Week in Review

Well, another week has come and gone. I went to clogging nationals friday and saturday. Friday I competed in freestyle. For those of you unfamiliar with the clogging world, freestyle is an individual event. Each dancer performs a 40-count routine (approximately) to whatever music the competition provides. The levels are novice, beginner, intermediate, advanced, championship, and pro. Before I quit clogging the first time, I was competing freestyle in pro. However, I was afraid to do so this time around, and registered for championship, wich was a good thing. My routine was disaster. I panicked on stage and performed a routine that was not in any way similar to the routine I had previously prepared and practiced. I took 3rd place, which is no good! I hope to learn from my mistakes, and do better next year! My freestyle may have been a disappointment, but the team dances went amazingly well! We placed 1st in all three dances, including the one in the pro category! It was exciting! It was also fun to spend the day at lagoon, even thought I got another sunburn! I rode "Wicked" for the first time. It was fun, but terrifying! It literally goes straight up, then straight down, then into the normal roller coaster, including a corkscrew. I was in the front row, and was sure I was plummeting to my death when I saw the ground rushing at me on our way downward! It was fun to be back at nationals, after too many years off! I wish I had stuck with it! I'm hoping to keep working at improve before next year's competitions! I spent the night in a hotel friday night, because I did not want to drive back and forth to Lagoon twice. It was a nice break, but I left my pillow at the hotel! It was my favorite pillow that I sleep with every night! I called today, and they had already thrown it away! Sad story! :)

Hugsy Update

My sister and I got a dog today! I absolutely love him! He is a giant furball and is super fun to cuddle with! He is as lazy as can be, but we love him anyway. I love that he doesn't shed! He is a shitzu and we named him Hugsy after Joey's penguin on friends. My brother calls him Gurgy like the animal on either black cauldron or the sword in the stone-I can't remember wich it is. He could probably use a haircut. He looks really fat, but then when you pet him, there is nothing there! He is ALL fur! He is only four months old, and is already twice his mother's size, but I don't think he'll get much bigger. Buying Hugsy has made my week awesome! I also played mariokart on nintendo Wii this week, which was a blast, as always! I still love school, even if I do have enough reading assignments to last a lifetime!