Big news of the day: Aunt Janet is back! It was lovely to see her and catch up on our weekends over some really delicious Lebanese food. Mhm. So good. I'm going to miss the food here. Not time for that yet, I still have 2 more weeks before I have to deal with that business. So today:
Ballet was nice here are the highlights:
1. Being yelled at by a Russian--"That was very lovely, Kathryn, but bad, bad, bad fifths!"
2. That triple pirouette on pointe. Yeah that was awesome.
3. Learning finger turns with a partner. Basically, I stand on one foot, hold one of his hands to the side of me, then make a hole with my other hand and put it over my head and he puts his finger through my hand. I push off the hand to the side and whip my leg all fancily and we turn a lot of times and it's really great.
Today I have a couple of aches and pains. Not at all classifiable as injuries, but just little ways my body is taking its revenge on me. My left shin is acting up a little. Not shin splints, it's farther side than that and not nearly as painful. I just gave it some special attention today and it should be fine. One of my toes (just one) is being weird. I have an achey shoulder from hanging on for dear life on the metro last night. And then I clobbered my right knee on the corner of some furniture this morning, so that's a bit sore. I'll be taking some ibuprofen and will try to get some good sleep tonight (cough is getting better).
Overall, an enjoyable and encouraging day. The teachers here either really like me or are just super nice to new people. Maybe some of both.
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