Second post for the day OMG!!!!!!!
Well this is a new one for me, two posts in one day, I don't know how I'll be able to contain myself.
There was only one other thing that I hadn't told you in the first post that has changed since my last post back in November. I have now gone back to dancing once a fortnight (two weeks). I used to do ballroom dancing, in fact I used to compete, not just social dancing. Due to life interfering, I hadn't been in about 2 years. Due to my baby brother's request that my hubby and I teach him and his fiancee to dance, I realised just how much I missed dancing and decided to make the time to go back. So now I have plans every Friday night. Every second Friday, I have my stepdad (uncle jungle) over for dinner, and now, every other Friday is at the dance studio. I get every second Friday off work and I use it to cook a lovely dinner, and every other Friday is a 12 hour shift, and that is the night that I go dancing. Basically on those days, I work from 6am to 6pm, go home, have a shower and get organised and then I leave home by 8pm at the latest so that I can be at the studio in time for the night. The studio night starts at 8.30 and finishes at 10.30, then I go home and unwind from my day.
Don't think that I am complaining about such a long day, I'm not. Just simply describing my day on the days that I go dancing. I wouldn't change it for all the money in the world, except that maybe if I had all the money in the world, I would quit my job and start my own studio and dance more often. Ever since I was 16yrs old, dancing has been like a drug for me, and I am a very willing addict. I am now 33yrs old and that means that I have been a dance addict for over 17 years and proud of it. I don't know if I'll ever go back to competition, but Dancing has always been and probably always will be my first love. If I were to suffer an injury that meant that I would never be able to dance ever again, I don't know how I would survive.
Speaking of survival, I don't know if jungle2001 has let you all know, but on Tuesday 25th April this year (ANZAC day for us in Aussie land, there was a gold mine collapse in Tasmania, Australia's southernmost state, trapping 3 men. On Thursday 27th, they found the body of one of the 3 men. Last night, April 30th, while I was watching a movie on television, there was a news flash that the other two men have been found - alive!!!!!! They are still unable to get the men out, but they have set up communication with the men and the men have been able to speak to thier wives. It may take another day or two to dig the men out, but they are trying to safely widen the hole to get food and water to the men, all the while communicating with the men to keep thier spirits up.
The mining town that surrounds the town have been celebrating all night long, including the family of the man that was found Thursday, who hadn't survived. I find that so amazing, not only are this family dealing with thier grief, but they were holding off making any arrangements for the funeral until all three had been found. I don't know if they will make the arrangements now, or if they will hold off until the two still trapped can be rescued and be able to attend. The simple fact that this family put a hold on thier grief to celebrate with the families of the survivors is nothing short of incredible and a true testament of how closely this community has banded together in this tragic and also miraculous time. I am not kidding when I say miraculous; that these two men could survive 5 days in pitch darkness with no food or water is nothing short of a miracle. If I remember my biology correctly from my school years, the human body cannot survive more than 3 or 4 days without water. I have been searching the web for a link for you to be able to read thier story so far, and I think that I have found it. I am not sure how this will go, but I will try to paste the link in this post.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18985232-1702,00.html
I hope this will actually post, I was able to copy it into my post easily enough, the proof will be if you will be able to use the link to access the report. Anyway, I think that this is enough from me for now, I will go on to reading your posts, something that I am rather looking forward to. In the meantime, I urge you all to take the time to read the report on the mine survivors, they deserve all the media attention that they want. They are trulyheroes in this day and age.
Peace to you and yours, take care of yourselves and your loved ones, tell them now that you love them, tomorrow may be too late.
Tess
There was only one other thing that I hadn't told you in the first post that has changed since my last post back in November. I have now gone back to dancing once a fortnight (two weeks). I used to do ballroom dancing, in fact I used to compete, not just social dancing. Due to life interfering, I hadn't been in about 2 years. Due to my baby brother's request that my hubby and I teach him and his fiancee to dance, I realised just how much I missed dancing and decided to make the time to go back. So now I have plans every Friday night. Every second Friday, I have my stepdad (uncle jungle) over for dinner, and now, every other Friday is at the dance studio. I get every second Friday off work and I use it to cook a lovely dinner, and every other Friday is a 12 hour shift, and that is the night that I go dancing. Basically on those days, I work from 6am to 6pm, go home, have a shower and get organised and then I leave home by 8pm at the latest so that I can be at the studio in time for the night. The studio night starts at 8.30 and finishes at 10.30, then I go home and unwind from my day.
Don't think that I am complaining about such a long day, I'm not. Just simply describing my day on the days that I go dancing. I wouldn't change it for all the money in the world, except that maybe if I had all the money in the world, I would quit my job and start my own studio and dance more often. Ever since I was 16yrs old, dancing has been like a drug for me, and I am a very willing addict. I am now 33yrs old and that means that I have been a dance addict for over 17 years and proud of it. I don't know if I'll ever go back to competition, but Dancing has always been and probably always will be my first love. If I were to suffer an injury that meant that I would never be able to dance ever again, I don't know how I would survive.
Speaking of survival, I don't know if jungle2001 has let you all know, but on Tuesday 25th April this year (ANZAC day for us in Aussie land, there was a gold mine collapse in Tasmania, Australia's southernmost state, trapping 3 men. On Thursday 27th, they found the body of one of the 3 men. Last night, April 30th, while I was watching a movie on television, there was a news flash that the other two men have been found - alive!!!!!! They are still unable to get the men out, but they have set up communication with the men and the men have been able to speak to thier wives. It may take another day or two to dig the men out, but they are trying to safely widen the hole to get food and water to the men, all the while communicating with the men to keep thier spirits up.
The mining town that surrounds the town have been celebrating all night long, including the family of the man that was found Thursday, who hadn't survived. I find that so amazing, not only are this family dealing with thier grief, but they were holding off making any arrangements for the funeral until all three had been found. I don't know if they will make the arrangements now, or if they will hold off until the two still trapped can be rescued and be able to attend. The simple fact that this family put a hold on thier grief to celebrate with the families of the survivors is nothing short of incredible and a true testament of how closely this community has banded together in this tragic and also miraculous time. I am not kidding when I say miraculous; that these two men could survive 5 days in pitch darkness with no food or water is nothing short of a miracle. If I remember my biology correctly from my school years, the human body cannot survive more than 3 or 4 days without water. I have been searching the web for a link for you to be able to read thier story so far, and I think that I have found it. I am not sure how this will go, but I will try to paste the link in this post.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18985232-1702,00.html
I hope this will actually post, I was able to copy it into my post easily enough, the proof will be if you will be able to use the link to access the report. Anyway, I think that this is enough from me for now, I will go on to reading your posts, something that I am rather looking forward to. In the meantime, I urge you all to take the time to read the report on the mine survivors, they deserve all the media attention that they want. They are trulyheroes in this day and age.
Peace to you and yours, take care of yourselves and your loved ones, tell them now that you love them, tomorrow may be too late.
Tess