Dance Urslf to Death

I don’t even know how to classify this weekend.  In many ways it was a complete and total failure.  I ate too many calories, drank too much a times, and didn’t get much done.  But also, I spent almost all of my free time at the studio working on Rodeo.

Yup from Friday night to Saturday afternoon I felt like we were running that dance on a continuous loop.  I hurt my elbow pretty bad but still kept on.  In my down time, I felt completely spent, like I was sick or dying.  Went to bed on Friday literally shaking because I was in so much pain.

Dana said on Saturday that most of us dad’s looked pretty spent.  Honestly, only 3 of us managed to make it for that rehearsal.  Not sure where the others were but I’m glad I went.  I think it helped.

So yeah, I didn’t get much done this weekend but that’s only because I was being forced to dance myself half to death from Friday to Saturday night.  On Sunday Elissa had an audition for Ballet West (she got accepted but not at the main campus) and then there were cats to clean.  I didn’t get home till around 8pm.

I really wish that my kid could catch a break once in a while with this dance stuff.  Sometimes it feels like everyone around her is getting great opportunities and being cast in exciting parts and she always get the breadcrumbs.  I don’t know what the problem is. 

When I see her in class and on stage, she looks good to me.  She says she working hard and I don’t often hear any criticisms from her teachers.  I know that she could apply herself more diligently in many ways but so could many of her peers.  It just makes me feel badly for her.