In Denial

I'M NOT SICK, I'M NOT SICK, I'M NOT SICK...

(If only repeating this mantra would make it true!)

I have no time for sickness in my life, especially these next three weeks.

If I had a normal person's life with a normal person's major and a normal person's

daily schedule, a little bug and some aches wouldn't be so bad. I could sit through

lectures and come home in the evenings and rest while watching chick

flicks and sipping soup. Doesn't that sound delightful? 

The exciting thing about being a dance major, however, is

my ENTIRE school schedule and daily routine from sun up 'til way

past sun down is physically demanding, aerobic exercise. Sometimes

for 12 hours straight without any breaks. And I can't very well

dance around with Kleenex stuffed down my leotard all day!

Is it normal to get sick at the beginning of every school year?

What the heck, body, I was counting on you! Does physically

exhausting yourself for weeks on end and not getting

enough sleep have ANYTHING to do with health?

OOPS!

Well, I am ready to battle WHATEVER this is with boxes upon boxes

of Kleenex with aloe, echinacea, vitamin C, bananas, and orange juice. 

And maybe a little more sleep...

Hope you're feeling fit as a fiddle! 

                  

                                                           ...whatever that means.

Lazy Weekend with My Ladies

There's nothing better than a lazy weekend with

your roommates, when they're as awesome as mine. 

Saturday wasn't much of break, considering we woke up early and

spent six hours in a stuffy dance studio at an audition, but it was a great time!

Until that night, when we aggravated our joints even more by partying

it up at the campus paint dance. WORTH IT. Behold, the aftermath...

I definitely went to church Sunday

morning with paint around my ankles.

We had the girliest of girls nights last night, complete with

boy gossip, pop songs, nail polish, some Zac Efron, and glue. 

Tiana and I got a little crafty and transformed average pill

containers into exciting, colorful treasure boxes fit to inspire the

most negligent vitamin taker to take her vitamins, all the while

transforming our living room into a complete and total MESS.

What would my life be like without mod podge and rhinestones?

The thought is too frightening to entertain!

Then Heather and I stayed up chatting until the wee hours of the morning,

(I love me some pillow talk!), which meant we slept in until nearly noon.

I, of course, woke up singing the best hits of Marilyn Monroe, then went

downstairs to make banana pancakes! You know Jack Johnson was on repeat

for a solid hour. By 1:00, we were eating breakfast--the most delicious

breakfast I've ever consumed in this country! I'll do you a solid and share the

tantalizing banana pancake recipe with you. I recommend topping them with

syrup and brown sugar. Consider it a Labor Day gift from yours truly!

Hope you're all enjoying the long weekend as

much as I am! It's back to the books tomorrow!

...or dance studio, in some cases. ;)