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| First stages of studio creation: Hudson helps paint the walls. |
The garage is almost done - I've been slowly transforming it from the drop-off station for all our extras after we moved in, to a usable dance space for practice that will not feel dark and dingy. I have the floor pretty well set up: Foam tiles and MDF board on top of that. There are insulation foam boards decorated with fabric adorning the walls and the garage door (without fabric), and there is a free mirror I got from someone off craigslist leaning against the wall. Whenever anyone remodels their bathroom, they give away the old mirror! Seems like one shows up on the free list every 48 hours on craigslist. Inspired, I decided we'd take down our own bathroom mirror and use that to have a bigger reflective area, and buy a smaller framed mirror for the bathroom. Okay, all details aside, it's turning out to be a pretty functional space, and I'm "done" enough with the setup to start using it for practice.
It might change my life. I've been trying to slow down and not rush anything, but I feel a steady push leading me back in the direction of flamenco after dancing very little for about a year. I thought perhaps I'd get back into classical music. I thought I could push myself back into poetry. And this is scary to say, because I hate sounding definitive about anything, but what I am naturally drawn to explore and learn more about and what gets my heart pumping just thinking about it, is flamenco. It's scary because I don't know if I'll do it as "well" as I want, I fear that I will come up against the same barriers of time and childcare that felt so insurmountable before, and I'll feel insufficient. But my slower mentality is telling me it will be ok, don't get ahead of myself. The important thing is to dance when I can find time, find videos online because it's fun, and keep myself healthy and ready to go for the times when I can really dive in, like Spring Break. Things will happen.
And this morning we had an IEP meeting for H at preschool, which lasted almost 2 hours. We learned that he is apparently quite the little dancer and athlete at school, though we don't see much of it at home. We learned so much more. The actual IEP document is 15 pages long and details his present levels of skill in social, communicative, pre-academic, and other areas. And it lays out specific goals to reach in each area for the next school year. It was such a joy to hear so much about what he's doing at school, and to hear about what they think he can do. To start actively playing with peers, to initiate conversation, to independently follow multi-step instructions, it made me feel giggly just imagining him doing all this. So, needless to say my energy is super high today, I'm pumped on all the possibilities, and I haven't really sat down to do any concrete planning for classes the rest of this week. Now that I've gotten some of it out, perhaps I can decide what exactly we'll practice in Spanish class. Wish me luck.
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