I'm Alive

Oh man...I lived. That was crazy. These last two weeks were ridiculous! Last week it started showing in my face how stressed and run-down I was. I felt like I had a fever-but I didn't, and it looked like I got hit in the face. Twice. I've never had stress and sleep deprivation manifest itself like that. It seriously looked like I got beat up. I shoulda taken pictures. By the time we got to the last 4 finals my brain was pretty much applesauce. It's intense. The trick though!---is to keep breathing. Just breathe.
But I am happy to say that after two weeks, 5 projects, a grand total of 13 finals (yeah, thirteen finals!!) and I am officially done with my first quarter of school. Go me! I'm fairly confident in all my classes I took- pretty sure I did really well on them though I don't have my final grades yet but my teachers have said I did awesome. Yay! I went to Bear Lake this weekend to get away and relax. It was fabulous. It snowed most of the weekend up there so that was like a special little present just for me. This quarter though I don't have classes on Fridays-so that's way nice. This quarter I'm taking: Anatomy 3&4 (Muscles and bones), polarity, cranial 2, reflexology, massage lab, specialized modalities and pathology 2. Woo! I will be done with this quarter on December 17 (I think...).
Lately I've become huge in piano playing. I've started loving it more and more. I've always enjoyed playing but I've been working on some Jon Schmidt pieces and they're gorgeous. I love it. The ones I've been working on aren't as hard as I anticipated given that they're Jon Schmidt's songs...anyone who knows about Jon Schmidt can attest to this mans ridiculous talent with a piano and his work is genius.
So, life is great! Living and loving. Can't wait for dance tonight.

Bodies and Bodies

Well, the past couple weeks have been stressful, frustrating, slightly traumatizing, annoying and going by really fast. I'm half way through finals. Unlike "college", I have two weeks of finals. One week of written, one week of practical. Which, they're going well, but I'm still stressed. Just Breathe.
The past couple days have been good though. Thursday, I went with my school to BodyWorlds. It is absolutely fabulous. I wasn't sure what to think walking in there, I mean-these are real human bodies...but it is done so artistically and so fascinating that I really didn't have time to get grossed out. There are a lot of things to look at and take in. I highly recommend everyone go to this. It is truly amazing. I was going to take pictures, but photography isn't allowed-so I found this picture on the BodyWorlds website (www.bodyworlds.com). There you can find information on it, and how they plastinate the bodies and such. After we left the exhibit-everyone was craving deli sandwiches...
Friday, I had raindrop therapy, which is nothing like Chinese Water Torture. It's basically a way relaxing froofroo massage done with essential oils. I smelled like oregano the rest of the day. Why oregano though...I would have preferred the wintergreen to linger rather than the oregano...
I also went to the Davis Convention Center in Layton and did on-site chair massages with the owners of the school. It was so awesome! I loved it, and got GREAT feedback from the people I worked on. A lot of them wanted to schedule a massage with me and were shocked to find out that I am just finishing my first quarter and won't be in my clinic for another 11 weeks. Amongst the colorful and assorted types of personalities, bodies and all that entails- I had the privilege of working on a gentleman with Cerebral Palsy. That was really cool-he was really tight, and he informed me that the tightness is always there. He was a joy to work on. He (along with everybody else) said that I was a fabulous therapist, with right-on pressure and I had a great touch and quality to my massage.
So, all in all...things are going really well...getting over the frustrating stressfullness that has to come with things. So yep...until next time.