Dancing through Saturday

So today was a much needed Saturday!  I was thankful to be able to sleep in...even though I only slept until about 10:30 because some of us girls left at 11 to go get student rush tickets for the NYC Ballet...for $12!!!!!!

I felt like a little kid in a candy store when we got to Lincon Center and right in front of me were the David H. Koch Theater (which is home to the NYC Ballet) and the Metropolitan Opera House (which is where the American Ballet Theater dances).  Ever since I was little one of my dreams in life was to see the NYC Ballet perform! I was so excited! I was more than thrilled when we got our tickets!

I had planned on hanging out in central park between lunch and the Ballet.  I have wanted to go running soooo bad but I have either been too tired or its been raining...and it rained AGAIN today so that plan was outta here...but I guess it was a good thing because I took like a two hour nap and I needed it...I havn't been getting as much sleep as I need so it was nice to catch up a bit and just relax since things have been so crazy.

Those of us going to the Ballet got all dressed up :) we went to dinner at this cafe near Lincon Center and I did something really stupid.  So they had a place where you could build your own salad...and at the build your own salad places I have been to here in NY you get a certain number of toppings without charge...well not this one...I paid $14 for a stinkin salad because they didn't tell me/I didn't see it on any sign I didn't know that...good golly im an idiot...next time I will be sure to ask!  I wanted to say something but I figured Jesus loves them so I won't be a jerk.

We finally get to the theater and I was just so excited!  Seriously one of my dreams since I was a kid was coming true.  We had pretty good seats...third floor/middle left.  The ballet was so amazing...we saw A Mid Summer Nights Dream and it was just so beautiful...every movement was perfect...it was all just so perfect!  The only down side of the whole thing is that it made me miss dancing...I danced from 1st grade through 12th grade and I loved it so much...it was such a big part of my life...I stopped when I went to college, I almost wish I would have found a studio in Greenville to take from but I didn't so I have gone from a mover to an observer.  Who knows maybe one day I will be able to start up again, just for fun.  But tonight certainly was a pleasant reminder of how beautiful ballet is and how it will always hold a special place in my heart!