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Springing into spring
May. 20th, 2025 08:24 pmWe have been having a very cold and rainy spring, so maybe it's for the better that I didn't have the chance to plant eggplants this year because of the timing of our move. A local organization had a sale of native plants recently - including some flowers I would love to have at our new place - but we're probably not moving for a month or so yet, so it's a bit early to be getting anything to put in the garden! Will definitely be keeping an eye out for next year.
My local skating club had our spring show. A decent number of people from my group lessons participated, including my coach!, and my nerves were more under control this time. Still there - I had to remind myself to really dig that toe pick in because I was struggling with my waltz jump in the warmup - but not too bad. I did have to improv a little at the end yet again because I finished early! My coach thinks said it's mostly because I was doing things more smoothly than even my last practice run-through, though, so I didn't have some of those little hesitations that add up. We're having a show for the people in the group lessons at the end of August, so I'll probably keep the program for one more go and then think about doing something new for the next winter show.
Z was out of town that day, and we also had a group lesson in the morning, so I just stayed at the rink between and had a snack. My desktop keyboard is bluetooth and relatively light despite being full-sized, and while I felt a little weird about pulling it out of my backpack, I got a decent amount written on my phone with it during the wait :)
My local skating club had our spring show. A decent number of people from my group lessons participated, including my coach!, and my nerves were more under control this time. Still there - I had to remind myself to really dig that toe pick in because I was struggling with my waltz jump in the warmup - but not too bad. I did have to improv a little at the end yet again because I finished early! My coach thinks said it's mostly because I was doing things more smoothly than even my last practice run-through, though, so I didn't have some of those little hesitations that add up. We're having a show for the people in the group lessons at the end of August, so I'll probably keep the program for one more go and then think about doing something new for the next winter show.
Z was out of town that day, and we also had a group lesson in the morning, so I just stayed at the rink between and had a snack. My desktop keyboard is bluetooth and relatively light despite being full-sized, and while I felt a little weird about pulling it out of my backpack, I got a decent amount written on my phone with it during the wait :)
