leaving what's comfy...

So here's a quick recap on my life....I started school at UVU on aug 26th. Nothing major, just some dance classes to get myself back in the swing of things...I mean, it has been three years since i've been in school, I had to ease into it. I auditioned for an two advanced dance classes and wasn't sure how that would go since I hadn't even put my dance shoes on since leaving BYU. Well they went great, I got into both classes and got talked into auditioning for the performing ballroom dance company at UVU. I made the back up tour team which I felt good about since I hadn't practiced anything in forever. Well things went well I was remembering things pretty quick and really enjoying myself in my classes. Ahh I missed dancing SO much. I was, however, getting pretty worn out physically. My team class was at 6:40 every morning and then on mon, wed, and fri I had two more hours of dance and an institute class. Then I generally ran home to shower before working my 1:30-10:30 shift. So between class, work, and my church calling I found myself absolutely exhausted by the end of the day...If I wasn't at work I found myself falling asleep at 8:30pm. not super great for a social life :) A few times during week two I found myself seriously considering just closing my eyes for a few minutes when I stopped at red lights...that is a little unnerving and totally unlike me. It was at this point that I seriously had to think about whether being in school was the smartest thing for me right now. After some serious thought I realized that once it starts snowing I would have to wake up at least 30 min earlier to get to school on time. I also realized that with Christmas I would be working longer hours and I remembered that there are many nights I don't get home from work until almost 1am...not to mention all the practices and extra hours with team in preparation for concert in December...so somewhat unwillingly I withdrew myself from all my classes yesterday. I am still pretty sad about it...I loved being part of a dance team again and I love performing. Maybe I will do school again but it will not be this semester. Instead I have decided that maybe its time to try crossing off another goal i've had for years...but one that scares me to death. I am going to take voice lessons and start working on my goal of being in plays. If I learned nothing else from my time at UVU it was proof that I can do hard things, I can do things that are out of my comfort zone. By going to UVU for even those few weeks I learned that I could still dance, and I was still pretty good (not as good as I used to be) even after 3 years. And 8 years ago I didn't know how to dance and it was scary to compete and to learn but I did it then and I can do it now. I am going to leave my comfort zone and try something new....