Monday 4:10 - 5:10 Skate E Spot

I did my warm-up of 10 lines of:
ollies
180's
fakie ollies
shuv-its
manuals

I tried to do line 1 five times without making a mistake but I didn't make.

I did some kick-flips.

Everything was really sketchy and slow. I need double session days where this is my morning session and the afternoon I focus on my lines and kick flips - looks like that might be Thursday.

Sunday 9:43 - 10:45 Skate E Spot

I was hoping we would get a second skate today - but we didn't. There was a game on and we couldn't walk to our far spot because the boy would fall asleep in the stroller.

Anywho... I did 10 lengths of:
ollies
180's and kick turn
fakie ollies - pushing fakie
shuv-its
manuals

then I messed around with kick flips a bit.

I don't feel like I did well at all today - I was hoping for that second session to do my line one and two... looks like more rainy uncertainty tomorrow - so fingers crossed for a session or two!!

Sunday 12 - 1 Hip Hop - JP

I'm going to try and take this class every Sunday until we leave.

It was a housey combo today. He says he does this about once a year and the rest of the time r'nb sexy. It was sweaty and fun.

It was a small class in the ballroom studio (5).

There was a really little kid in the class who killed it.

Saturday 1 - 2:30 Ballet - Delina?

I think the teacher's name is Delina. She was teaching last week at summer school. She was a petite Asian woman. The class was smaller today - I am guessing a lot of people took summer school and took the weekend off. I found out the other girl who stands in front of me at the barre is also named Paula. I am not sure how I feel about that - she often invades my space bubble and seems totally unaware that she is doing so - or doesn't care.

Delina's class was well timed. The barre was over quick and we had a lot of time to do centre work. There were a couple of grueling exercises - adage at the barre and and adage in the centre - but with some lovely port de bras that made it bearable.

I always feel happy when I leave ballet.

It is a weird cloudy, rainy day today - so missed our skates - hoping for some good skates soon!!

Friday 1 - 2:30 Bikram Cambie - Guest teacher - no name?

Guest teacher was written on the schedule. I didn't hear this teacher's name if she said it at the start. She was speaking very quickly and she didn't wear the mic. Her class had a good flow but she was really, really stingy with the fans. I left red and with a headache. I imagined myself running up and turning the fans on myself. I dramatically did everything but... looked at them and looked at her, mouthed turn on the fans, pointed at them... you get my drift. I was dying. I should have just left. One day I will learn.

Other than the heat during the second half of the class - I had my third great class in a row.

I thought of my student Laura who I saw in the park today with her son. She was my student seven years ago. She is 25 now!! Time flies. I remember she used to do highland dancing and dye her hair really black so her icy blue eyes would seem to pop out of her head. I hope I see her again in the park. Her son's name is Darius - I have to remember that.

Thursday 1 - 2:30 Bikram Cambie - Chelsea?

I think the teacher's name is Chelsea - I know I have had her before -

I had another great class. I did everything. I pushed out bad thoughts when they came in my head and thought of happy thoughts. I tried not to minimize the in between movements. I am just happy I am doing everything again. The class goes so much smoother when I don't take breaks for this and that injury. No injuries is always better. Let's stay this way for a while please. I appreciate this time.

Thursday 8:38 - 9:16 & 3:55 - 4:35 Skate E Spot

We are back!! Our spot is back. It is really dusty and they left a lot of screws and wood chips around - but it is still nice to have our spot back. I appreciate the closeness of it.

Sunny morning sesh - I wasn't in the best of moods so I didn't have the best first skate. I warmed up with Come get Me - I know I am not allowed to play but it worked and got the boy skating on his own for a bit. I did some ollies and then 180's - I realised my 180's had gone to crap. Sad.

Shady afternoon sesh - mucho better mood and mucho better skate. I started with 180's and got them going around again. I just told myself to forget about going over the crack and did them in the middle of the cement. I will get them back over the line later. I also counted 1,2 3 - go.. so I actually just went - boom.

I did line one five times in a row. Slow and sketchy - but I did it.

I worked on my kick flips - but ran out of oomf.

Great day!! Skate, beach, yoga, skate, park!