A usual Claire post

Usual because (as usual) I don't have time to be doing this and should really be off somewhere working hard like a good student. Instead, I am celebrating having finished my last oral exam. Done. It was french, so I wasn't too worried, then again maybe I should have been since it didn't go as well as I would have hoped. Ah well. The important part is that it's over. So, new in Claire's life this week-ish.

I am turning into more and more of a hippy. This week's venture? Homemade toilettries. That's right folks. After spending a few hours on the internet, Naomi and I are experimenting with homemade tothpaste, deodorant and shampoo (not me!). Unfortunately, over the past three days we have noticed a serious problem with our toothpaste so tomorrow we will be refining our recipe and heading to town to buy some real concoction supplies (no more stolen cafeteria ingredients!). We hope to use some of the seaweed that's laying all over the place. So far my only concern with the deodorant is that after shaving, it burns your armpits. But for the rest of the time it's fine. No one has complained of any odor yet, and believe me, I have police posted to make sure I don't start to stink.

On to other news, I have started dancing again. I don't know where I find the time. I don't actually think I have the time. But every other day I head to the gym and do some barre, some centre, some stretching. I'm hoping to get back on the pointes by the end of the month. We'll see how that goes.

So the two words no one wants to hear ... One World ... We are so far behind. The show is in less than ten days and costumes are still not finished, a few of the dances still need finished and not a single person is smiling. (well maybe the smiles is a bit of an exaggeration, but there sure aren't a lot of them!). On top of that, most everyone is sick, morale is low and people are not attending their practices. Ack! Yesterday we ran a que to que, took from 2.30 til 6 o'clock. It was long. I have been attending about five rehearsals a night, despite being only in one dance. I'm really having fun with this choreography business, but it's sure taking a lot of time!

Hmm ... what else. The church is holding their youth conference this weekend. I hope to be able to attend a few sessions, though I may be stuck here in rehearsals (which would suck). Oh! So two weeks ago I guess it was, a few of us prepared a number and played it at church during the offering. It was good to play in church again. Rather than play my bass (which I brought) the tech guy suggested that it would be easier to simply play the bass that was plugged in for the worship team. Fair enough. Unfortunately it was a really really long strap that couldn't be adjusted. So there I am, balancing on one foot so that I can be resting the bass in the crook of my leg so that it's not hanging by my knees. All in all an unfortunate affair. But the song went well and people seemed to appreciate it.

I think that is all.

Nope, it's not. I finished my university application. And my IHOP application was just thrown in the mailbox, and I am in contact with an organization about working in Ghana next year.