The End and the Beginning

This past week has been better than a spa weekend! I'll tell you why....

Winter guard ended the first weekend of this month and I feel like a caterpillar coming out of it's cocoon. I'm tying up some of the loose ends with guard, gathering pictures for my annual photo disk and packing away my guard bag for another season.

Did it end the way I wanted it to...? Yeah, I think it did. I am very proud of all my performers. Our state finals show wasn't perfect, but we did our best and it really showed. What is 'perfect' anyway, was I the perfect instructor all season? Definately not. I really learned something about the meaning of success this year. We had a good show, a good team and we had a lot of fun....success!

However, now that it is over...I have this really foreign thing I have to deal with...it's called...TIME.

This past weekend I spent 5 hours cleaning my dining room, just the dining room! It's so clean you could actually eat in there!

In fact my weekend was full of crazy things:

• I read a book!! I actually read it, and finished it!!
• I shopped for myself (new purse)
• I went out to dinner with my husband (alone!) to a nice place
• I played with my daughter and helped tuck her in every night!
• Nathan and I watched an entire video...together!
• Hold on to your hats...I even did my nails...and they haven't chipped yet!
  
  Holy cow, how could I pack that all into one weekend!?! Oh yeah! TIME!!

Don't get me wrong, I totally miss my guard kids - it isn't about not wanting to be around them, it's about not having to.

It feels like spring, like the first day you can walk around outside without a 20 pound winter jacket on. Every thing is fresh, new and full of possibilities. O.K.... maybe I'm being a little dramatic...but it feels really, really good to do something for myself.

I think everyone should try it.
Go.
Right Now!