So it's coming up really quickly...
January 1st I leave my house at 530 am for my study abroad trip. I will hopefully update while I am away, but if not then just look forward to hearing about it when I get back.
January 1st I will be flying from Minneapolis to Chicago to LA then to Fiji. I'll be chilling in a village in Fiji until about January 13th when I fly to Sydney. I'll be living in a suburb of Sydney, North Ryde, for most of my trip. April 13th I'll leave Australia for New Zealand. Then around April 26th I will head to the Cook Islands. I will be flying back and getting home around May 2nd. All of this is subject to change... but that's my plan as of right now. I just wanted to let you guys know.
I will see most of you at the party tomorrow, and if not, then have a great semester!
I love you all and I can't wait to hear about what happens during the beginning of 2007 for all of you!

I'm in my final week of classes. Things haven't slowed down. My past two months have been hectic with work and pirates and afterimages. Those are all done now. I'm still quite busy, but it's fun. I created a lot of awesome memories within the past two shows.
I'm happy. I am honestly happy. Things could be better, but they could also be a lot worse. I have a lot of good things in my life right now. Sure I'm leaving quite a few of them, but it's to go somewhere happy. I'll be even happier when I spend time with people before I leave. I knew these days would come, and I'm so very glad.
Please send me your school address so I can have it in case I have free time and access to a pen.
I love you guys, thank you for all of your support in everything.

I truly love Fridays. Today was the cure for my week. Each day was adding on tension. Last week each day added on stress, which was worse. This week has been different. To get facebook about this me and dance have been going through some troubles. Let's just say that all week dance and I have been in an "open relationship". I used to be "engaged" to dance, but recently it has been tricky and challenging. Outside sources, my teachers/choreographers/such have been poking and proding my relationship with dance, it's hard to stay together under that pressure. This morning it really rang true that I noticed how "open" my relationship was. Joan called me out and basically yelled at me for being smart. Because I catch on to combinations so quickly I just mark them when the rest of the class is reviewing them over and over. She called me out for this, and I had to do the motions full out and repetitively. I really should do that, but it was a wake up call. So this morning I was very frustrated because I don't like open relationships, I like strength and commitment. I took some time for lunch and then transitioned into modern class. Through the class I was working away the problems dance and I have been having. Then at the end of class Michael played a song and did our combination choreography, I followed and I fell in love. So as of 230 this afternoon, dance and I are back "in a relationship". It feels good, but I have to learn from my mistakes and continue on before dance and I can think about engagement.

The monthly update...
Already today I have had a good day. I got up and actually did something this morning. I ran, which felt so good. My legs and feet cramped up, but what do you expect when it's been a while. It was really nice though, to just get outside and workout. Mmm. Then I went tanning, I know it's bad for me. My point on that is that I'm going to Australia and I'm going to just lay out and tan anyway... so I'm just reducing the amount of sunburn and pain I'll have when I'm there. Oh well. But anyway the other point was that when I went there, the guy working was like "are you in a rush?" and I was like nope. I was really hungry and planning to eat before the lunchroom closed, and I would miss it (and I did) but I still said no. So he gave me a free session in the sauna. It was wonderful. It was really relaxing. I have had a week from hell, and it was a nice break. Then after that I went to the C-store to get some groceries to make food, and I ended up talking to one of my new theatre friends. We stood and chatted for 20 minutes, and it was nice. I got mad at him since he and 7 other theatre people hung out and watched movies after the show last night and I just came back here and sat, so it was fun to try and watch him defend himself. You didn't even want to know that many details. Anyway... I'm on run crew for another week, another week of no time for me, but whatever. I just get over the fact that I am not doing my homework and I socialize because believe it or not, but I really miss hanging out with theatre people. So, I'm excited for Thanksgiving to be home with friends and family.
I love how this is a monthly update but only contains today... whatev. I love you guys!

So I absolutely suck at this I guess, so sorry about not updating you on my life.
This week has been quite busy with work and homework and dance, but hey I suppose it keeps me out of trouble. There's nothing too new and exciting in my world. This next week is homecoming, so I'll be busy with hall activities. Our hall representatives were elected homecoming king and queen, so yay for them! That means that the pressure is on all of us as a hall to win homecoming again this year. The week after that is pretty crazy too. I'm having my first official "getting ready for Australia" meeting. Then my big event I plan for work. The next night is auditions for Afterimages to see if my pieces will make it in. Then our hall halloween party. It should be fun. I'll have like five days after that of relative calmness before I start costume run crew for Pirates of Penzance which will consume me for that next three weeks. Wow... it should be interesting. Chat with me online or call me and get a more regular update, and more juicy details.

Wow... all of a sudden I've been at school for two weeks. A week of leadership, a week of classes, a couple random days. I've been dealing with a lot of thoughts with all of my responsibilities and all the changes that come with the new year.
I like to journal my thoughts, but I haven't had time to process it all. I even have journals due for classes and I can't get myself to do those journals. One of these days though, I will. For right now I'm living off of sticky notes, so many little reminders for myself.
In other notes, I made it into our fall dance show, Afterimages. I will be rehearsing two pieces, both quite different from each other. Sometime in October/November I will be way stressed again as our pieces audition to be cast in the show, it's an insane process. Then I will find out if I get to perform again. But I'm so excited to be able to rehearse and be a part of the process. As a freshman last year I was not cast, and it honestly has made me realize how lucky I am this year, and how the freshmen that made it in this year do not appreciate it. So I will be busy with dance, and I look forward to it.
I honestly don't know when I am coming home next, input would be helpful, so bring it up when I'm chatting with you online. Until then, I'll be working and dancing... mmm...

I've talked to many of you about this. Life is so intricate and so amazing. No matter what happens, people can see it as wonderful. I have to say that I still find it amazing, a little less wonderful, but it all depends on what happens each day. I have moments that make me realize that common everyday experiences are good and wonderful. I guess it's when you lose that optimism, that you need something drastic to remind you. I'm sorry this is all so vague. Time has been going so slowly, but all of a sudden it has flown by. I have a feeling that it will honestly be another couple months before it slows down. There's a lot of hope in my life right now. A lot of dreaming. A lot of wishing. A lot of observing what's going on. It's really interesting to be in my head right now. It'd be nice to see it all laid out, but everything is in fragments right now. Well until I connect all of those, I'm just going to try and make the best of what's happening. Hm, we'll see.