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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kicking it vitamin c style

So lately I've been going through this circle.. sick for a week and recover slowly (and miserably), healthy and happy for two weeks...sick again. Repeat. It seems as though my two weeks of health and happiness has been cut short by yet another sinus/congestion/cough bug. The joys of being exposed to the monster germs of Manhattan. And because I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired, I've decided to go on a Vitamin C kick. Stopping at duane reade after work study I picked up a few things, and after returning home I dug out the vitamins I bought a few months ago. My immune system won't know what hit it.. but I'm ready for it! Bring on the Vitamin-C and healthy body.

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Going Insane

The definition of insantiy is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.  Does that make me insane? 

Starting with Thursday..
7AM-3PM work followed by class and work study until 11PM.  Not to mention, homework.

And then there's Friday..
10AM audition, meaning be there at 830AM, meaning leave by 8.  Alarm set for 7AM.  Class, work study until midnight, more homework.

And Saturday..
Work 9AM-4PM brunch mayhem. Serious non-stop power walking, talking, and seating of guests.  Class and yet again work study until 10PM.  (Inserting normal life occasion here).  Movie night with friends.  Lion King and Scatagories until 2AM.  Asleep and 2:02AM

I made it to Sunday..
Rockette Audition at 11AM. Alarm sounds at 8AM; COFFEE, shower, hair, makeup, leotard and tights, heels, taps.. go time.  Arrive at the music hall at 945AM. Lucky #105 out of over 200.  Here's the best part.  FINISH AUDITION AT 445PM.  Yes.  That's right, it was 6 hours long.  Womp.  Grab food, work study until 9PM.  Homework.

So here's the thing, this was a normal weekend.  As normal as it gets.  So why do I expect anything different?  I'm a dancer, who lives in Manhattan.  And a student, who works 2 jobs.  And a girl, who likes movie time.  So the answer is yes.  You can just go ahead and call me insane, because at this point I will embrace it whole heartedly. 

All the World Wide

My dear friend just got back from an unforgettable visit to Africa.  She, and her entire family of seven, spent 3 weeks in Togo serving the people there.  You see her father is a surgeon and the entire family are all very involved in the church.  How great is it that he can use his profession as a window to help so many in more than one way. Her blog is gorgeous, read for yourself. 

Africa is beautiful, God is beautiful, people are beautiful. 

http://lydiablickley.blogspot.com/

art makes the world full

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ949OYP8vw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

In case you ever forget how beautiful art can be.. just listen.

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Carnival

Yesterday was a wonderful day.  Somewhere between 11AM and noon my dear friend and roomate Katherine stopped by where I was working with tears in her eyes.  She had just recieved some news that would be the start of her career.  She was on her way to class when she answered a phone call that informed her she had just booked her first job, her first dance job.  She will be dancing for 6 months on the Carnival Cruise Line that will be traveling the Paradise Caribben route.  Now this may not sound like the most exciting job, but it is actually hard to book it.  If you make it to the end of the audition they inform you that they may keep your name on file.  If they decide they would like you on board they may contact you within the next 6 months.  Katherine had actually auditioned in October, and had given up on hearing from them.  Yesterday was an answer to all of our prayers.  In March she will head down to Florida for rehearsals and dock out the second week in April.  I am like a proud mother, her extremely hard work and dedication has paid off.  Not only is this an amazing opportunity, but she gets to pair dance and travel.  I'm talking about getting paid to dance and travel around the world.  How wonderful.  I could not be happier for her, and only wish I would get to keep her a little longer.  Her life is just starting, and I wish I could be there with her traveling the globe.  This has given me hope as I begin to dive into the scary scary world of auditioning.  Everything is possible, and who knows maybe I'll be traveling the world and dancing next year?!  Such a happy day, ended by celebrating with pizza and a movie and cinnamon rolls (for breakfast this morning).