Awesome Things #3-6

How many days since I’ve posted my first two awesome things? I’m not sure, but here it is, 11:30pm, and I’m ready to list more awesome things.

3. Going to bed before morning: The time is 11:30pm, and I plan to be in bed within the hour!

4. Leftovers: I ate (that should be read as “inhaled”) some wonderful–no, awesome–leftovers from yesterday’s trip to Tokyo Japanese Steak House. This means: no cooking, minimal cleaning, yummy food. All these things are especially good when one does not leave the dance studio until 9:52pm.

5. A full barre: I have twice the number of Primary 4 dancers this year. I think I may even need to get my first demonstrator for this class. All these chatty little girls are wonderful–I mean awesome, talented, and take up the full length of the ballet barre!

6. Vladimir: Last year, my white-knuckled Intermediate 3 dancers grasped onto the barre too tightly one day, provoking me into lecture them about pas de deux courtesies and how to treat the ballet barre as a partner.  Since then, we have taken to calling the barre in my studio “Vladimir.”  I think it is quite the fitting name for him.  I enjoy personifying a wooden pole.

In other news, I must confess that I have not yet checked to see what other awesome things are being listed on the 1,000 Awesome Things blog. Perhaps my emo tendencies are once again over-powering me. Perhaps I would be more likely to read the aforementioned blog if it were listed on my blog roll. Perhaps the fact that I started a new dance company, planned my parents’ anniversary dinner, and start teaching at a new school this week have prevented me from indulging in that twice-aforementioned blog.

I also just read fmylife… though I don’t “f” my life 🙂

1,000 Awesome Things

When I’m really upset over something–really upset, not just pouting– I can’t sleep.  Ever since my friend (who is 40 years my senior) was diagnosed with ovarian cancer two weeks ago, I’ve had a lot of problems falling asleep.  This has led to my getting my days and nights confused, and I’m basically an insomniac now.

Last Christmas, my husband’s best friend stayed with us and got me hooked on http://www.fmylife.com: it caters to my morbid curiosity, I guess.  But… it’s not at all fulfilling, and it definitely doesn’t help me to think about “whatever things are lovely…true…pure” (Phil 4:8).

Tonight [really it’s morning], I’ve found a host of more positive blogs.  “1,000 Awesome Things” is one of those blogs (www.1000awesomethings.com).  If you visit the blog, check out my favorites (they’re only in the top 400s now):  #473, #467, #462, #455, #456 and #451.
So… I have become inspired.  Inspired to start rebelling against my husband’s calling me “emo” and against my hatred of all things rosy and glass-half-full.

Could I think of 1,000 awesome things?  I don’t know.  I don’t think so…. but I can try.  I could even have repeats and no one would know but me 🙂

Will I post one awesome thing a day? No.  That’d take, like, three years (remember, I’m an English teacher.  I can’t do math!).  Starting now, at 4:05am, I will try to post a few things which I feel are awesome (in no particular order).

[It is now 4:20, and I have erased my list. It was too…. obvious? big? It wasn’t good]

1. There is one full glass of Dr. Pepper in the fridge.
2. Not only was that item true, it was more than “glass-half-full.”

Awesome.