and we're back

Today we are officially back into the swing of school and routine. We semi-tried to do so last week, but the week ended up feeling more like waking up after a long nap and feeling groggy for a while, know what I mean?
That was partly due to the fact that 3 of us spent last weekend in Dallas so that Micah could attend 2 auditions for summer dance intensives. She did extremely well considering she was sick the two weeks before, and still recovering, meaning she had zero dance prep and low energy. The extra surprise was that normally a class has about 45 minutes of flat work and the rest will be en pointe, and an audition is just a class that's run by the auditioning company so they can see what you can do. NOPE. This one, Micah's first intensive audition ever, was ALL EN POINTE! That's 1.5 hours of pointe, when she normally does no more than 1 to 1.5 hours a WEEK! And again, she hadn't danced for two weeks. It wasn't easy, but she pushed through. And then pushed through again for the next audition the next day. Thankfully that second class was more of what she's used to and wasn't complete torture lol. We ended up asking the gentleman who ran the class what level he would put that first class at, his response, "HIGH! Very high. They told me to give them a hard class and I did." Yeah basically she's a beast.
Then we started the week off with a long assessment of where she is health-wise with my good friend who is a Naturopath. Lots and lots of inflammation throughout her body is just making it extra difficult to recover from all the things. So she's on a restrictive menu to reduce inflammation and quite a few supplements to help her body heal fully. That takes an amazing amount of brain function to keep up with and that's about all I had room for for the week.
I've also still been limited in what I can do because of a wrist injury Christmas eve, and not being able to do certain things has made my brain super foggy. Blech! It hasn't felt like a nice start to a new year, but I DID get to start my Texas Master Gardener Classes on Thursday! We learned about soil testing and how all the minerals and ph effect what you're growing, etc. It was very helpful! I really like that they are community focused and I've always wanted to help start up community gardens, especially in a food desert like south Longview. I'd love to have one as a part of a tea shop someday as well!
Almost forgot, we also ended up driving to Houston on Saturday because Annabelle's pointe shoes were completely dead and the best fitters we've found are in Houston.
I spent most of yesterday afternoon decluttering my desk and dresser and cleaning the bathroom, which has helped me feel a little less overwhelmed for the start of a new week. We'll see how long that lasts lol!