Selena

Not much to say today and doubt I'll have time to blog tomorrow, so let's do this!

The new song by my birthday twin, Selena Gomez, "The Heart Wants What It Wants" is so on point. (The music video is quite sad though... I'm drawn to the depressing ones lately... what is up with that!?) Story of my life. I'd get into detail, but it's mentally exhausting at the moment and I know with time it'll get better. Time doesn't heal everything, but it does help.

I did not see "lady on the steps" today. I'm saddened because I'm starting to lose hope that I'll ever see her again. However, this morning when I drove past her steps there was something random there. A shoe. A black loafer. Not a pair. Just one. I can't even come up with a logical story for it. I'll let your imagination do the thinking. My brain hurts.

Of course, it's Thursday. Tumbling day. My favorite. At the beginning of my second class, one of the moms came up to me to show me a YouTube video of a girl doing a "spider acro trick." She said her daughter's dance teacher wants her to work on it in my class. Only thing is, I've never even attempted this skill before because it's a dance skill, not a tumbling/gymnastics one. I watched the video. I'd seen the trick done before on TV. Never in person. It looks like only contortionists should be able to do this skill. YouTube it and you'll know what I'm talking about. It's insane. Major back flexibility is needed. Well, after studying the video, I had the girl attempt the skill (she's my most advanced tumbler, so I had faith in her. She even threw her round off backhandspring connection today with me spotting her—it was her first time! Always feels so good when your students get new skills.) She didn't do bad at all on the spider acro. However, she wasn't doing it correctly. Me, being a poor example once again for my students and not so much as doing a bridge hold to stretch out my back, decided to try this foreign skill myself. What happened? I did it on my FIRST attempt. Yeah, that's right! So did not see that one coming. Surprised myself and my girls. I did it a couple more times with all eyes on me and then proceeded to get a massive ass cramp that took a good two minutes to partially stretch out to the point of being able to walk. I told my girls that's what happens when you get old... and don't stretch, of course. Now, they have that to look forward to!

"Don't choose the better guy. Choose the guy that's gonna make you the better girl." - Chelsea Handler

- LJ