I'm baaaaack!

Um...hey, world.  Where did the last 4 months go?  And also, why did I forget about blogging for them?  Oops!  I am sorry.  Please forgive me, dear readers.  I'm sure you didn't miss me much anyway...my life is NOT that exciting, I assure you. 

Let me see if I can condense the last 4 months into a semi-concise blog post.  September flew by with tailgates, lots of reading, and tons of rehearsal for fall ballet, during one of which I twisted my ankle (it's still been giving me a bit of trouble, but our athletic trainer is a miracle worker and it's doing much better).  I was cast in Balanchine's Allegro Brillante and Josh Bergasse's new piece entitled The Baker Dances and had a wonderful time doing both.  Though I think I enjoyed the latter a bit more because it was much more contemporary.  After fall ballet weekend in October, life was consumed with final preparation/alumni contacting for IUDM 2010 and Halloween (I went as the golden snitch).  And the last month has been crazy...Nutcracker rehearsals, IUDM weekend, the Deathly Hallows release, and I just returned to school from Thanksgiving break.

IUDM was incredible.  Being on the other side of things as a committee member was one of the most rewarding things I've ever been a part of.  I'm very sad I'm graduating early because I won't be able to be a part of dance marathon again.  My committee was comprised of some of the most incredible people I've ever met and together we helped bring 150-200 alumni back to the marathon, 3 or 4 times more than ever.  It was brilliant.  And when it was all over, we had raised $1,602,713.20 for Riley Hospital for Children.  So amazing.

As far as DH goes, I went to the midnight release with two of my good friends at school and we absolutely loved it.  Yes, there are minor things that weren't quite right, but I could overlook them because the movie was absolutely the most beautiful HP movie ever. I've now seen it three times. And it is still brilliant every time.  Favorite moments for me include the Harry/Hermione dancing scene (which has no romantic subtext at all and all I can think every time is "AHHH they're such good friendssss!"), Rupert's acting (which was fabulous), and Dobby's death (while not "happy", it was perfect and beautiful).  All of the little Ron/Hermione stuff was adorable, too.  Oh and "Just keep talkin' about that little ball of light touchin' your heart..."

Nutcracker performances are this weekend.  I have never been more nervous for anything in my life because I am snow queen for the Sunday matinee show.  I need to figure out how to relax and I need to know that I'm capable of doing this.  AHHH!  Also, this week is stressful because I not only will be in the theater til 10 all week, but I also have a big 7-10 page Chaucer paper due Friday.  UGH!!!!  I feel like I'm drowning...I just want to go back home to my bed and my mom and my kitty and my dogs and wine and cooking and the fireplace.  I currently think the heat is off upstairs in the Deeg...I'm literally shivering. 

I'm sorry I forgot about this and I'm going to try to make an effort to update this more often.  I might even document tech week/Nutcracker this week if I have time!  Love you all.  Happy (almost) December!  And Happy belated Thanksgiving!!!