Too much at once…Sometimes people don’t hear you no matter how loud you talk.

Today was my first sort-of day of work—the start of the three day training conference that was okay but awfully LONG! I like the English dept. head and hope that is a good sign. At lunch I had to get an oil change and do some paperwork. Always busy. So busy I even forgot an appt. after work. Yikes! Brain alert.

I had a slew of email when I came home. My two favorites were from a ballet teacher and my pastor. The ballet teacher basically let me know the class I wanted to take would work, so guess who (if I can get enrolled in time because only 6 spots are left) is about to take ballet for college credit? Is that wild? I guess that is one way to make dance tax deductible! It will be a different experience, but I am ready. I am serious about being more serious about dance. I still think I am doing the other class too. The problem is the beginner classes are too beginner for me but the intermediate tend to assume too much. I would always rather look better than worse in a medium I am not so comfortable in. Shachah was perfect—it assumed we were beginners and taught us like we were advanced.

Anyway, the email from Darrell was just in response to a question I had asked about a church activity and later we had a phone conversation on a different topic, but I guess I just like that he knows me and treats me like a spiritually mature woman with a brain. It is just really nice, I guess. Truth is, my conversation with him today was one of the only serious, God-based conversations I have had with a person since getting here. I have spent a lot of time with people and done a lot of fun things, but it is different than that spiritual connection—and I have not had that. I don’t think I really will either.

That is why I am taking too much ballet.