Home sweet construction site

Hey y'all! Finals and Songfest {I'll explain} are over so I am a real person again! I just arrived in Dallas this afternoon after finishing up the semester at A&M. My parents are doing a lot of work on our house, and the three times I have been home this semester, it has made a little progress after each visit! The house looks great so far, but we're keeping our fingers crossed to not be hosting a crew of sweaty, paint-covered men for Christmas dinner.


So Songfest...let me try to wrap this up in a nutshell for those of you with question marks above your heads...{ya know...where the hypothetical "idea light bulb" would go} Songfest is a philanthropic event put on by the Chi-O's at A&M that all sororities and men's organizations are invited to participate in. Each sorority participating pairs up with a men's organization to make a team. Generally, each group chooses their own theme/story line and gets 7 minutes to put on a mini show. People sing some, and dance a lot!

I have always loved Songfest, and have been attending ever since my sister was in charge of Theta's show when she was at A&M. Well, this year I was in charge! I lead with my friend, Amy. We were paired with BCA {Brotherhood of Christian Aggies}. And when I say "paired", I mean that I pressured my friend, Matt who is in BCA, to be in charge of it on his end and do it with us. Theta is pretty notorious for putting on a good show at songfest. When Sarah (my sister) was in charge, they got first place, and then second. As long as I have been a Theta at A&M, we got second place my freshman year...first place my sophomore year (!)...and FIRST PLACE THIS YEAR!!

It was a LOT of hard work, but when we got that trophy, and giant check for our own philanthropy it was well worth it. I'm going to try to post a video so that y'all might be more understanding of my absence for the past month...

My friend, and fellow KAT, Grace took a video of us performing on stage, but since it's not my video, I can't post it. I'll have to post the one I took at our last practice. Please believe me that this video does not do the actual performance justice. Promise!

I'm the one in the blue tank top nervously putting my hair behind my ears in the beginning

Songfest!

Enjoy :)

Nothin but love,
Bethany

Halloween!

It has become a tradition (after doing it once last year) to dress up for Halloween in ballet class. Last year I dressed up as Buzz Lightyear...

And this year I was a Twinkie

Not everyone in the class played along and dressed up...which is fine I suppose. But it really made me miss the girls from last year who aren't dancing anymore :( 

I'm notorious for having one of the more obnoxious costumes in the bunch. I take it very seriously, and already have my next two costumes planned for halloween '12 and '13. I will tell no one what they are. 

On a different note, it was a good thing that my house wasn't visited by more than two trick-or-treaters. 1- because we forgot to buy candy, so I just used some of my birthday candy, and 2- because, as a result of the excessive amounts of Criminal Minds I have been watching, I was convinced that every trick-or-treater at my door was plotting to kill me. Sure, none of them were older than 12, but that doesn't mean they aren't working for someone. My guess is that the culprit pays them in candy. They could obviously sense my awareness and dominance over the situation. It's the only reason I survived.  

I'm just saying....

Nothin but love,

Bethany

Better late than never!

AMC Barn Dance is this Friday, and even though Travis asked me last night, he sure did a great job!

I said I'd go

Nothin but love,
Bethany

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Nothin but love,
Bethany

Freak show

Today in Pilates we were learning some new moves on our reformers. If you don't know much about pilates, the apparatus (equipment) we work out on is called a reformer. {It's basically like a bowflex for dancers} Anyway, everyone uses the reformers, but I have to use what's called a cadillac because my legs are longer than the rest of the class's . Not to mention, they are too long for my body, so things get a little tricky.

Reformer. Don't you just love this guy?

Cadilac

So back to the new moves.....we learned something called "prone arm extension"...or something. Usually when we learn a new move, we all gather around someone's reformer and she explains it while someone demonstrates it, and then the more tricky moves, we all try under the group's supervision so that we know what to watch out for/avoid doing before we attempt them on our own. So everyone tries this move, and then before we go to the next one, I say "hey what about me?" She had forgotten. ugh.

Anyway, I get up there to do it, on my stomach, arms reaching behind and above my body, holding onto springs suspended above my head...and she stops me, adjusts me. Typical. But then she and the other teacher in the room stop me and get me straightened up because I was all crooked. When they did, I told them that I felt like I was in a zig-zag. Only one of my hips was touching the surface. It felt weird, but they swore I was straight. So after another attmept, they both freaked out and made me stand up.

They were all like "oh my gosh, do you see that?!" She had the class gather round me while I stood with my back facing them. They started going to town pointing out things that weren't right in my body and poking around to feel my bones and muscles.

I've got one hip that is way higher than the other, but the opposite shoulder (from that hip) ((the left shoulder)) is wayyy higher than the other, BUT my right scapula sticks out of my back more. (I cannot keep my scapulas in my back for the life of me) {{how have I never noticed all this??}} and all of that is because my right femur is severely longer than my left one. They think I've got tibial torsion or scoliosis...or something.

So they recommended only lifting things with my left arm.

And then we kept going...except that took like 20 minutes so it was pretty much time to go.

Turns out I'm a zig-zag. I don't think I'll ever be able to look in the mirror the same. Now all I see is a steep slope from my left shoulder to my right.

Welcome to the freak show

Nothin but love,
Bethany

As of late...

My Theta family got a new baby! I'm so excited about my grand-little, Natalie Zachary! She's fun, cool, and cute to boot ;)

I laughed when I saw this picture. We are all dressed the same. 

AND my sister, got a new baby! A baby puppy, that is. His name is Harold and he is an Austi-doodle. (A mix of an Australian Shepherd and a black Poodle) He is the cutest, most cuddly thing you've ever seen. And if I was choosing between him and a reeses peanut butter cup, I'd pick him every time!

AMC had a date party. Theme: thug. Yes, those are corn rows in my hair. And yes, that is Travis.

We went to the State Fair of Texas in Dallas!! It was Travis's first time, and he's from Houston so he didn't like referring to it as the state fair of TEXAS. Sorry, it is what it is.

Pasty legs- me. Tan legs- Travis. 

How's that update? A little better? Imma try to keep it up. Wish me luck on the rest of this week- it's a crazy one!

Nothin but love,
Bethany

Hello old friends

It is with shame that I bring you a very un-exciting, long over due, uneventful update. I have been feeling blog pressure for a while now (only from myself, no one else). I haven't blogged in so long, and it's been driving me mad.

I've taken a few photos in the past few weeks that I've been meaning to post, but I just haven't found the time to follow through. Until NOW!

Life as a dance major this semester has looked a lot like this...

Icing my tendonitis-stricken ankles. But on the bright side, I think dance is shaping up to be a great year! We're already a few weeks into rehearsals, and concepts and movement are really interesting- I'm excited!

So, like I said- super boring post but I needed to do somethin......I'll be back soon!

Nothin but love,
Bethany