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So, we didn't manage to connect for coffee, but spent almost an hour on the phone. The conversation went around a bit, as it tends to do, but I am getting better at not letting him derail me, so we got somewhere. (He likes to counterattack with 'I'm offended that you're upset/by what you are...

Try this for a similar discussion: https://www.danceforums.com/threads/how-do-deal-with-a-situation-where-you-dance-partner-turns-you-on.47057/ Short answer. It happens. We all deal. Also, the VW position isn't any different than the typical standard hold... not sure why it's bothering you...

We don't agree on a specific quote, but I know the anticipated number of nights in a hotel and the method of travel before I agree to go (it was one, and car, in this case). Aside from that, I know how he calculates per diem and dances, so I can estimate pretty accurately. I'm still furious...

FURIOUS with pro right now. Shaking, hysterical tears furious. We have finished our last pre-comp lesson. I leave for comp in 2 days. Found out from another student who I drove home from last lesson that pro is flying to Michigan. Pro did not communicate that to me, but confirmed it when I...

Got an system-wide e-mail at 1:38, asking us to log out of our HR system by 1:30 and until further notice because an update process failed overnight and needs to be re-run, etc. A) I don't have a time machine. B) I had planned to spend the better part of the afternoon in the system doing...

Jalie makes some good ones.

Yeah, The problem actually happened on laundry day. I'm not entirely sure how the black tights got in with the other ones - black tights and other-coloured tights are kept separately (like, in different drawers) for a reason! Still, wearing tights with my dress. They have no holes. No one...

Or just don't work hours that make you leave the house at 6:30am, before there is full daylight...

I specialized (in standard). I decided that with my current age and relatively late start that the only chance I had to ever dance the way I wanted to/suspected that I might be able to before my body gave out would be to dedicate myself to one style. The math (available funds and hours per...

I hate it when you get to work and discover that the outfit you thought matched perfectly... does not. These tights are not navy, they are black.

Yes, standard only at this one.

Have just committed to next comp. First comp south of the border (yes, @Mr 4 styles , finally). Registering only on that scary last line of the forms. May wear the new (well, almost finished) unstoned dress... a few new things to freak out about here. No pre-comp disorder yet, but am sure it...

I'm trying to focus on the "not dying of carbon monoxide because of an old, faulty furnace" upside. And that I am enough of a planner to have not only a carbon monoxide detector, but an emergency fund healthy enough to cover the furnace replacement (so no need to use dance funds). Still...

Furnaces are expensive. And, given where I live (and that it's only March, so still below freezing), not optional. I feel poor. Thank goodness for emergency funds.

Yep. Hoping the final product will match the picture in my head!

Trying to decide how many skirt layers this needs... apparently 6 is the answer. (This is sans horsehair on the bottom layer(s).) (This one is a total departure for me. Risk-taking time: Black. Tulle. Tea length. UNSTONED.)

Pro let the following slip: 1) The new choreo we've been tinkering with is something he's wanted to put in his pro routine for a while (he hasn't been competing due to aforementioned family reasons), and he finally went 'well, I know FF can do it'. 2) Students have been coming to him because of...

Don't, please! Or at least be careful! A ballet dancer did a performance at a Christmas party at a local studio a few years ago, and used rosin without asking if it was okay.... and the studio had to refinish the floor a few weeks later to get rid of the unusable spot after several falls and...

The grrr: Pro is changing my days again for family reasons. I can't really be peeved about the reason (which I do know the details of), but I can be peeved about the change (the second in as many months) and the proposed solution (which is less than optimal). Waiting a few days to decide if...

The black is usually castor oil + accumulated dirt. (And as a standard dancer... please don't use castor oil, or at least apply sparingly the night before, then blot with a paper towel, then brush. When applied right before dancing, it leaves random sticky spots behind... and when you hit one...