UPDATE 9:39 pm :

I posted the following to my Facebook page and after I did that I read it, thought it was mildly amusing so I decided to post it here to my blog as well:

I am very thankful for (1) being on the line staff so my 3 day pass is comp’d (2) a very good best friend who is “floating me a loan” and paying for my half of the hotel and my half of gas for the trip up and back this weekend (3) that I had already pre-paid my dance entry fees *before* I lost my job.
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I’m excited to see old friends again this weekend and to be dancing with my awesome partner and with my Temp-Pro, Melissa Jefferies who is doing a Two-step with me so I can get a qualifying event while my Pro is down (temporarily) for the count and becoming rounder every day.
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Yes, I’m thankful and excited for all these things. But is it too much to ask that once, just once, I have *everything* ready and packed for the trip say around 5pm the night before so that I can just relax and enjoy a nice DVD movie instead of frantically searching for where the heck all the stuff went since the *last* contest? Hmmm? Just once? Maybe? One day? *sigh*

I’ll be in Norman Oklahoma this weekend, home of Oklahoma Sooners!  Boomer Sooner!

UPDATE:  Last weekend I bought a ball cap at the ballpark but when I got it home I realized I had gotten the wrong kind, but of course I had taken all the tags off it and toss them at the hotel.  So, I called up the University Bookstore phone number off the receipt I had and spoke with a really nice guy named Jason who is one of the managers, told him my tale of woe, and he said that I could exchange it without the tags.  Yay!

The occasion will the this year’s Oklahoma Dance Rush.  It should be a fun event with lots of dancing, competition, vendors and workshops.  Here’s the details:

Apr 6-8, 2012 — Oklahoma Dance Rush

Norman / Oklahoma City, OK
Event Director: Beth Emerson & Mike Shoemake
WEBSITE: www.oklahomadancerush.com

— I’m ON STAFF: Teaching Line Dance
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— I’ll be competing in Intermediate Couples
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— I’ll be competing in Intermediate ProAm, but doing only a single dance to get in a “qualifying event” toward meeting the qualification requirements to attend the World Championships.
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— Unfortunately I will have to scratch my one line dance that I had planned on competing.  It just isn’t ready for prime time yet.  😦

See ya on the dance floor in Oklahoma!

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