The showcase was here yesterday. Elim also came home from Taiwan yesterday. So the day started really early at 5am. Thank God for Leo. He got up and walked Benny while I got myself out of bed slowly. I made coffee with the vacuum pot and just poured it into our mugs before they came home. I was probably only half awake, so as I reached over for something, I knocked the vac pot down and the top part shattered into pieces right in front of my eyes. There was a split second time that I saw it in slow motion and know that it’s going to break but I had no time to stop what’s going to happen. At the same time, I knocked my mug down so I lost half of the coffee at the same time. Well, that was the beginning of the morning. I prayed that it won’t be the sign for the day and it actually wasn’t.
We made it to the airport fine, we got Elim and Brandon fine, we went to breakfast and came home with some time to rest a bit before we got ready for the studio.There were lots of people there already when we got there. I managed to change in the teacher’s room and also locked the door on our way out. So no one was able to get in for a while till Tim announced not to lock the door if we use that room. Ha, I didn’t even realize that he was talking about me till he came over to tell me that I did it.Things went pretty smoothly actually and quite on time.
Before I knew it, it was my solo time. I was a bit nervous but it turned out pretty well. Lots of people came and gave me compliments. I appreciated one of them the most. I don’t know his name but I have seen him around with his wife/partner. Very good dancers. He said you did very well, there are certain things in dancing that you cannot teach, you either have it or not. And you have it. That was very kind of him and very encouraging to me. I always have this anxiety over performing. But I know I like to dance and I like to perform, it’s the nerve that I need to overcome to a point so it won’t impede on my ability to make the muscle obey my command. But hearing something like that was very encouraging and gave me a lot of confidence.
Another lady came over and told me that someone standing by the entry way was watching my solo and said it was the best one so far. That was also very nice to hear. So all in all, it was a good day. Dinner was good and we came home at 9pm. Leo had to walk Benny again. Without him, I don’t know how I can make it really. As Elim always said, I’m royally spoilt. Well, I do think I am very blessed.