A new Passion

This semester, I am taking a beginning ballet class. I never thought that I would enjoy it as much as I do. It really is becoming a new passion in my life. I have been a "dancer" before, in that I was on my middle school dance team, and took dance instead of P.E. in high school. I really enjoyed it then but definitely not as much as I appreciate it now. Ballet is such a beautiful form of movement that allows you to as cliche is this is going to sound, but be "in touch with your body." I love the flexibility and grace that I am gaining because of this class. Who wouldn't want to look so poised as the women in the picture?


Yesterday, after my ballet class, I approached my teacher about taking more classes. She invited me to take the intermediate class that the school offers, and I also taking her adult class at her studio on Friday evenings. I am super excited about taking more classes and learn more! I hope that I will be able to keep in everything that they are doing.

As far as everything is going, life is good. I've got a concerts this weekend and I am really excited about the music that we are playing. It is going to be a concert that is combined choir and orchestra and I pray that it will be beautiful. We are playing about half of the Mozart Requiem. This piece was Mozart's last piece that he wrote before he died. He was literally writing it on his death bed. We are also playing some Patriotic pieces, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and some pieces from The Prelude to Glory oratorio. We are also playing a piece that the text was written by President James E. Faust. We are playing this concert in memory of one of the beloved professors that passed away in October. He was an amazing man and these pieces exemplify the life that he lived and the things that he loved. He wrote the series of books called, The Prelude to Glory, that tells about the lives of those who lived during the Revolutionary War. Someone read this series and felt inspired to write an oratorio for choir and orchestra based upon the books. It is a really amazing piece and I wished that it was more well known.

Morgan has been applying to jobs. The latest jobs have been at colleges in both Tampa Bay and Orlando, Florida. He also has been fine tuning his thesis paper and will be turning it in Sunday! I can't wait until he has his degree in hand and can finally get a real job. The poor kid is working at crappy jobs and he has a BACHELOR'S degree. It is amazing to me that he can't get a better job, but with the field that he wants to be in, he needed to have a Master's degree. He has also been amazing with Lorraine. Since I am in class most of the day on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, he has been at home taking care of Lorraine. He is becoming the regular Mr. Mom! He takes such good care of her and loves playing with her.

Lorraine has had a tough time this week. She has been cutting teeth this week and has had a small cold. She is congested and has a bit of a cough. She also was running a super high fever on Saturday night that I could not get down. I finally just decided to take her to the ER because I felt it was better to be safe then sorry. They thought that she might have a urinary tract infection so they had to take a urine sample by a catheter. It was not fun seeing my daughter scream in pain. The also took some blood samples to make sure nothing was wrong there. It took them two sticks to get a good blood sample, the first sample immediately clotted and was unusable so they had to stick her again. It was terrible! Thankfully, it turned out that she was ok. They gave her a Tylenol suppository that took her fever down all the way to a regular temperature and since then she has been fine. She is just the happiest little girl. She is walking without any trouble now and I'm sure it is not long before she is running.

I hope this week finds you well!