APRIL 21

Juggling is coming right along.  I found using weighted balls or even bean bags works better as it gives me something to grab on to easier than a bouncy ball.  I thought about using balloons to give myself as much time as possible but haven't done that yet.  I am sure I will have conquered the juggling assignment before my next challenge.  In the meantime, the dreaded ballet recital is in just a few weeks...ugh.  I have not and will not invite anyone I know as I just want to put a mask over my head  and get this over with.   Practicing at home is easy, but once we get together and that music starts, it's a whole new ballgame.  Still begging to be the tree but drill sergeant Isabelle is not going for it.  Even though I listened to the Spanish cds in February, our Spanish class has finally begun!  Senor Arnoldo would show us a picture of something and ask us what the Spanish word was for the object in the picture.  We would all answer in English...haha.  Homework assignment to write a word(s) for every letter in the alphabet.  (the Spanish alphabet)   I already started on my list.  Having a little trouble though finding a word beginning with the letter..... ñ.    (Pronounced ny...fyi)

APRIL 15

So it's been a while since my April post.  April has proven to be a very busy month indeed.  Still glad to be over the guitar and on to my juggling.  I have been practicing with two balls to start.  It was advised to do it that way and that's the way I'm doing it.  It's amazing how hard it is to even juggle two balls!  I'm getting the hang of it and really want to be comfortable with the two balls before I move on to three.  I'm using weighted balls so when I drop them I'm not spending all my time chasing them. I(learned that the hard way)   I think I'll get this.  It's only mid-Apri,l so I'm thinking if I'm juggling with three balls by next week, that will be good.  Staying the course!!

APRIL 2

Thank goodness March is over because I couldn't take that guitar anymore!  April...well, I went to my friend's sons circus show a few days ago and he inspired me!  No, I'm not joining the circus, but I have decided for April, I want to learn how to juggle!!  I have good hand/eye coordination (in my mind anyway) and I have always wanted to know how to juggle, so now is the time!  Who knows, if I get good enough, maybe the circus isn't out of the question......juggling 101...here I come!

MAR 15

I cannot lie (well I can, but I'm not going to)  I am really HATING the guitar!  Today to add to my frustration with this thing, I was just trying to go back and forth from G chord to D chord.  I kept strumming with my right hand trying to get some speed in my attempt to play TWO chords.  In doing so, I guess I was so focused on my left hand that I lost my grip (and it was a strong one)  on my guitar pick and it went flying into the hole of the guitar.  You know, that pick didn't come out as easily as it went in??!!  Now I know why those rock guitar players are always slamming their guitars into the ground!  They hate them too!!

MAR 11

UGH!!!   Guitar is not going well!   Still working on memorizing the G chord and D chord.  I can't for the life of me get it.  It's just that my fingers don't seem long enough to wrap around the neck of the guitar to put the proper pressure on the strings to make a somewhat musical sound.  I will continue through March with this new instrument but I am not liking it.  Love the ballet.  Comprehended the Spanish.  Probably won't continue the guitar unless things start to take a turn for the better.  I think I may be in brain overload....

MAR 6

So I wasn't sure how guitar was going to work with short stubby fingers and as I thought, it's not going well!  The two are not compatible.  Already I had to do away with any bit of nail I had.  I mean they are down to the stub...couldn't even leave any for scratching!  I don't know how Dolly Parton does it.    I am working on the G chord and the D chord.  It just takes more memorization than my brain has room for.
And now for the rest of the news....it has begun.  Recital practice has begun!  Oh my...am I really going to do this?  In front of an audience?  Ok, I diagnose myself officially CRAZY!



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MAR 3

Ok...it's March.  Hard to believe for me as I continue my journey of  "new things" this year.  The New Year's resolution continues and again, for me, this is something completely new.  January I started ballet. February was Spanish...hola.   March I had a couple of options but decided to go with... the guitar!  I don't know if people with short fingers can play the guitar but we'll see.  My list of new opportunities include things that challenge me physically and mentally.  The guitar will for sure try my mental capabilities.  Not being a patient person, I am hoping I can learn this skill without harming too many guitars.  I am not investing in a grown up guitar.  I borrowed my son's guitar he got when he was about 9.  I'm thinking it will be like learning the piano on Peanuts' character Schroeder's toy piano. Here's to you, March!