Best... Saturday... EVER.

We had Waltz of the Flowers rehearsal today. They were running the entire show and just wanted us to go up once and perform to out best.

Well I got up there and dance like I normally do: having fun. I smiled, projected out, kept my face lifted and what-not. So at the end of the dance, Miss Jennifer (the one who owns the studio) had everyone sit down.

"Okay, Cheri? You need to project more. Keep your head lifted. That goes for all of you. You can't be looking at the floor. Now girls... when you mess up... if your left foot is in front instead of the right... most people won't notice. But you have to SMILE. The only person I noticed doing what she was supposed to-- that was dancing so beuatifully it made me wanna cry, was Miss Chi here."

I totally snapped my head up like 'Huh? That's ME!' XD She says "She was projected the whole time and she had this big smile the whole way through, and it was just so beautiful. She was doing so wonderfully, I wanted to, here in my jeans and sneakers, to get up there and dance with her. SHE's the one everyone will be watching at Winter Concert. Excellent job, Chi." I swear, I was shaking the whole time through. So I kinda answered a tiny lil "thank you" in a shaky voice. I - WAS - OVERJOYED.

Dew Drop was royally pissed. You could see it. I'm fine with this. It was kind of like a karma thing...

See, we had a whole dance learned, And then they decided to cut SIX MINUTES of the eight minutes out, so the Dew Drops could have solos. I was so angry. But I figured, I would think it was cool to get a solo, so I decided to be happy for them. It certainly paid off.

I mean, Miss Jennifer OWNS the studio. As I've mentioned before, she's danced in the most famous compaines with the most famous dancers. She's everything I want to grow up to me. I nearly cried.

Mom, on the other hand, openly cried. XD Out loud. I don't think she's ever been that proud of me in my life.

It made my day. SERIOUSLY made my day. It was so great to know, unprovoked, that my hard work really is paying off.

SQUEE!!!!!!