Susan's Road Trip to California--Continued

This is probably the longest road trip EVER. Before it ends back in Texas next year sometime I will have experienced many things from ecstatic spiritual highs to deep humility and pain. In the end I will come out stronger and knowing more than ever. My TX pastor said it best--I have a great CAPACITY to grow spiritually. If only it weren't so hard to do. If only you could fail alone.

Monday, September 01, 2003

Labor Day and I did nothing. Not true, really, but somehow I equate doing something with being somewhere. I was home virtually all day til just recently. I planned that as my life gets so crazy this week—truth is, if I make myself so bored I can’t stand it then the next day I wake up ready to roll even if I didn’t feel like it before. Single people have to do a lot of funny little games and stuff to discipline themselves sometimes. I think that is good though—the other option is no discipline.

Anyway, I went out after 4 because that was the time to register for the civic ballet classes. I was greeted by two girls who looked about 20. One was in a pink terrycloth tube top sweat suit outfit and actually looked good. Hi, I feel like I weight 400 pounds. As I said to Jenna: CHUBBY GOES TO BALLET CLASS!

So yes, friends, for the first time in my life I am enrolled in THREE classes a week of classical ballet. How could I not improve? These classes are all over an hour—a total schedule time of 4 hours 25 minutes of class time per week. And two of these are for college credit so that means work. The other class is taught by a woman who had her own studio in Chicago—all I know so far. I came out of registering thinking, I can’t believe I just did that! I am working full time and taking three ballet classes a week. Note: You can FORGET any substantial correspondence form me on Tuesdays! HA! I will be dancing from the time work is over til bed.

Anyway, I have allergies so bad I feel literally sick, even my glands are very sore—a very discouraging thing after being in a healing conference! I didn’t want to take anything so I waited a full day before I gave in. By then of course I felt lousy! UGH! Guess I need more than a day to build my faith.

Anyway, after registering for dance I went grocery shopping for last minute before-I-go-to- work-and-shopping-is- a-luxury-food. Soon I will eat dinner and work on my room before bed. My room is the only room in the house that doesn’t look like I have lived here a while. Due to excessive clothes and miscellaneous items, I am in mass chaos in there. I finally found a place for my aunt’s teddy bear collection and that helped. I will make it somewhat done before I go to sleep. God and I also have an appointment tonight to set up some new year stuff. The beginning of school is always a pivotal time in my life.

I wonder what the year will be like. I wonder when I will get to blog about it! On Wednesday I have to stay after school for a meeting and then go straight to Terry’s for a haircut, straight to church and straight to bed. I WANT TO BLOG!!! If they got a computer in my room, perhaps I can update at lunch or something. My conference period is first thing in the a.m. (GAG ME!!!) so that is a possibility.

Well, I am going to head toward bed. It is early but I feel so physically bad that I don’t care. Divine health is elusive thus far.

Deep down, though, I realize, I get to go to two dance classes tomorrow.

I’m free to dance again.



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