I love the arts

Went to see a dance company's performance in Baltimore today. A waitress we know at our frequented pub was in it. She had her own piece that she choreographed herself. It was modern dance so it was definitely interesting. And I'm such a hater. I miss dancing, even though I only didn't grow up on it, but did it in high school with the Dance Drill Team. We did some Drill stuff, but a lot of it was dance...incorporating modern, ballet, jazz, and whatever else. I wish I had stayed with it somehow after high school. I never would have been able to major in it in college and I didn't want to. But, I did want to do music. I've pretty much always had a knack for it. But I don't think I realized it growing up. So that's where the hating comes in. All those dancers today were doing exactly what they wanted to do. I somehow got caught up in life and missed the boat. I still wish my parents had sent me to a "Fame" school or that I had done it when I first went into college the first time. But I had it in my head to be a teacher. Which is fine...but, it didn't happen. I'd still love to do that, though. I love and am fascinated by small children. I can't really blame my parents though. I probably didn't show enough interest. I played violin, piano, french horn, an clarinet. The piano stuck, but I can only teach myself so much and have never gotten around to getting any further lessons. I remember loving clarinet, but it was apparently too "dorky" for me to continue playing in high school. However, I did take up chorus in high school which looking back, was easily just as dorky, so that makes no sense, as was my reasoning in general. I think it is interesting that my parents never tried to put me in singing lessons or something when I clearly liked to do it as a child. Maybe most children sing a lot. I always say I wish I was good at something. I'm good at that, but again, I think I missed the boat. Well now that I know I can stay in this area (hubby out of the Army), maybe I'll join a choir. I loved it during my brief stint in traditional college.

"Don't you wash the baby" - my toddler version of the chorus to the 1981 hit "Don't You Want Me" by Human League :)