Mentor Meeting 3

Hi again! Today is going to be a busy blogging day so get ready.

First, I met with Mrs. Augustine again this morning and I think that the meeting went really well. I definitely feel like her and I are on the same page and have the same goals of where this project is heading. She has given me some great ideas about how to further my project, like creating a video that tells my story and creating a video that has all the pictures from my surgery and the journey up to this point (I will explain all of this and why I have these pictures later today in another post!) She also has some good ideas for future blogs. Adding in more videos like the one from So You Think You Can Dance, more information on what my surgery was, and some of the funny stories of what happened right after surgery. I will definitely be using these prompts to help further explain my journey.
 I am really glad that I picked Mrs. Augustine for my mentor. Yes, she has been through the WISE experience with other students in the past and has good advice on how to stay on track and how to keep myself motivated, but she goes way beyond that. She is 100% interested in my topic and project and makes me more excited about it then I already am. I feel completely comfortable telling her about all the struggles I am facing along the way and sharing the flood of emotions that I have been feeling finally getting back on the dance floor. I couldn't have asked for more when it comes to a mentor.. You rock Mrs. Augustine!!

I also had physical therapy this morning and I got to do something that I haven't been able to do in almost seven months. I got to... JUMP!! And yes, it really is that big of a deal! It was such a weird sensation actually being able to get off of the ground again. Even though I have been working in the studio for a few weeks (and the dance, I think, is pretty good so far) I haven't been able to put anything that requires jumping of any kind into the dance. When I was choreographing the first bit of the dance, I was thinking "Oh I can always come back later and add the jumps in later," but Mrs. Augustine made a good point. This dance is telling my story and my story is definitely one of baby steps and small progression, and I want my dance to be the same way. So I am going to keep the beginning the way it is and wait until later in the dance to put in jumps.

Well that's post one of the day... get ready for more!