It's been a while

Sorry for the length of silence, friends.  I guess I lost some motivation, but a lot has happened...

I got my new hair:

It's short and red.  I can wear it straight or curly.  I like it.  Even with the comments of "Lucy, I'm home!" that I've received.

I also made it into the top ten for the dreaded talent show.  I was floored.  I thought for sure I would get out of doing it.  I was up against some really cute kids!  So, I ran out a bought myself a new outfit that was appropriate for musical theater performance and began to slowly crumble into freak out mode.

I spent a week shaking and panicking.  It was pretty awful.  The only thing that really calmed me was thinking, "Why am I doing this?"  My answer was for the boys.  I know it sounds weird.  But I really decided to do it to show them two things.  First, it's fun.  It's fun to share your talents.  It's fun to perform and be on stage.  (Even if I totally didn't see that in the throes of my stage fright.)  And, second, it's OK to be afraid, but you need to do what you can to stand up to those fears.  And conquering your fears is what makes you a winner - not a ribbon or a cash prize.

So, I did it.  It was me, a group of tappers who were also ARRP members, and a bunch of kids in high school.  I felt great.  I almost blew the speakers out with my "projection" but I was really proud of myself.

And now, on the heels of my talent show debut, I will be handing out a humanitarian award at this year's Upper Midwest Emmy Awards this weekend!  Too fun.  Another reason to dress up and this time I don't have to sing!  (And I get a teleprompter.)  Yes!