little miss sunshine

Yesterday I was reminded how wonderful life is. Don't get me wrong, I usually know this. But as many of you know, when the weather is nice I can't stop grinning. Kayla pointed out that I "get all giddy when the weather is nice."  Well yesterday was a wopping 70 degrees, and yes I did say 70! I was being teased by mother nature while I was at work. And promptly at 3 I ran out the door, grabbed kayla and we went on a stroll.

Walking from the west side to the east side along a (rather large) pond we took it all in. I'm happy to say it seemed as though the rest of New York had the same idea, the park was bustling with happy souls!

Fresh air, sunshine, passion tea, friends, and a good book. Life is beautiful.

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KONY

Please please take time to watch this video.  I promise you it is worth every second. 

http://vimeo.com/37119711

"Be the change you want to see"

Promptly at 5:58AM this morning I woke up.  It was rough, but mainly because I knew it meant I had to say a 'see you later' to Katherine.  I never say goodbyes, because that's a scary thought and frankly I'd rather not think about that.  Today she left, and it was not easy.  She's headed home for a week, spending time with her family before she gets on deck and is off to the Caribbean for a whopping 6 months.  I keep thinking about how happy I should be, but the selfish me seems to be win that war and wants her to stay here.  But thinking about how 95% of the time I make her laugh she can't stop until she cries assures me that come October we'll have a reunion of great proportions. 

Around 8:35 I woke up to prepare for my not so exciting day.  By 9AM I sent the "okay, jokes over. you can come back now" text.  Probably not the best idea, because reality was finally sinking in and recieving the reply of "can i please? can't stop crying" didn't make it any easier.  Funny how after 3 hours we miss each others' presence.  7 months is a long time, like a REALLY long time.  But right now I can't think about that, just one day at a time.  And tomorrow we skype!  

Sunday on the UWS

Today was no usual Sunday, but was a subtle reminder of how some live their lives up here on the Upper West Side. I don't normally work on Sundays, I take this one day out of the week to devote to church, laundry and some rest and relaxation (most of the time). Today I had to work brunch at the restaurant... Sunday brunch. For those of you who have never been, I encourage you to never go. Or as a matter of fact, go and see the crazies who come out on Sundays. It's absolutely nonsense. Honest to God sometimes I just laugh at it all. People come in, yell for tables, and are cranky, anxious, rude, and plain old strange. Plus not to mention Sundays seem to be "take your baby/babies in strollers the size of the empire state building to a tiny restaurant" day. Holy parking garage for strollers. Wow its a sight to see. Reciting tables that are paid, cleared, bussed all while calming raging guests, dodging servers and bus boys, putting tables together, taking them apart, but most of all... "remaining calm and cool, keeping guests happy and wanting to return" hahaha, yea you can laugh. It truly is a joke.

But that was today. Followed by schoolwork, dinner with the girls at a Ukranian restaurant, more schoolwork and funfetti cake.

Smiling and counting the days til some sun and sand.

XOXO

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life lately

so here's the low down of my life in this crazy city lately:

-brother visited aka wonderful and fun

-dancing full force aka sweaty and sore

-preparing for next year aka scary and stressful

-2 weeks from now ill wake up with my entire family aka Florida power spring break

-busy busy busy!

also my best friend and roomie leaves Tuesday to go on an adventure of a lifetime aka Caribbean. haven't really comprehended it yet, its her last weekend in the city. scared yet happy. so tonight we eat Greek yogurt with frozen raspberries and watch Couples Retreat while squished together on the couch. and tomorrow we dance together. Sunday we pack and Monday we shop to keep our minds off the inevitable.

life is always changing, taking it one day at a time.

XOXO

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God is so good.  This week:

My grandma went home from the hospital.  Not only this, she actually refused to go to rehab.  Yes, that would be the one and ONLY grandma Kapanka.  She's pretty spectacular.  She texts me every Wednesday "Happy Hump Day" and every Friday "TGIF. XOXO" Can't begin to explain how wonderful this is, she may be one of the most incredible women I know.  I am so blessed to have her in my life.  This alone makes 2012 wonderful.

A good friend of mine booked a gig working on "Superfly".  This is still in it's workshop stage, but watch out for this show, it's going to be killer.  Note:  she was cast as the only white girl in the entire show. 

I joined a gym.  Yes I sure did.  I'm not sure everyone would be able to understand, but boy this makes me happy.   As a dancer you are constantly critiquing and evaluating your body, and this can be extremely frustrating.  Being able to join a gym means I can separate dance from working out.  Dancing because I love to, and working out to stay in shape.  Tying to combine the two makes me crazy!  Not to mention I got a killer deal.. 10$/month with NO contract. 

This month will be great.  Praise God.

Stay tuned, by brother/best friend is coming in 5 days! 

g-men

Last night I had my first experience of the nyc super bowl mayhem. The beginning of my day started with me waking up an hour late, but determined to go to church I hopped out of bed, put on jeans and hailed a cab. That's right, arriving to church in style (yellow city taxi that is). After a crazy week, I really look forward to dedicating 2 hours for myself (meaning no dancing, just church). After grabbing a coffee and reflecting on my whirlwind of a week I decided it was time to bust out some homework. Promptly at 6pm I said goodbye to humanities in search for some ball park franks. We were having some friends over to watch the game, and I volunteered to supply the hot dogs. Well let's just say 6 super markets later I found some. Who was aware nyc had a severe lack of normal hot dogs.. not this girl. But to tell you the truth, there was no need for hot dogs because the amount of left over food is unbearable. I personally only paid attention to Madonna and the last 10 minutes of the game, but it doesn't mean I wasn't a happy camper. Not sure why, but I had a bit of pride for the blue g-men. And oh you wouldn't believe the city. We opened our windows to let in the screams and cheers of ALL new yorkers who could not help but rejoice in the victory. Sirens, screams, and everything in between. It was unbelievable, definitely something I won't forget.

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