Lots of Life

Thank y'all for my comments (wow, I don't think I've ever heard or said that before).

Well, the haircut drama is mostly over. I've decided I'll just get some of the length off but have the same style, cuz I like it. I also realized the main reason my hair lacks style is that I have no time to style it! So I'm sticking with "just brush it and go." It's worked so far!

But now, another drama has arisen from the depths. The Piano Drama. It'll probably be even more transient than the haircut drama, and I think I already know the outcome, but it is dramatic nonetheless. Yesterday I got all blah about piano. I didn't want to practice, so I started questioning why on earth I was taking piano in the first place and why I should devote an hour a day to something that I don't absolutely love and don't miss when I don't have it. Yes, it can be very profitable as far as money goes, and sometimes it's very enjoyable, then there's all the other times when it's just not. I also felt/feel frustrated, because it seems like no matter how hard I practice, I can never consistently play something the way I want to. I always make mistakes--which, yeah, I'll always make mistakes, but there have to be some songs you can play more or less perfectly, or what's the point?! I also really like playing for church.

Ok, involved in the piano drama is the dance drama too. I'm not a good dancer, I'm probably a third rate dance who, at my best, will be a second rate dancer--mostly due to my tight hamstrings. But whatever. This has brought up the question in my mind, what is the purpose of pursuing something that you will never excel at? Wouldn't it be more sensible to pursue something that you could be really really good at? And, no, I'm probably not going to quit piano or dance (although, if I do badly at the ribbon festival and Amy puts me in the back again...just kidding, but I really would like to be in the front row, not on the end, and do better than mediocre....ly at the ribbon festival).

So, what do you think? What's the point of pursuing something that you can't excel at, that repeatedly frustrates you, and that you only enjoy a small percent of the time? (First thing applies to both, second applies to dance more than piano, third applies to piano more than dance. Which implies that I enjoy being frustrated. Actually, I enjoy all the times that I'm not being frustrated at dance, so...)

Wow, this is already quite a long post. Let's see...the Celtic ball was really fun, I'll try and post pictures if I ever get a chance. Probably won't. But who knows. Tomorrow I'm just babysitting for a little while in the morning.

Have yall been reading your forty days stuff? It's really short, isn't it? Which is great, cuz it doesn't take too long to read that way. Um. Try and get everyone else to sign up for the retreat! If angie reads this: do you know who all can go so far? I wonder if we could break into the parking meter money, if need be. Like, for people who would have two kids going, for instance. Oh, and we've been talking this week abuot how many people we had going to youth group at the kickoff! We think it would be absolutely hilarious and ironic to boot if we outgrew the youth room before we get a chance to paint it! But seriously, we could grow a lot during 40 days, which would be great. Um. Let's see.

I'm babysitting this afternoon/evening, for the H's, who are really fun for some odd reason. I don't know why. They're really LOUD too, they all talk at once. The youngest has a lisp, so that when you say, "what?" as in "I didn't understand that part," he just talks LOUDER. But we have fun, they always think of fun things to do--like, things that are fun for ME to do too! but I g2g now.

ps--omw this is so long! it didn't take all that long!