Dancesport fun!!

Monday John and I practiced/perfected our waltz for a while at the dance lab, and we both felt good about it. We settled on 4 of our best steps: wing with curved three step, develope, pivots and a syncopated turn that I forgot the name of. For FHE we went to Brother Blackwelder's house (he's the second councilor in the bishopric) where we had an excellent lesson on spiritual mobility, and faith vs. blind obedience. Sister Blackwelder had some hot ginger cake with baked apples for refreshments... the cider set it all off to a perfection.

Tuesday we had a cleaning check, and Candace, the RA who checked us, said we had the most beautiful apartment she had checked so far. It did look wonderful.

Wednesday we had our mock competition for dancesport, and I felt a little conspicuous in my bright blue dress. Betsy (our teacher) filmed the class dancing, which was really helpful to see what we could improve on.

Thursday I went wedding dress shopping for the first time in my life with one of my room mates Allyson who is getting married in April. We found a gorgeous gown for her, and it made me want one myself (don't worry anybody, I won't rush anything). I also set in my DAAD scholarship application. It felt so good to have it done and in the mail.

Friday I got dressed and applied makeup in the WSC after class, and found my partner. I didn't expect to make it very far in the competition since many of the competitors were quite experienced, had taken 380 a couple of times and were on the dance team, but we did amazingly well... we danced the quarter final round (the farthest I've ever gotten!!), which means we're one of the top 20 gold waltz couples at BYU!

Saturday I got up early to do some last minute studying for my Honors Civilization test. I took it and I think it went pretty well... it only took me 2 hours this time instead of 2hrs45min. Afterward I drove Angela to the grocery store so she could buy food for her day to cook (I don't completely understand the cooking schedule now... there have been a few changes and they don't make sense). I didn't really have time for it... I have SOOOOOOO much to do in the next little while (papers, tests etc)

Today after church and dinner some of the people from the German house got together to sing... we had a violin, a cello and a piano as accompaniment, and we sang for two and a half hours straight. Singing is wonderful!!

Anyway, better go now, hope you're doing well!!

Love,

Margaret