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That is quite a weekend for dance competitions. -ChaChaChild has a dance competition (not ballroom) in Reston, VA (where I will be physically) -Mid-Atlantic USA Dance Nationals in Bethesda, MD (which I would love to watch) -Platinum Dancesport in Miami, FL (where I will be in spirit) AND -NY...

What I get from my teacher looks more or less like this: Entries/fees paid to competition: $xxx His per dance fee x # of dances $xxx My share of his expenses $xxx His pro fee $xxx TOTAL...

And to think, I left out the day that could have been summed up as follows: Snowed. Stayed in pjs. Read. Wrote. Shorter than a haiku! And I need the occasional pj day.

FRIDAY Child to school. Write for 45 minutes. Read a fairly dull scholarly book for 2.5 hours. Lunch. Go bowling with Child's class. Home. Eat some more. 6 miles in 60 mins on treadmill. Shower. See "Selma" with the family.

Fascination--UGH. Though my own family of origin is intact, my husband's parents are divorced, and there are lots of other divorces in our immediate circle. Things like graduations, weddings, etc. are definitely more challenging when people are not on good terms. Luckily, my in-laws were...

Fascination--GL with studiously ignoring DS's old flame. I imagine that takes fortitude. Yay on getting so much cooking done! 1/1 9-10--Read A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial passing in American Life. 10--Got dressed and ready. Drove to pick Child up at slumber party, about 35 min drive...

Wow. Haven't been on here in over a week. I'm just going to do some highlights of the last five days: Monday-- AM--Child and I went to the library, where she decided she would do her research project on the Civil Rights movement. PM--Child and I saw "Mockingjay, Part I." Child loved it...

THURSDAY: Read. Put away laundry. Did more laundry. 12:30-2:30--Went on bowling field trip with Child's middle school class. Reasonably fun. Somewhat interesting and somewhat irritating to watch middle schoolers in action. 3--Home. 5ish--Did some cleaning up of house in anticipation of...

WEDNESDAY: Read. 12--Double Nik lesson. Thought it might be hard to get back into it after competition. It was not! Pay up and then drive directly to Child's school. 3--Pick up Child from school. Get phone call from bank about check I wrote Nik to pay for comp. Very weird. Return phone...

That sounds like SO much fun!!! I'd love to hear more details. Do the pros teach lots of workshops? Are most people on the cruise experienced dancers?

Congratulations! What awesome news.

WEDNESDAY: Pre-comp prep, including tanning and packing. THURSDAY: Flew to Vegas. Read Howard Jacobson's J, which I had started on my Thanksgiving trip but hadn't gotten to finish b/c of all the research papers and finals. FRIDAY: Competition day. This was interesting and fun, though not...

Results from Saturday night: AM Latin (from a QF): 1--Pasha Stepanchuk and Gabriella Sabler :) 2--Artur Tarnavskyy and Anastasia Danilova 3--Francesco Bertini and Sabrina Manzi [I think. Weren't in program.] 4--Eugeny Raev and Patrycja Golak 5--Stanislav Engelgardt and Tatiana Vasilyeva...

Do you purchase the competitions directly from the organizer? Meaning do you fill out your own forms and write your check to the organizer? Or do you write your check to a teacher/studio/middleman/wholesaler? Sometimes. I would say I fill out the form about half the time, but I pay through my...

I think Paradigm is livestreaming it. Or at least it said in the ballroom that they were. (Since I am actually here, it's not like I checked.)

There's a first for everything. On my way to Holiday.... CAB DRIVER: So, where are you flying in from? ME: Baltimore. CAB DRIVER: Are you a cowgirl? ME: I'm sorry? [Thinking I must have misheard, as neither my appearance nor the mention of "Baltimore" typically trigger that response.]...

FRIDAY: Last day of classes! Class parties. Academic Planning Committee meeting. Averaged grades for ENG 1101. Submitted. Wrote up the final oral reports for GLC. SATURDAY: Adult hip-hop class. Home. Showered. Dad's 74th birthday party. SUNDAY: Wrote my Victorian Literature exam. Wrote...

Welcome home, @j_alexandra ! Sounds like an amazing trip!!! (And I hope the tummy issues go away soon.)

THURSDAY-- Graded like a maniac. Faculty meeting, in which depressing things were talked about. More grading. Attended two Senior Seminars. Went to a Day of Remembrance for Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Sean Bell, and Oscar Grant. My family came with me, and that meant a lot...

TUESDAY-- 9--Office hours, grade. 10--GLC. Oral reports. 11:30--Leave campus for Towson. 12:30--Double Nik lessons! First ones in three weeks, and the only ones I will get to have before Vegas. Sometimes life is just like that, though. 3--Home. Have a snack, change clothes, and...