kangaroo draft 2

Everyone, I would like to introduce Norbert. Norbert is a squirrel who desperatly wants to be a kangaroo... unless you actually think he looks like a Kangaroo. Then that's a different story.

Ballroom

I had my trial private ballroom lesson today with William (yes he's cute, and strong, and funny, and can dance). I think basically he just dragged me around the floor for an hour, with the occasional "graceful" step on my part, but I had a blast! So obviously I signed up on the spot for the next three weeks. I also get to go to a group class/party every Friday night from 8:00-10:00, so maybe I'll meet some fun people. Then, I went right out and purchased the proper foot attire, as pictured here. You can't see very well (well maybe YOU can, but I can't) but they're sort of a deep brown/golden material with black lace over it, then the heel and straps are black. They're suede on the bottom to minimize me sliding across the floor unintentionally, and the strap goes under the arch of the foot, which is pretty cool. Also, they last a hell of a lot longer than pointe shoes. Oh, and my lack of turnout is a GOOD thing in ballroom. Who knew.

Kangaroo draft 1

I went out this morning, purchased 25 pounds of clay, and decided I'm going to start on a kangaroo chess set for Marta and Guy. Here's my first try.

My first cockroach

So I saw movement in the corner of my eye... which is very bad when alone... and it was the biggest bug I have ever seen, minus a few in New York... so I took a picture, then I went to find a very hard shoe... and now I can't find the bug... which is worse because now every noise I hear is obviously going to be the bug...

Here's what I did with the flowers...

Dinner gone wrong

I thought it might work to make gnocchi out of sweet potatoes... it did not. Here's a picture of it.

Art Project!

The dining room is plain white and boring... so this calls for an art project! Marta took me to this very cool, very big, craft store that happened to have silk flowers for 90% off... so I bought like $80 of flowers for under $9.00. Now I just need to figure out what to do with them.

more apartment pictures

OK...I made it down to Houston with the help of my parents and brother. The drive was endless, and we created lots of random games to pass the time. For example, guess what number I'm thinking of... (you say 7) I say no, higher... (you say 600) I say nope lower... etc... We also did the same with colors and words. 20 questions came in handy as well. The highlights were cell tower, the moon, and poop.

My job is starting on Monday and so far I have four students lined up for trial lessons. Hopefully that will increase quickly. The studio is very nice though and has been around for over 35 years. Also, the owner studied voice under Renata Tebaldi, who is my all time favorite singer... so that's just cool.

Lindsay is in Ocean City meeting her (hopefully) soon to be in-laws. Marta and Guy are on their way back to Houston on Tuesday, so I'll go visit them for the rest of the week.

Navigating is made possible by the wonderful GPS system my parents got me for graduation... thanks again! No matter where I go, I can just hone in on home again.

OK... more later... I'm off to sketch my art project for the dining room wall.

My first week in Houston

Here are pictures of my apartment in Houston.