This vlog is for Ellen...

*I've set this to post just after midnight



re:  Moving Mountains

quick poem before bed (only for the month of April)

Awkward motions
my hips jingle
mocking my missteps
as I curse
repeatedly
losing the beat
defeated
by Lazy Accents
and Egyptian Walks

© C. D. Hackett 2011

Had belly-dancing tonight

Didn't put my pedometer on until almost supper-time today so I had over 5000 steps since 5 p.m. today.

Rough time with Son after school today -- had to escape the house with S-girl for a bit.

So we are working on a beginner's routine for belly dance.

I have a handout of it so I am going to write it in here because I am highly likely to misplace the handout...

Layli Ya Ain

Intro

Grapevine right, sigh (left foot first) - 8 count
Grapevine left, place - 8 count

Verse 1

Scoop figure 8 (Right back first, total 4) - 8 count
Push figure 8 (Left front first, total 4) - 8 count
Sharqui boxstep 360 (Right foot first) - 16 count
3 point turn (Right foot and arm leading), Shoulder roll - 8 count

Verse 2

Lazy Accent Right (Right foot first) - 8 count
Lazy Accent Left (Left foot first) - 8 count
 
Scoop figure 8 (Right back first, total 4) - 8 count
Push figure 8 (Left front first, total 4) - 8 count
Sharqui boxstep 360 (Right foot first) - 16 count
3 point turn (Right foot and arm leading), Shoulder roll - 8 count

Verse 3

Egyptian walk fwd (Right foot first) - 8 count
Egyptian walk bkwd (Right foot back first) - 8 count

Scoop figure 8 (Right back first, total 4) - 8 count
Push figure 8 (Left front first, total 4) - 8 count
Sharqui boxstep 360 (Right foot first) - 16 count
3 point turn (Right foot and arm leading), Shoulder roll - 8 count

Ending

Shimmy, both arms up & down body - 8 count
Pose (Right hip accent audience)

We've currently learned up to the end of Verse 2 (though we just learned the Lazy Accent tonight).

I have the hardest time at belly dancing because I really don't like to look at myself in the mirror...

at home

At the studio (after class) so my coin belt is off

I was going to write more but I think I want to go up to bed and start reading a book S-girl loaned me.

g'night!

Sorry I didn't post yesterday

Let me jump back to Monday...

1G1D1Y & I went to our belly-dancing class.  I seem to do OK until the instructor starts counting and then I get confused.

I promised Ellen a vlog on it in a month or two - so we'll see how that pans out...

Yesterday we did more laundry, went to play some RockBand3 with S-girl & Jeebus, took Son to Chapters after school so he could spend his Xmas gift cards, oh and I fell yesterday.

Not a slip and catch or the type of fall I could try to pass off as something else...

A full-on, slip, slide, land right on my ASS in the snow.

I laughed, jumped up and got in the car without looking to see how many people might have seen me.

SO EMBARRASSING!!!!!!!!!!

I am still feeling very wiped out re: the mastitis... but improving. 

I've also found that the antibiotics are rough on my stomach as I've had issues with throwing up when I've taken my Vitamin D pills or my Iron capsule in the past few days so I've skipped them - which has left me feeling more rundown.

My mood is better today - plus, I am going for a haircut today!

S-girl had an appointment set for today but she's not feeling well so I am stepping in.

Plus, I need nice hair.  Everything I get at First Choice (inexpensive hair place) leaves me looking smoother but still it's "Mom hair."

I'm thinking that I should girlify myself before I go in today so maybe I'll get something cuter/sexier.

(I'll insert a pic of my current crazy bad hair at the end of the post).

Oh and I thought of another NSV (which I think someone else also mentioned recently but I can't remember which awesome blogger it was) -- I can fit a towel all around myself!!!

I don't know when it happened, I just realized it the other day.

But it's awesome!

Also awesome - Baby Girl's crazy morning hair...

belly dancing

Tried to shoot a post-class vlog in the car with 1G1D1Y but it's really dark - so you can hear us, but you can't really see us.

Took forever to get this to load to youtube so I am going to post it and go to bed...