Thursday-Saturday!!!

Thursday we woke up so late!! Quita shut off the alarm and MaryJo came in and woke us up at 835! We were supposed to have left the house at 730! She had to take Jade (her daughter) to the airport so she had just got home. So we didnt get to practice until 945! We were doing Full Run through and i was the opening song so Michael kept callin me seeing where i was at because they were waiting for me! So i got there and we finished our full run through and it was the last time we are running it until Monday. After lunch i had a workshop for voice with Michael, he is such an awesome vocal coach. He taught me ways to sing With One Heart better! And after that i had a dance workshop for the Love Medley because i am learning the part of Love Girl, so that shall be interesting. I feel like my brain has had so much info its almost like i cant learn anything else! haha but i AM and it is going to be fun when everything is learned for the show and i can look back and see how hard i worked!!! It rained really hard while everyone was striking the set and they all got wet and rained on! It was hilarious there was a few of us inside the huge ballroom and we saw everyone coming in from outside and they were soaking wet!!! there were so many of them that had a water fight outside. Then all of a sudden you hear a huge loud scream and they ALL STARTED SCREAMING and running around like chickens with their heads cut off! I was freaking out and covered my ears cause the screaming was so loud...then they all fell down to the ground and were silent...and i yelled.."you guys are FREAKS" and then they all started vibrating on the ground and making noise like if they were dead fish or something. It was HILARIOUS! Then they all got up and walked out and around Silent..like nothing had happened! It was so hilarious i wish i had it recorded i was so freaked out at first! Us Up with People kids do weird things like that all the time and i need to get used to it! hahaha! Then we all said Goodbye to the Sherman center because it was our last time there!!! It was a beautiful building and i am gonna miss it! =( a lot!!!

Friday---We met at a church down the street of the Sherman center and we were split up because it was a community impact day (CI day) and some of us had to stay at the church and do dance workshops to clean up and review some of our dances and then the rest of the students were shuttled to the Foodbank of the rockies. and they helped and packaged food there all day. I was one of the students that had to stay at the church and do two dance workshops then when i wasnt dancing i was doing community service for the church we were at...in the morning me and Shelsea pulled weeds around the Church and a homeless guy was walking and he saw us pulling weeds and he offered to help us because he was waiting for someone to pick him up and they were running late. He was really really nice..his name was Jack and he helped us a lot! Then we painted some hallways and rooms in the church that needed to be repainted. we all brought sack lunches and maryjo made me and quita lunches it was so sweet. We all ate outside and it was a fun lunch time!! The entire cast came back around 330 and we did an admissions workshop learning how to give interviews at the end of shows for anyone that was interested in joining up with people. it was fun but we all were so exhausted by the end of the day and were ready to go home!!! It was such a hot day the sun definitely took it all out of me! Then when we were driving home me and quita made a bet that mary jo had made dinner and i said she Didnt and that we were going out to eat. so we bet on a free starbucks. And i ended up winning!!! we walked in the door and usualy we can smell the food and i didnt smell anything so i started jumping up and down singing I am the champion of the world! haha And When we came downstairs maryjo told us we were going out! We ate at this awesome restaurant and brewery. And me and Quita shared the sampler appetizer plate. Well after that we went for a walk around the lil pavilion thing it was awesome and BEAUTIFUL there were fountains coming out of the ground and me and quita ran through it!!! and we walked to the Hockey place and watched some teams play hockey for awhile. It was a nice lil place to walk around. We were with maryjo and pauls friends Sherry and Tony. They are their good friends and always go dancing together. They went with us to WestCoast swing competition. Then we came home and i talked to my mommy on the phone and missed her a lot! We talked about our moms at dinner a lot so i called her to tell her i loved her. Then when i got home i talked to my sister and my mom again. I had to do a presentation on New Mexico so i was looking up fun facts and stuff while i was on the phone with my mom and then i started to not feel so good. Well after i got off the phone i just figured i was tired and needed to go to bed. Well i went to the bathroom because i felt really sick to my stomach and i ended up throwing up, so i slept on the couch with a trash can next to me and i woke up every hour super sweaty and hot throwing up. It was MISERABLE! i had a bit of a fever and i was just sick as a dog! So i went into the room and told quita and i slept with the window open cause i was so hot! And quita had to get up at 7 and i couldn't even move because i still felt so sick! So i had to stay home from our other CI project today and i was sooooo sad! Maryjo took care of me and got me ginger ale and toast. So i mostly slept and stayed curled up in a ball with my pillow all day. Around 5 i got up took a shower and went to the grocery store with maryjo because i was feeling a bit better and needed to get out of the house and move around. So when we got home i sat outside for about an hour and just hung out. I ate soup for dinner and i am definitely feeling a lot better but i am still very lethargic and tired. Whew...what a long night and day! MaryJo is pretty sure i got sick from the Guacamole i ate last night because since me and quita shared food i was the only one that ate the Guacamole and mj said it is the highest thing to get food poisoning from! =( sad!!!! So im glad i get tomorrow off also so i can still recover! Then Monday we start over and we leave denver on Thursday. I am sad to leave MaryJo and Paul. I got so close to them and i am prolly gonna cry when i leave =( They are amazing people and i am so blessed i got to spend all this time with them and get to know them as well as i did!!! Well im off to bed! Nighty night! XOXO