the life of a ballerina.

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a little thing called, 

"the nutcracker", 

has taken over my life as of late.

i'm so sorry for being a flaky post-er, please let me explain: 

instead of letting my thoughts spill onto the keyboard,

my thoughts have turned into visions of sugar plums, who dance in my head.

instead of spending hours on pinterest drooling over new boots to buy-

i cram my feet into pointe shoes for five hours a day.

instead of staying up late to snuggle with lovebird at night-

i make him message my sore muscles until his hands ache.

instead of singing the christmas carols, that i so adore-

i find myself humming the waltz of the flowers, from rehearsal the night before. 

instead of studying for finals, cleaning the house or making dinner-

i come home to an unopened text book a dusty house. oh, well.

instead of flying home for christmas 'the normal', several days in advance-

i perform up until the christmas eve, to the very last second. 

all of this business is hard work and adds to the already crazy holiday season.

however, as much as my muscles may ache, my hours with lovebird are limited,

my studying gets put on the back burner and my life is hectic...

it is all worth it.

nutcracker is a beatuiful tradition;

one that i am so happy to be a part in,

and one that i look forward to taking my future little ones to. 

so, please bare with me-

i promise to post as often as i can in between rehearsing and studying for finals. 

until then, so you know exactly what i'm up to....

watch this trailer to our show!

challenge: can you find me?

hint: don't look for red hair- blonde instead!

p.s. is it a tradition of yours to go to the nutcracker?

if not, it's never too late to start now. 

i'm certain no matter where you live, 

a company nearby is putting on a production of it. 

or, always check for the annual tv debut of the san francisco ballet's version.

{it is breathtaking, truly. get a taste of it here.}

a new friend and pink lipstick.

sorry for the lack of blogging over the weekend. 

i was busy spending time with dear friends up in the city.

oh, how i love san francisco, friends and ballet.

what a lovely weekend i had. in fact, i didn't want it to end.

p.s. i'm extremely jealous of all you out there who actually get a three day weekend.

for some silly reason, my school decided it wasn't a holiday.

but, regardless i had a wonderful weekend without an extra day.

 pictures:

1. on the way to the city wearing pink lipstick. my current favorite. 

{i had to take bart this time due to the closing of the bay bridge.}

2. ceiling in the theater. {war memorial opera house.}

if only you could see it in real life. it is absolutely breathtaking. 

3. lunch at one of best friend's favorite restaurants. la boulange.

bonus: it's in one of my favorite neighborhoods.

open face sandwiches plus window shopping is delightful. 

4. anthropologie in the city. it get's me every time. 

i'm convinced it's the prettiest anthro store. i die and go to heaven every time i step foot in there.

5. view from best friend's apartment. 

isn't he lucky to wake up to that ever single day?

6. lovely friends i went with to see the san francisco ballet perform. 

i finally got to see chroma live/in person. remember this? 

it completely beat my expectations. and let me tell you- my expectations were set high. 

7. waiting for the train on the way home.

this was definitely the worst part of the trip. 

i didn't want my weekend in the city to end so quickly. 

i wish i could replay the weekend all over again.

i'm grateful for a new friendship that i knew would happen once "the gap" was filled. 

true friends are the best. 

especially ones that bring you together with the ones they care most about.

happy three day weekend.

i promise to be a regular blog poster again. 

p.s. i have a surprise to show you this week. 

i can't wait to see what you think.

make sure you check back daily! 

xoxo

we we weeeeee.

this past week....

we went to school and work a lot.

too much, actually.

we enjoyed three deliciously yummy homemade goodies. 

{chicken enchiladas, zucchini bread, and granola}

we "picked" our new home.

which we are anxious to move into this weekend.

we spent another week in love.

we spent the weekend in san francisco.

we saw a beautiful performance of giselle.

we spent the night at joe's incredible apartment.

{watching the making of oprah's shows. insane, i tell you.}

we ate a yummy breakfast.

we raced off to church.

we spent the rest of the day just as lovebirds

walking the streets of "our" city.

and unfortunately,

we didn't take one picture.

lame, i know.

hope you had as good of a week as we did.

cheers to another week!

i'll be spending the last few hours of the weekend snuggling up

to the most incredible husband in the world.

jealous? you should be.