Welcome to Gaia! :: View User's Journal | Gaia Journals

Well this is my first post on Gaia Journal. I sure hope it's interesting enough for y'all to keep on reading! I suppose a basic overview is in order. I'm Elizabeth, a 15 year old dancer/author/future vet stuck in the boring state of Virginia. So, naturally, I have to go out of my way to entertain myself. Between the annoyances of everyday petty high school drama that I really couldn't care less about, to stressing out about dance (although I love it, don't get me wrong), things seem to get a little hectic. For example, let's talk about what happened on this fine day...

Well I woke up at around 7:30 with the usual wake-up call: "ELIZABETH COME EAT BREAKFAST!!!!!!!" followed by my rebuttal: "Jeez, I'm up! Chill out!" Ten minutes later..."ELIZABETH!" ... "Seriously, I'm up!" And so the day started. I was cruelly reminded that I had dance tryouts this morning. By the way, I don't understand why I have to tryout every year! If I established that I'm good enough to be on the team 3 years ago, why must I continue to prove that every year?! Anyway, moving on...

I was relatively calm when I arrived at the dance studio, ready to get those damn tryouts over with. Then, of course, my feet started up with their usual agonizing stab of pain. Oh, by the way, I have some freakish issue with my feet (plantar...something?). Basically, the tendons that run along the center of my arches are mega swollen ALL THE TIME. So dance....hurts. I had rather been hoping that today would be a good day for my feet. I was wrong. Thankfully, I only tried out for ballet this year. About halfway through the tryouts (they were an hour long) both feet simultaneously starting screaming at me.

Regardless, I sucked it up and made it through the tryouts, only crying after I was safely at home in my room. The rest of the day was peaceful. I stayed home and watched a few Disney movies (yes, I love Disney!), Tarzan and The Little Mermaid. When I'm stressed, the only remedy is to watch a Disney classic. Don't ask me why. It sooths the soul I suppose. And now, here I am, wrapping up my journal. I hope y'all liked the first installment! There will be more to come! smile