WIA-Salute to Spirit

On Saturday January 23rd, 2010 we had our WIA-Salute to Spirit dance competition at the Comcast Arena in Everett. We arrived at Tahoma Senior High School around 4:45am to have our team meeting, load props, and eat breakfast. We loaded the bus an arrived at our destination at 7:09 making us the first team their. We set all our our bags in the stands, right behind the announcers station, and headed to unload props.
In my opinion none of our routines did very well this weekend, but we did bring home a first place trophy in the Show Catergory, since all of the other show routines dropped after the trophies had been ordered. We got back to Tahoma Senior High School around 3:30pm and unloaded props. Once again the coach's were just glad to bring home a trophy even though none of us dancers think that we actually deserved it.

Uncle Jim

On Sunday January 17th, 2010 Uncle Jim finally passed away. For those of you who didn't know, he got into a bicycle accedent on thanksgiving day. He was riding his bike and had a stroke or his diabetes acted up or something (we don't know what actually happened, but those are our best guesses) and he fell off his bike. He was unfortunately not wearing his bicycle helmet and had severe brain injuries. He was immediately air-lifted to the ICU at Harbor View and spent the rest of his life there. His part of the brain that controls basic functions, such as breathing, was shifted way out of place and even if he had survived he would have been paralized and would have had very little brain activity. He likely would have never learned to walk, talk, or even comprehend his surroundings again, so in a way I guess it was almost better for him to die. The one thing that I really regret about his death though is the fact that he did not have a relationship with God.
Jim did alot of terrible things in his life time putting his family in a lot of pain, but even he should not deserve a life in eternal hell. But I guess that's how life works. We live and we die. It's a fact we have to face because it's true for all of us. Which is why we need to learn how to live in the moment, forgive, and forget. And when worse comes to worse we need to learn to move on and trust that there is something so much greater after this life on Earth.

Edmonds-Woodway Dance Competition

On Saturday January 16th, 2010 we had our Edmonds-Woodway Dance Competition. We arrived at Tahoma Senior High School early in the morning to load props and loaded up the bus. When we arrived we were greeted at the team entrance and given a brief tour of the school before unloading our props and changing in the boys locker room. Our floor time went well, and we had lunch before the competition got started. Hip-hop danced their way into first place and the coach's were proud to bring home our first trophy of the season!

Bodies Exhibit

Today I went on a field trip with Outdoor Academy, we went to the bodies exhibit in Seattle. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, of course I knew that we would be observing dead people's bodies, but that's about it. They had alot of really cool stuf their. I mean come on, how many people get to look at a real human fetus?!!?
I think what really stood out for me the most was the human brain that belonged to someone who had a stroke. Almost half of their brain cells were dead. I also didn't realize how small a human bladder is or a baby's skull. If you've never been their before I strongly recommend going their next time you visit Seattle.

My Birthday

On my birthday (January 13th)I didn't do a whole lot. I went to school and then skiped youth group to go out for dinner at The Chessecake Factory, although i'm no quite sure why since my sister is the one who loves chessecake, pesonally it makes me gag.
I got alot of birthday cards i the mail today, but with my dace schedule and whatnot I don't think I'll have a birthday party.

Kentlake Dance Competition

On Saturday, January 9th, 2010 I had my first dane competition of this season. We arrived at Tahoma Senior High School around 7:30am to load our props into peoples truck beds an cars. I eded up riding to Kentlake with one of the other girls on the team and we got lost on the way their so we arrived late. Since wehave around 130 girls on dance team between the middle school/Jr. High team and the high school team we got a gym all o ourselves, or at least until basketball players decided todrop in for practice, that was interesting. Anyway the performances went very well. All three(dance hip-hop, and show) Tahoma Legacy Dance Teams got scores high enough to qualify for state and show won first place! We got back to our school arond 6pm to unload props. Afterwards y mom and I went to QFC to pick up some pizza for dinner and I forgot about my hair and make-up and couldn't figure out why everyone was staring at me funny until I saw my reflection in the refrigerator doors of the frozen section. What a day!

A Great Start To A New Year

I spent this New Years Eve with my dad. We drove my sister up to Sound View Presbyterian Camp for their annual staff new years party. I spend an hour or so playing mad gab and visiting with people before my dad and I headed home. I wanted to stop at the Womens Correctional Facility, just because it would be funny to tell people that thats where you started off the new year, but dad was more focused on finding somewhere to eat because he hadn't had dinner yet. Of course, nothings open at midnight on new years eve.
On January 1st, my dad was trying to fix my sister's computer and he accedently super glued his fingers together. We only had anti-acidtone nail polish remover at home and rubbing alcohol wasn't seeming to do much, so my sister, my mom, and I drove up to Bartell Drugs, which was of course closed. Lucky for dad, the QFC was open and happened to have some nail polish remover in stalk. It took him at least an hour to get his fingers unstuck, but man the people who checked us out at QFC got a good laugh out of it!