Good morning, dear dancers! Happy Friday!
Yesterday was, as has become surprisingly normal, an “abnormal” Thursday. As my mom pulled up to the studio door, the Training 1s and their teacher were beginning their trek to Studio B (to watch Miss Tina’s little girls perform their recital dance). “Miss Sara is on crutches!” my mom cried.
I quickly waved good-bye and jumped out of the car. Running over to the group, I said all of my greetings and had to inquire what was wrong with my teacher. I got a jumble of answers, none of which I understood, but I could now see that Miss Sara was also wearing a boot.
Once we arrived back in Studio C, Miss Sara began her story. It turns out that while she was dog-sitting (something she does often), the dog ran head-first into her knee (POP). Her knee is bruised and her foot swollen; she sprained something important (I am not the one to ask what it is). Whatever is hurt, Miss Sara wishes that it was broken and not sprained (less recovery time) and feels like she should have a much better story to tell. She deserves chocolate. A lot of it.
Modern was great; we did the human ramp PERFECTLY… twice! Miss Tina’s girls came in to watch us at the end of class. The dance was beautiful up until the end when I found myself slipping off of Valerie. I jumped off of the ramp and continued. Miss Sara told me that it was the best thing that I could have done and congratulated me on doing it well. We tried a second time but ran into the same issue. After Miss Tina’s class left, we went on an “investigation.” It turns out that the “ramp” wasn’t quite flat enough– all fixed!
After modern, I attended the Training 2 Thursday class to practice that dance. So far this week, I have spent two hours in my pointe shoes– yay!
And Moriah watched "Breathe" and told y'all it was amazing which made your spirits fly to the sky!!!! Lolq!
Poor Miss Sara!