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I'm about to go back to sleep (again) but I feel an update is owed.
DM.. my oh my.
Really great cause, we raised about $340,000, (more than ever, yay!), the kids were cute, there was a lot of stuff to do, the dance is hilarious, I had great buddies, people visited, we got to swim/shower (5 minutes only, timed), we got a foot massage, I ate ridiculous amounts of food....
but i will NEVER... EVER... EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do it again.
I'll support. I'll be on morale team. I'll help organize. I'll be peoples buddies. But I will NEVER dance again.
I cannot express to you the pain that my feet were in. Until the last 8 hours or so, I wasn't even TIRED (even tho we hadn't slept and I only got about 5 hours of sleep the night before dm). But those last 8 hours were the most miserable hours of my life. Really.
If DM were 24 hours, I'd most likely do it again. Yeah, your feet start hurting about 8 hours in. But it would be worth it for all the money made. However... the last 8 hours as I said about... I just wanted to collapse. I was at the point where I was hoping i could faint just to be lying down (unconscious or not). Everything from the waist down was swollen. Thighs, calves, ankles, feet, TOES aaahhghghgh. Props to those who do this every year, cause this was insane.
For the first 24, there were ups and downs, but things were ok. There were times when I was like "aaahhh my feet i just want to rest" but most of the time we were occupied trying to learn the dance or watching dvds or being online or playing around or dancing to regular music or changing or playing with the photo morphy thing (hilarious photos to ensue) or watching the basketball game or playing would you rather and grossing everyone out and it was fun.
Dana and Steph officially rock my world. Ashley and Danielle and Kathryn were pretty awesome too, but Dana and Steph were there entertaining me forever. And cheering me up. And playing games with me. And sneaking me the goods (mountain dew and chocolate and dr pepper aaaahhhh yeessss) And dancing with us. AND DANA BROUGHT US GHETTO RIBBON DANCERS!!!!!!!!!! yayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! hahah that was one the major highlights. I danced myself silly with that thing. And Danas letters nearly made us pee our pants. They were HILARIOUS. I wish I had a constant supply of equally hilarious letters. Maybe I'll post sections. They were fantastic. So much love to you guys- if not for you, I could not have survived.
And my poor poor kj definitely got a deathly bug bite on her ankle which, from the swelling, was intensified and led to more swelling to the point where should barely walk!! Her ankle was ginormous. Aahh! I was so sad for her. She's feeling better today but she really was way worse off than most. Poor girl!
But yeah, never again. I came home and the wonderful Stephannie massaged my calves til I began to speak sleep-nonsense to her and she tucked me in and I slept for a solid 12 hours (til 7:30 am) when I had to move my car so I wouldn't get a ticket and then Jon took me to Cracker Barrel for breakfast (yumm) and I went to sleep again at 9:15 and slept til 1 and then rushed to class and now I'm back and about to sleep til.. whenever I can.
I have the worst headache but the pain in my feet has finally started to subside and the swelling is gone. It's like a DM hangover. Lol. And I def didn't get ready for real (aka no fresh makeup, glasses, hair in frizzy braids) and I ran into alex on my way to class and he was giving me this weird look and I'm like "dm." *fist shake* and he's like "Uhh.. you look...." and I'm like "LIKE SHIT?! THANKS!!!" and he's like " well.. really tired.. "? THANKS A LOT. Lol. Normally I'd be bothered bc even when I'm sick I'll try not to look sick and someone usually goes "Wow.. you look really tired" WHich is really "wow.. you look like shit" and you're just like "THANKS ASSHOLE" because even though you feel like shit you tried not to look like shit and clearly you failed. But this time I didn't try and was pretty aware that I looked like shit. Oh well.
Summary (Karin/Dana style)\
DM is a good cause and raised 340,000, but it hurt so bad I won't dance ever again, the people who visited me rocked my life, kj nearly died, I slept a lot, I looked like shit today, I'm going to sleep again. Yay.
DM.. my oh my.
Really great cause, we raised about $340,000, (more than ever, yay!), the kids were cute, there was a lot of stuff to do, the dance is hilarious, I had great buddies, people visited, we got to swim/shower (5 minutes only, timed), we got a foot massage, I ate ridiculous amounts of food....
but i will NEVER... EVER... EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do it again.
I'll support. I'll be on morale team. I'll help organize. I'll be peoples buddies. But I will NEVER dance again.
I cannot express to you the pain that my feet were in. Until the last 8 hours or so, I wasn't even TIRED (even tho we hadn't slept and I only got about 5 hours of sleep the night before dm). But those last 8 hours were the most miserable hours of my life. Really.
If DM were 24 hours, I'd most likely do it again. Yeah, your feet start hurting about 8 hours in. But it would be worth it for all the money made. However... the last 8 hours as I said about... I just wanted to collapse. I was at the point where I was hoping i could faint just to be lying down (unconscious or not). Everything from the waist down was swollen. Thighs, calves, ankles, feet, TOES aaahhghghgh. Props to those who do this every year, cause this was insane.
For the first 24, there were ups and downs, but things were ok. There were times when I was like "aaahhh my feet i just want to rest" but most of the time we were occupied trying to learn the dance or watching dvds or being online or playing around or dancing to regular music or changing or playing with the photo morphy thing (hilarious photos to ensue) or watching the basketball game or playing would you rather and grossing everyone out and it was fun.
Dana and Steph officially rock my world. Ashley and Danielle and Kathryn were pretty awesome too, but Dana and Steph were there entertaining me forever. And cheering me up. And playing games with me. And sneaking me the goods (mountain dew and chocolate and dr pepper aaaahhhh yeessss) And dancing with us. AND DANA BROUGHT US GHETTO RIBBON DANCERS!!!!!!!!!! yayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! hahah that was one the major highlights. I danced myself silly with that thing. And Danas letters nearly made us pee our pants. They were HILARIOUS. I wish I had a constant supply of equally hilarious letters. Maybe I'll post sections. They were fantastic. So much love to you guys- if not for you, I could not have survived.
And my poor poor kj definitely got a deathly bug bite on her ankle which, from the swelling, was intensified and led to more swelling to the point where should barely walk!! Her ankle was ginormous. Aahh! I was so sad for her. She's feeling better today but she really was way worse off than most. Poor girl!
But yeah, never again. I came home and the wonderful Stephannie massaged my calves til I began to speak sleep-nonsense to her and she tucked me in and I slept for a solid 12 hours (til 7:30 am) when I had to move my car so I wouldn't get a ticket and then Jon took me to Cracker Barrel for breakfast (yumm) and I went to sleep again at 9:15 and slept til 1 and then rushed to class and now I'm back and about to sleep til.. whenever I can.
I have the worst headache but the pain in my feet has finally started to subside and the swelling is gone. It's like a DM hangover. Lol. And I def didn't get ready for real (aka no fresh makeup, glasses, hair in frizzy braids) and I ran into alex on my way to class and he was giving me this weird look and I'm like "dm." *fist shake* and he's like "Uhh.. you look...." and I'm like "LIKE SHIT?! THANKS!!!" and he's like " well.. really tired.. "? THANKS A LOT. Lol. Normally I'd be bothered bc even when I'm sick I'll try not to look sick and someone usually goes "Wow.. you look really tired" WHich is really "wow.. you look like shit" and you're just like "THANKS ASSHOLE" because even though you feel like shit you tried not to look like shit and clearly you failed. But this time I didn't try and was pretty aware that I looked like shit. Oh well.
Summary (Karin/Dana style)\
DM is a good cause and raised 340,000, but it hurt so bad I won't dance ever again, the people who visited me rocked my life, kj nearly died, I slept a lot, I looked like shit today, I'm going to sleep again. Yay.