movement updates
Jul. 29th, 2007 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talyenI am still running about 5 days/week. I'm doing about 20 miles each week, which isn't as much as I'd planned. I feel like I will be able to do more as I keep up with the regular eating and actually get sleep. The 6 hours/night appears to be holding me back.
Eating the amount I'd planned is making a big difference in my speed, because I'm not tired halfway through. I even tested this today, since I ate terribly yesterday (and not before my run) and slogged through my 6 miles today at a slower rate than I normally do.
Dancing is going well. I believe I am learning some things quickly, although I feel slow and awkward. The hardest part is remembering what comes next in a set dance to do the whole thing through. Sometimes it feels like we don't spend enough time doing the whole thing over and over again to get the order set in my feet and legs. I can no longer list the dances that I've done, or steps I can do, because there are too many. I don't do any of them perfectly, and not enough of them well.
I know it's awful, but I get a lot of satisfaction out of the shock I can cause when telling people how long I've been dancing, especially long-time dancers who are just seeing me dance for the first time. I know how awkward I still look compared to how I want to look, and I also know I have no idea how much more there is to learn.
I haven't had voice lessons in about two months, and I haven't been able to get hold of my coach. He takes gigs out of town a lot, and I'm guessing that's what's going on. I still want them, since the season is about to start up again. I may get to choose between being in three choirs, and being in fewer, depending on the results of the auditions for MUSE, the Cincinnati Women's Choir. They didn't want me last year, but I'm going to audition again, now that I'm not as rusty.
I love my new job so far. I had to use headphones on Friday to cut off the sounds of people giggling. That's happened more than once. They giggle about work. Really. I do work that matters and have the power to make a difference where I work, and in other people's lives. I am trusted to do a good job, and have help when I need it. Yeah, I'm stayin'. I'll figure out how to go to school and keep this job, 'cuz this is what I was looking for. I do miss supervising, but what I do is pretty high level, and I have to do lots of networking, so it's good for now. There's also lots to learn.
That's the basic state for the past five - eight weeks.
Eating the amount I'd planned is making a big difference in my speed, because I'm not tired halfway through. I even tested this today, since I ate terribly yesterday (and not before my run) and slogged through my 6 miles today at a slower rate than I normally do.
Dancing is going well. I believe I am learning some things quickly, although I feel slow and awkward. The hardest part is remembering what comes next in a set dance to do the whole thing through. Sometimes it feels like we don't spend enough time doing the whole thing over and over again to get the order set in my feet and legs. I can no longer list the dances that I've done, or steps I can do, because there are too many. I don't do any of them perfectly, and not enough of them well.
I know it's awful, but I get a lot of satisfaction out of the shock I can cause when telling people how long I've been dancing, especially long-time dancers who are just seeing me dance for the first time. I know how awkward I still look compared to how I want to look, and I also know I have no idea how much more there is to learn.
I haven't had voice lessons in about two months, and I haven't been able to get hold of my coach. He takes gigs out of town a lot, and I'm guessing that's what's going on. I still want them, since the season is about to start up again. I may get to choose between being in three choirs, and being in fewer, depending on the results of the auditions for MUSE, the Cincinnati Women's Choir. They didn't want me last year, but I'm going to audition again, now that I'm not as rusty.
I love my new job so far. I had to use headphones on Friday to cut off the sounds of people giggling. That's happened more than once. They giggle about work. Really. I do work that matters and have the power to make a difference where I work, and in other people's lives. I am trusted to do a good job, and have help when I need it. Yeah, I'm stayin'. I'll figure out how to go to school and keep this job, 'cuz this is what I was looking for. I do miss supervising, but what I do is pretty high level, and I have to do lots of networking, so it's good for now. There's also lots to learn.
That's the basic state for the past five - eight weeks.
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Date: 2007-07-30 02:41 am (UTC)