I love teaching but I do have to say something...

I miss performing.

I haven't been in a play or a dance performance in over a year and it's killing me. I'm living vicariously through watching others perform because I have no time to do it myself right now. :( Within the last 24 hours, I have watched most of the performances of the Superbowl episode of Glee at least 3 times just to feel like I am performing with the Glee club.

This past Thursday (and this coming Thursday, actually) my school had an assembly put on by some students from one of the local colleges and watching all of them perform dances or sing has made me SO homesick for performing in shows. :(

I haven't done any shows with Timpanogos Valley Theater since 2009 because I've been focusing all of my efforts on finishing my schooling and that's resulted in me sacrificing doing something that keeps me sane and happy.

For someone who has been performing in various shows since she was about 5 years old (Sunshine Generation), I feel like the performing arts are in my blood. I am not usually happy unless I am singing or dancing somehow. Luckily, I will be singing with a stake Women's choir in a couple days for a stake women's conference around where I live, so that's better than nothing.

But seriously, I am having HUGE performing withdrawals and my heart is hurting because I haven't been able to do anything where I have truly enjoyed performing since Fall 2009 when I was in Annie Get Your Gun. I was in a local talent show during the county fair back in August, but I've way overused that song I performed with (I Enjoy Being a Girl) and it wasn't as enjoyable as I was hoping it would be.

I am just hoping that I can somehow use my performing arts experience in teaching my science unit starting next week because otherwise, this could be a LOOOONG 7 weeks for me.