Saturday Night Fever!

This past saturday was most definitely one of the most fun nights i have had here up at school (and i almost didn't go)!!!!!! the roomies, lola, and case and i dressed up in what "70's" gear we could scrounge up, and headed over to casey's brothers for a crazy night of dancing around midnight! we danced non-stop for about 4 hours...it was so fun! minus a small camera and phone mishap (surprise surprise) the night was hilarious and FUUUUNNNN!!!!! everyone looked great...especially the guys! check out the pics for proof :)

doesn't kella look great in her 70's gear?!?!

and then there was brad...who walked STRAIGHT out of the 70's

and the roomies take a break from all the dancing to pose for a quick pic!

oh ya, and ps... for my family reading this: the camera was NOT my fault thank you very much :) it just did that random thing again where it reset itself and deleted my pics. (and for others reading this...i tend to have numerous "technical difficulties" when it comes to taking care of cameras and phones. thank goodness it happened early enough in the night that (after pouting about the 70 great pictures that i lost) i was able to capture about 60 other great ones from the rest of the night :)



Love to all,

milly ann

My Last IU Dance Performance

well, this was certainly a sad experience! i'm not going to write much on this performance for 2 reasons 1) i've already blogged a bit about it and 2) i refuse to cry about it (AGAIN!) right now. :) i love my dancers, and they have become such a special part of my life, and i look forward to supporting them throughout these next few years, and becoming even closer with them! it's so amazing to be able to share such a passion with those around you.

"until the dance becomes your very own."-Jackson Browne

Love to all,

milly ann

and so it begins!

today was the second day of classes, and my first one was cancelled due to bad weather; but there was no snow on the ground? ha. anyway, i love my classes so far! it's great, because for the first time i feel that my classes are relevant to my future career... OT!!!!!! i'm excited to start looking for some ot volunteer opportunities in the area....hopefully at the hospital :). it just makes me so happy to see the difference that ot's can make in their patients' lives, and i want to be around it so much more (also i suppose it won't hurt to have some volunteer work on my resume when i apply for grad school) :) we had our first dress rehearsal for the dance major faculty concert tonight! it was soooo great to be onstage again! it made me really sad to see the dancers, because i already miss dancing with them in class everyday, but i still feel like i'm making the right decision. i really feel that i just need to be a "normal" student now, and get good grades so i can get into grad school. but...but... but but.... that does NOT mean i am finished performing and dancing :) i still have such an INCREDIBLE passion for dance and being onstage, and i will never ever be able to let that part of my life go. i also don't feel like the past year and a half i spent studying dance here was NOT a waste at all! i have grown so much as an artists, had great opportunities, and made so many amazing friends. i feel so fortunate to have been a part of such a great program...even if it ended up not being the best thing for my future. okay, so i am going to start crying now, so i will stop talking about it :).


love to all,

milly ann

ps...guinea has been sitting on my shoulder the whole time i have been writing this, and she somehow managed to knock the curtains behind my bed down on my head! hehe

occupational therapy!

the other day i was fortunate enough to shadow an occupational therapist at the hospital, and it was amaaaazing! it is incredible to see how many ways ot's can help people live happy and healthy lives. it was also great to see all of the different types of patients that i will have the opportunity to someday work with! i truly feel that occupational therapy is the perfect profession for me, and i am so happy i was able to learn so much more about it!

love to all,

milly ann

happy new year!

welcome 2009!

2008 was an amazing year full of incredible memories, and i am looking forward to an even better 2009! we certainly started the new year off right with friends, food, and wine :) i spent most of new years day with jess...eating crazy amounts of chicken dip and wings! and what would the first day of the year be like without a few office episodes?!?! we also went bowling with the guys.... that was a hilarious... and fun experience (as kella would say) and guess what? i won...well, i was also the only one with bumpers. lol. The next day jess and i spent a crazy amount of time at wally world, as usual. we left the store with goodies for zoeie and guinea, and four new fish friends for jess! hah.

jess getting her new fish bowl ready :)

the latest pic of my miss guinea :) hehe

and miss guinea and me :) w/ my new bangs that i have obsessively been cutting and changing everyday! lollast night was soooo much fun! a few of the girls took abby out to tuscany on the river for ab's last night here. it's an adorable italian restaurant where EVERYTHING is homeade. yummy! we had a great time and laughed the whole night.. especially when the sweet old lady came up to me and whispered in my ear that i still had the tag on my shirt! hehe. after we ate we all packed in my car and screamed ashlee simpson and spice girls at the top of our lungs for old time's sake. :) nights like the last remind me of how fortunate i am to have such great friends to do silly things with :) it was sad to see ab go, but i look forward to our next reunion! 3 more days until i go back to school! feeling a little apprehensive... i know it'll be sad to leave my family and lburg loves after being home for so long, but i am also excited to see my friends from btown and see what the new semester has to offer!!!

love to all,

milly ann