Dressz - The crystals came in the mail yesterday and they arrived in a very tiny package. I never thought 900+ crystals would look so...scant. I ordered two colors (Jet Hematite and Crystal Silver Night) in varying sizes ranging from 5ss to 30ss and I really did think that would be enough but now I'm worried that it may only cover one side of the dress. And I'm not even planning to encrust the whole dress in crystals! I just want a strong outline around the borders that fades down the dress. I feel like I need to place another order for some more of the bigger stones (the 30ss and the 20ss). Maybe another 2-3 gross? And the 5ss crystals are so small!! Like how can I even get glue on those?! I mean, I'm still going to use them to fill in gaps in coverage but those suckers are tiny! I'm just so overwhelmed by this whole thing. Why did I think this would be a good idea? I understand now why people pay professionals to stone their dresses. Ugh. The good news is that the two colors match the dress perfectly and even in the kitchen light, they sparkled something fierce!
Movez - I spent the first half of my practice working on Bronze MIF. Power 3-turns are feeling pretty good. For once I feel like I have control over them, even on the bad side. The BX-BO Edges were freaking lovely today! Hardly any scratching and they flowed so nicely because my arms were doing what they were supposed to do. Circle 8 felt good so I did it a bunch of times and five step mohawks felt fine too (although I would like a little more knee bend on that fifth step). I usually warm up with power perimeter stroking so that is still good. At this point, I'm just keeping everything under foot so I don't lose it. We won't have time to work on moves during our lessons until after sectionals so it's up to me to keep them up to snuff.
Programz - Before doing any practice runs of the whole program, I ran through some of the tougher elements in isolation. Mostly, I worked on the twizzle to ballet jump. Christopher would really like to see me do the twizzle, push under, and then step forward to do the ballet jump but I've been having a difficult time with the timing on this. I know the push under is the same push you do when you are doing a back crossover, but getting my legs to do this outside of a crossover is challenging. I was able to get it done today but it was not a strong push at all. Also, working on those twizzles reminded me that I'm well overdue for a sharpening. I haven't had one since before CSI back in September. I was all over the place! After twizzling for an eternity, I worked on connecting the chunks. I think part of the reason why I'm having a hard time keeping up with the music is that I work on chunks of the program in isolation. When it comes time to put the sash on and run it for realsies, I struggle with stamina. So, I worked on not stopping after a chunk. Instead, I did a chunk and moved on to the next chunk. I was pooped! Chunks everywhere!
So yeah, overall, I have a lot of anxiety about a lot of things. I know it's all going to come together and be okay. There is nothing in this program that I cannot do. I'm just overwhelmed by it all.
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