing friends who could maybe guide me through what to do.
The problem is that now that the local sewing shop is closing down, this is literally the only game in town. None of my sewing knowledgeable friends live even within a single-state radius. (Which is really annoying of you, by the way. You need to move near me! Especially you and you.) If there were any other classes I would drop this one in a heartbeat and try my luck elsewhere. But with no other classes, and with zero luck trying to teach myself from books, I feel like if I don't hang in there I'll never learn how to sew. Or at the very least learn if I could've learned how to sew if I'd only stuck with it.
So... wibble.
***
In other news it looks like I won't be going to Germany after all. Reason being: have you seen those plane fares? OMG. Though on the upside that'll make taking time off for WriterCon even easier.
And, uh, if anyone has an MP3 of Nick Lachey's new song
(Shaddup)
