Seasons change but some things stay the same

I have 1,5 weeks of Summer vacation left before flute stuff continues, but today's the day that I'm going back to the barré! Yay :)

Last season (school year 2013-2014) was quite tough, lots of work and travelling. It all made me very tired often, but I managed to take Most of my ballet lessons. There was one on Monday & Friday evening, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. Weekends were a bit difficult with all the flute gigs I got, especially during Spring. Well, I Love playing so it wasn't that bad in the end, but still it's annoying when one has to give up one of the two passions. Even for a while... ;)

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Winter was lovely, snow and Christmas and all. We had an "all white" number at the Christmas recital with the Monday-Friday class. Something I feared beforehand but something that turned out nice! :) Even bigger worry was the fact that none of the tutus at our school's costume wardrobe fit me... That's what you get for being tall and chubby. Luckily for me, they were going to order 3 new ones Anyway, so one of the new tutus was a bit bigger - my problem solved.

For the Holiday recital I had to get a white leotard. Seemed like a problem again, but eventually the answer was Porselli's webstore and WearMoi's Tamara -leo. It's a comfy model for someone a bit bustier, like me.  You'll find a picture here -> https://dancewear.co.uk/products/details&prodid=3057

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Spring recital was the 30th Anniversary of our school. It didn't have a clear theme at first, but then it became "The Wonderland of Dance". So, there were all sorts of numbers... Ours was about the seasons of a year. We had 4 small groups, 3 trios and one duo, which was our Autumn duet (with E). It was my first time on stage en pointe since I quite dancing as a teenager, but I felt much stronger than ever. Well, before the actual show at least. It didn't go as smoothly as the rehearsals (for me), but it's really no use mourning about it anymore. But in my defence, I had some issues with my shoes in general rehearsal & performance... :P

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Summer started with an intensive dance week, first ever in my hometown! I took pilates in the morning, samba & chacha in the late afternoon and ballet in the evening. It was Mon-Fri, lovely weather and happy people - not to mention the great teachers also. After that week our "summer regulars" continued = ballet on Mon & Wed evenings. But I got a problem with my right leg & there were some flute gigs (again), so I couldn't take all them classes.

Aaaaaanyway... July's been Super Hot in Finland. I mean really. I've found a Summer person inside meself, although my appartment is almost too hot to stay in during daytime. This week is supposed to be still with some 25 up to even 30 (celsius) degrees, but I'm still going to enjoy it. Autumn is soon here with the darkening days and rain etc.

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So, in 3 hours I'll be at the studio, with my dance gear on and (large) waterbottle by my side. It's going to be hot, sweaty and, most of all, fun.

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p.s. I got a new (used) phone from my brother and joined instagram & twitter. You'll find me in both by the name iepukka.

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Esittely - Presentation

Kirjottelinpas pienen esittelyn itsestäni tohon toiselle sivulle. Vähitellen tulee muokkailtua eri osia blogista, vaikka se voi kyllä olla loppumaton kierre. Kun saa valmiiksi, tekee mieli taas muuttaa :D Vaikka mitäs sen väliä. Mustavalkoinen tausta näköjään on pysynyt muutamia päiviä jo, mutta ei ihan täysin miellytä mua kuitenkaan. Uuden etsiskely jatkukoon siis.


Wrote a small presentation about myself on the other page. Slowly getting some changes done in this blog, though it might be a never-ending cycle. As something gets finished, I want to make it different again :D But who cares, really. The black-and-white template has been here for days now, but it doesn't really please me. Like absolutely. As I would like it to. Search for the right one continues (in life and in blog, haha).

I want it to be looooooove! :D (I'm veryveryvery sorry, don't remember anymore where I found this.)

Lots of changes happening around me

Well, the most obvious change is visible here: I'm searching for the Next Template :) Have been flipping through lots of pages (The Cutest Blog on the Block and Shabby Blogs for example), also the pictures and stuff that Blogger offers. It's too difficult to choose! Also I'm very picky, so it has to be really nice in all ways... I think there'll be a test run for a couple that I've found. Then it's decision time. Yikes!

At first I wanted to write about the crafts that I do, my cat Viuhti, food & cooking... Then I found ballet again and as someone Might have noticed (haha), most of the posts are about dancing. Or the dance gear. Also the majority of posts these days are in English, especially ballet-subjected. The bilingual-thing is here to stay. (I'm not so organized nor productive/good writer that there would be enough to keep two separate blogs...) (Or who knows. But not yet anyway.) (I have Huge respect for those, who manage more than one blog :))

Other changes are for example this "mold-my-body"-project and "think-more-about-what-you-eat"-thing. I feel better all the time and want to dance/learn more. One other change would affect my sleeping pattern - which is quite terrible. But when I'm going to work in the afternoon, there's no Must-reason to get up early... And then stay up late. Have to try changing it. (There's also Viuhti, who wakes me up once or twice almost every night. Especially if I go to bed early.)

Tomorrow there's going to be a pointe class, the second one this year :) After which I have to storm out and head for a practice with a choir (to play the flute). Luckily the rehearsal is located Very near my home, so it's a fast journey after it.

Now, time to flip through some more photos.