Day 20: A Great Day!

Today was a great day! Met some of the gang at Flying Star for some healthy food, then went to the VSA which was amazing (see below), and then school all day! It was awesome and I really enjoyed spending the day with Jenni, Buckles, and Jonathan.


Daily Practice:


Technical Concepts: I warmed up very easily today. Just did some lips trills and very breathy, full "ah" warmups.


Minutes: 10


Repertoire: "I Cannot Hear The City"


Minutes: 20


Success: I can sing the song, and I still have my voice. I sang the higher part of the song once just to make sure it was all there, and it was.


Areas of Improvement: Just singing healthy.




Personal Fitness #6


Today at 5:00 pm

Difficulty Level: Ballet 1

Studio/Instructor: UNM Dance Department with Vladimir Conde Reche 

What I most Enjoyed: Doing ballet! It's such a demanding type of dance, and I have gotten very comfortable with the technique. 

What I found Challenging: gain, flexibility, but I am working on that! 

Observations: Love Vlad, and this class! Glad to be back in Ballet! 

Healthy Meals # 20 and 21

Meal Description: Egg white omelet with fresh greens and wheat toast!

Restaurant: Flying Star 

Rating: 9. It was really good! And I had a nice refreshing glass of peppermint tea.

Meal Description: A salad with onions, tomatoes, roasted ham and turkey, hard boiled egg and greek vinaigrette dressing. Also, sweet potato chips! 

Market: The new Co-Op connected to the bookstore. 

Rating: 8. I really liked it! Had a lot of herbs in it, and very healthy. 

Good Deed # 2 

Today, Jenni, Jonathan, Buckles, Cierra and I all went to the VSA to volunteer. We sat in on a class taught by the wonderful Margarita, and helped out and participated in exercises. It was a class for mentally challenged adults. It was both very emotional and inspiring. The class is a performance based class that will hopefully end in a performance somewhere on the UNM campus in March. Margarita was showing her students how much space was needed to dance and to have personal space. She had a piece of large paper that represented the amount of personal space needed and was explaining the directions of this space, including forward, back, the sides and diagonals. Many of them struggled to understand and know what these things were, but they were so excited and eager to learn what they were. I don't mean to discredit any of the students in any way, I just want to somewhat describe how the day went. 

Next, we took a break and then practiced leading from different parts of our bodies, such as our elbows, noses and even our butts! It was so funny and I enjoyed myself as much as everyone else! 

The group is made up of some amazing people with a ton of personality! I can't wait to go back next week! If anyone cares to join, let me know! It's Thursday from 9:30-11:30. It was so eye-opening. I don't feel I can describe how beautiful it was, but if you care to know, ask me, and I can tell you all about it! 

But here's a pic we took outside because we were not allowed to take pictures inside. 

And yes, I know it has nothing to do with anything, but we were just having fun.

Ah what a day.