The Educating of Miss Daisy in the land of the Lilies

As some of you may know my schools spring production is The Sound of Music. Here’s a bit of irony for you all- I was cast as a little novice! Yes, that means I’ll be sporting a full novice habit, little white veil and all! You can count on me posting tons of pics when we start full rehearsals! Maybe this will ease the process of telling the rest of my friends that I’m actually becoming a nun, I mean at least we’ll already be dressed for the occasion! Yesterday a friend of mine ( who has no idea abotu August) came up to me and said- “hey, ya knwo that’s a great look for you you should totally become a nun!” Gotta love the IRONY there!

 As of April 18th there are officially only 24 more school days until I graduate from high school! With the ending of high school, is the ending of whatever remnance of childhood that I have left. Such a bittersweet realization, to leave all that you have known behind and move on. Sometimes we can become comfortable in out current situations, and becuase of this we resist change. Though we resist it, change in inevitable and something that we all have to face.  Everyone gows up, whether they like it or not,  and so I face a turning point which is slightly more intense than the one that many of my classmates are facing.

In discussing the end of high school with a good friend she gave me some good advice… this time of high school only comes once and you must live it to the fullest, love it and relish every moment! I think I’m doing a pretty decent job of this- high school is fun, and there are lots of things I’m going to miss. God knows I keep myself busy enough, but sometimes we are TOO busy. Too busy to savor the moment and take inventory of what’s really going on in our lives.

This leads me to a new problem- I’m on the verge of quitting dance for good. This spring I’m scheduled to be in two shows, Sound of Music and my dance Studio’s- Lion King. Rehearsals for two shows are just too much to handle at the same time right now. It’s been causing alot of unneeded stress. I just can’t do it all, something’s gotta give. I’ve been dancing for abotu 6 years now, and I’ve loved every minute of it- but when push comes to shove I prefer to have time to sleep over dancing for 3 hours a day and then another 4 hours of play rehearsal every day. In years past I’ve been able to juggle with little trouble- but this year is different. Too many schedule conflicts and too many  missed Lion King rehearsals to fully commit myself to the show. Just as there are two sides to every story there are two sides to this one as well. I made a commitment to both shows, and I HATE to quit something after I’ve made a commitment. I feel like I will have let some one down, and there’s almost nothing more that I hate then that.  Yes, there is yet another dilemma and another choice to be made. After all, that is what life is right?- choices.