I've been gone because...

My first dance performance is today. I've been furiously practicing, sewing and knitting (yes, knitting!) my costumes- and hanging out with a certain Civilian who is pretty awesome.

I am totally nervous about the performance today- but in an excited, good way (I think).

I need to do some hair and makeup- and snuggle with a kitty before I leave. I hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

Best. Day. Ever.

Yesterday was quite possibly the best day ever.

It started out with a HARD two hour workshop with (literally) a belly dance superstar. You can check her out on Youtube here- she's phenomenal. It was basically two hours of drills, and I'm going to be feeling it for a few days. Right afterwards I went to the grocery store and was holding my abs the whole time, halfway afraid that they were just going to fall off my body.

I went home and took a little nap, then spent the rest of the afternoon baking brownies, before heading back into town to watch a performance by the aforementioned amazing dancer and some other local dancers. It was an evening of awesome dancing and hanging out with my dance friends.

Then, after all of *that* was done, I spent the rest of the evening with a certain Naval Aviation Officer...

Dance, Brownies, More Dance (I knitted a bit before the performance, and I wore Tuscany to the show, so there was totally knitting involved), and then a cute boy. Best. Day. Ever.

Oh yes, there was some of this too...



Snuggle time! He looks like he was about halfway through a bath in this picture- scraggly cat!

So much fun!

I just got home from my first-ever belly dance class! It was so much fun! I've never taken a dance class before (well, maybe when I was 5 I took ballet, but that was it), so it was hard, but it was a ton of fun, I can't wait until next week to go back!