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Wohooo, yay for rain!! Stupid milk... Is it the lactose you are reacting to or the milk itself? Hope you feel better soon!

Thank you!! ❤️ I'm sure it will be super fun. And the best part is - it's really close to my home, that's always a plus. It will take place next year in August, so still a lot of time to worry about it beforehand. Thank you! ❤️ Saturday: Slept well, learned the whole day. No dancing (because my arm still hurts), but we took a nice long walk (perfect to air the brain out from all the studying), it was a really nice and sunny day, probably one of the last this year. I got to talk on the phone with my dad, he seems to be healing well, but it will take some time. He promised me to take a walk with me on christmas (right now he can't even walk to the bathroom alone... But he is a tough cookie, so I'm sure it will be better soon). Today he even sent a selfie via whatsapp, he was to tired and weak to use the phone before today, so yay, it's looking up. Took a nice soothing bath in the evening. Overall a good day. Except chocolate. Oops. xD But I don't care too much about this right now, all that studying makes me crave sweets. xD This probably will get better again after the exam on Tuesday. Today: Slept in (usually the cats wake me up at around 7am because they want their breakfast... Today they didn't. So I woke up at 10. xD I guess I needed this after this crazy week... Sleep is essential. Did a lot of studying again, ate a ton of sweets again, went on a walk again (this time after dark, it's nice and foggy today, I just love all kinds of fall weather. ) My arm still hurts, so no dancing, hope this will be better soon... Well, my doctor warned me that this one would hurt. xD At least I can put my clothes on again without swearing, so that is an improvement... xD I'm excited for tomorrow - we are learning how to perform massages tomorrow. And need to practice on each other. I'm very much looking forward to that...

This is actually one of the first things we learned in physiotherapy school. (Very different kind of therapy, but still similar in this aspect. If it's this way for the body, it most definitely is this way with the mind as well... )

Hahaha I was thinking the exact same thing. So awesome! Love the video. Have fun with the challenge, it sounds great. Looking forward to more awesome videos!

Thursday was a bit more difficult again (I even decided not to do my 2 hour bellydancing class in the evening. I was just too tired, not in the mood and got another vaccine that kinda hurt my arm again... not as bad as the last one, but bad enough that I still feel it now, a day later). School helped to cheer me up, studying was tough... In the evening I got a message from my brother, who visited our father. Looks like he is on his way to recovery, albeit still very weak. I feel a lot better since I got this news. Phew. Today was better. Did some studying in the morning, then school, then some more studying and just now we had the registration for internships next summer. It was really close (there are a lot more students than spots, especially this year with Covid... Everyone who couldn't get a spot needs to seach on their own and most spots in the city of Vienna are only availabe trough the school... So if you don't have parents/family outside the city where you can stay and do an internship (or a car to get out of the city - I have neither), you need to be super fast and lucky. xD), but I managed to snach a spot. Not for my prefered time slot, but spot is spot. I'll be working on my birthday for the first time in my life next year, since my internship starts on that day... xD Ah well, there is a first time for everything and maybe it's a lucky sign. No dancing/sport today because of my arm, but I think it should be fine again tomorrow, so I'm really looking forward to a little movement session in between studying (my plan for tomorrow). Ah, I'm almost back at my usual happy-emoji-volume. Feels good to feel like myself again. I'm very much looking forward to two days where I don't need to go outside (well, maybe except for a little walk, it should be warm and sunny tomorrow. ).

Oooooh this is a huge step, congrats on resolving this! Fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly from now on.

Sneaky little Oreos... Hope you feel better soon! And hope your neighborhood stays peaceful.

Thank you, Mad Hatter! ❤️ No dad news today. Maybe tomorrow. I failed my goal of staying off facebook and instagram, in contrary I got sucked into a spiral of constantly checking facebook-instagram-whatsapp-mails-facebook... I deactivated all notifications on my phone two weeks ago but somehow it has almost gotten worse instead of better. xD (Facebook is for general news right now, instagram is good for distraction and friends, whatsapp is for family updates and our school group and mails are for school as well). Ah well, still managed to do a little bit for school. Now the mister is making some pizza for me and while the dough was rising I fulfilled my pledge. I didn't want to do anything, but just got over myself and did a quick 22 minute mobility stretching (for the hips) video, since I would have had a stretching class tonight if it wasn't for the second lockdown. After that I was so motivated that I did another one. Now my hips feel like butter, my brain feels much calmer and I can already smell the pizza. Plan for the rest of the evening: eat pizza, take a bath, chill. Tomorrow will be another day for studying.

What is it with university therapists being... strange and wonky? I had the same experience. Went there once years ago and haven't tried since. Btw I think a walk every day and some breakfast are a great start of the day and not to be underestimated! Sending some hugs your way! 🤗

Thank you all for the hugs!! ❤️ Staying positive is my super power. 😎 Most of the time. xD I'm kinda loving how our city is dealing with this stuff... France had #jesuisCharlie, England had #prayforLondon, Vienna has #schleichdiduOarschloch ("Schleich di, du Oarschloch" - basically "Get lost, asshole" in Viennese dialect, something someone yelled out of a window to the terrorist. Sums up the city perfectly, Viennese people are always grumpy and very sarcastic. I love it. xD). Everyone is helping together, even during the attack many people living in the inner city provided shelter for all the stranded people (it happened in a really popular neighborhood with lots of bars and on the last evening before the second lockdown, so a lot of people were there)... My bellydancing teacher invited all of her students to join yesterdays classes via zoom for free since dancing helps the soul to heal. I didn't because I was simply too tired for much movement, but it's a super nice gesture and really helped a lot of my friends. My dad had surgery yesterday, seems to have gone well, I'll know more tonight, when my brother visits him again. School is fine, I was very anxious yesterday (it's just a bit much right now with the lockdown, the attack and my dad), but managed to at least listen to our lectures again and prepare for a little presentation today (just finished, everything went well) before eating white chocolate (I just had to... ) and watching more of RuPaul's DragRace because Drag Queens help the soul to heal as well (at least for me - it's just such a different world filled with drama and glitter, really helps to wind down and think about something different and stay away from facebook). I didn't do any dancing or stretching yesterday but it's ok. Went to bed early, slept well, so I'm feeling much much better today. One zoomclass is already done for the day, the next will start soon and then I have the whole afternoon for studying, moving around a bit, cuddling the cats (also very soothing ) and staying away from facebook and instagram. Very much looking forward to that. I hereby pledge to do at least a little bit of dancing or stretching today. Now that I have written that down, I have to do it.

Life still feels surreal, but a bit better. Didn't get much sleep this night. Got up fairly early since theoretically we would have had school at 8:45 am... There was (and still is) the plea to stay home, primary schools are closed (except for kids that would be alone at home), everything feels super weird. We had a lot of discussions in the morning, wanted to postpone our lesson today, but couldn't. So I went to school after all, a bit later than usual and with a different path than usual (the spot where the - as we now know - terror attack happend is one of the places where I change subway line every day... creepy. ^^). First I was not very happy about that, but now I'm glad it was this way. Our lesson was a perfect distraction and really, the commute was fine and save and everything went well. It was just weird - almost no people around and all the subway tunnels are brightly lit. Now I'm home again (and tomorrow is Zoom day^^), ate my breakfast at 3pm (took some bananas with me, but those don't count. But yay no chocolate. xD), will study for my next exam next week... Ah btw I really got an A on that anatomy exam. 😎 Not all things are bad right now. xD Maybe I'll even do some stretching later. I'd love to take a nightly walk again, but I'm not sure if I really want to. xD Kinda both. Should be fine but... ah. Everything is just so strange and surreal. And I'm super tired, very much looking forward to go to bed today. xD

Wow those videos are really cool!! Your handstands look so effortless and solid.

This sounds lovely! Casual witch.

Oooooh this makes so much sense. Love it! Yes, this is always my approach for things like this. True. 😕 Damn. I just wanted to post that everything looks a bit brighter today - PnP yesterday was a lot of fun, School today as well and it looks like School will go on as usual, for the time. So that makes me glad. And we will do a few poledance livestreams, so there is the possibility of earning a bit of money. Yay. xD And then I did my bellydancing classes online today and had a lot of fun again. Life started to look bright and peachy again... Even my dad, while still at the hospital, is feeling and looking much better. well... right now I'm watching a news livestream because we had a massive shooting in the city (Vienna) and it feels so unreal. All of my friends are save (some of them are stuck in the pole studio since that is in the heart of the city as well, but they are save there)... It's... I don't know. Things like these normally only happen on TV, far away. Today I actually HEARD some of the shots. And the helicopters flying around. Normally it's my bedtime now, but I'm not very tired, as you might guess. I think I'll turn off the news now and try something to wind down and hope, my friends stay save. It's still ongoing. Brrr. Right now the whole city counts as "danger zone". At least the lockdown doesn't look as bad now? ... Can 2020 just end now, please? I'm going to read all other challenge threads now. ❤️ Think some positive thougths.

Wohoooo, you rock!! Love the costume as well!

And... there goes my survival strategy. The last two days were a whirlwind of emotions and stuff happening. Friday was great, good school day, had a few deadlines and managed them all, and in the evening went on a date with my boyfriend, that was really nice (we got a gift certificate for a fancy restaurant last christmas and wanted to use it before it expired). So I did some learning, ate great food, went to bed early enough (we were both positively dead after eating so much xD). Saturday was a bit more difficult. I was anxious the whole day because our government planned to proclare new corona measures and I feared for the worst. So I tried to study but couldn't concentrate. Then I tried to at least clean the flat but even that didn't really distract me... Plus also some family stuff, see spoiler. So I wasn't in the best mood when I went to the studio to teach - the class itself was super fun, we did a Vikings halloween special, creepy music, creepy choreography, likeminded people, so that was great and put me in a much better mood. Then went on to spend the evening in private with three friends, that also helped a lot. Today I'm feeling much better, ready to do something again. This afternoon we'll play Carbon 2185 pen and paper again, so I need to finish my stuff before that. And starting Tuesday everything will change. No more Pole (dance studios are closed with the new corona measures), probably a lot less fun school stuff (higher education schools and universities have to do distance learning. You can't teach/learn physio therapy via distance learning... 😕 I don't have any official information from the school yet, I just hope for the best.), maybe less nightly walks (there is a curfew from 8pm to 6am, but you are allowed to go outside for "physical and mental health", so we will see. xD). Only the bellydancing classes are rather untouched since those can be done online as well. At least for now, a few of them will be finished soon (and the new ones are already open for booking), but I'm not sure how many new ones I'll be able to do, since without pole I don't really have an income anymore. xD (It's ok, we won't go hungry or sleep on the street, but I'm not yet sure if the luxury of dance classes is possible in the next few months). Right now all of this will be active all of November, then gradually get loosened up in December, but let's be real, I think that it will be this way until at least March or April. Tough times. I'm glad I have this challenge and hope it will inspire me to take some time and jump on my home pole, do silly dancing, stretching and the like to keep my sanity. And I'm also thankful that I got to teach one last class yesterday and say goodbye to the studio for now. Sorry, todays update is a bit meh. I hope the next one will be happier again. I'm looking forward to tomorrow - still a normal school day, we have a very fun class ahead and I plan to also go to the library and get ALL of the books (since I guess libraries will be closed as well). xD At least I will have more time to study now.

Quick post, because cool video - this is my dance family. Video is from our little festival in August. Improvisational tribal style (for the knowig people: It's an ATS dialect, so not "real" FCBD style but a variation, we call it Wüstenrosen style), so not a choreo, but dancing whatever we feel like. (with a little bit of talking about it beforehand like: we knew how we wanted to start and which special prop to use to what song, but that was basically it xD). I'm the one with the white-violet skirt (right in the middle on the posterimage xD). Just wanted to share, it got uploaded yesterday, I just watched it and am loving it. xD Are there fails? Yes of course. But it was so much fun!! Aaaah I want real-life-dancing times back! ❤️ This is ONE (of three xD) things I mean when I talk about "bellydancing". ^^

Chocolate is love, chocolate is life... During the hot summer times it was easy not to think about it, but now? xD I comfort myself with Chai with oatmilk. This has a... similar feeling, warm, cozy, better than nothing. Thank you!! Hehe... I came to Austria to study physics (did my BSc, quit right before writing the masters thesis... I just couldn't decide on a topic. And was a bit burned out), then worked for a while at a little software company making e-learning-software. This was fun for a while, but not something I wanted to do "forever". Physics is also where I got my nickname from, there was once a loooong nightly study session about the Levi-Civita symbol (in German: Epsilon Tensor xD). Where does your mu come from? PT was something that fascinated me for quite some time (as a pole teacher I have lots of students with different injuries and also had some myself as well), and this year I decided to just try it, thinking "I won't get in there anyway". Well, here we are. xD And I love it so far! And: thanks. Sorry! I haven't tried one of THOSE for... nearly 20 years I guess? xD (except toppling over from trying to do a handstand). Hmmmm could be a goal for next summer, it's not impossible. Thanks!! Status today: Slept very well, I'm eating right now (not chocolate... selfmade curry. xD), already had two online lectures in the morning and will work on more school stuff in the afternoon now. The evening is full of dance again - first some spinning pole, then my 2 hour bellydanceclass (probably online, Madame C is wrecking havoc and I like to stay at home where ever possible 😕 such a shame, it's much more fun in person^^). Well, my lunch break is over, off to learn more awesome stuff!

Thank you all! I'm still super happy. And somehow also super tired, might be the after-exam-adrenaline-crash... So yesterday went well - first the exam, then off to school, then off to the pole studio for a bit of teaching. My students were super nice (I just filled in for another teacher, so I didn't know any of them beforehand) and motivated and afterwards I even went for my nightly walk with the boyfriend again. Then some pizza and half an episode of RuPaul's DragRace, and off to bed on time. Oh and I got myself a few gummy bears for doing so well in the exam. xD Today more of the same: I got to sleep in, went to School, went to the studio to teach (stretching this time), went for a walk (basically walked home from the studio - win-win: less public transport and more movement xD), now I just wanted to jump in here real quick and will go to sleep soon (right on time for my bedtime). I even started to learn those muscles today. I started with the shoulder. I like shoulders a lot. The next exam, physiology, will take place in two weeks, so this will be a major focus for me in the coming weeks. But I'm glad that we have some big exams now and not all of them in one week in January... Sleep: check. Food: yesterday a bit of a cheat day, today was fine again. Relaxation: check. Overall surval: check.

I DID IT!!! First part of the exam (general anatomy): 20/20, second part (bones and ligaments): 17/20. Whew. Now I can finally think straight again... and start learning those nerves and muscles. xD Rest of the day will be: now a bit of chilling, then I'm driving to school for some classes, then I'm driving to the studio for some pole teaching. Nice. xD

Oooooh those ghosts are too cute!! Love the decorations.

Welcome, nice to see you here! Thank you!! Oh I have. I LOVE handsprings. Ok, love-hate, ever since I learned it a few years ago... Took me ages to get it, then I had it, then I lost it because I didn't do any handsprings for about 2 years... Now I'm getting it back. Oh yes! Sometimes I dread going to the dance classes because I'm tired, ya know, but once I'm there it's always amazing and really helpful as a balance. ❤️ Hahaha Yesterday went rather well again. After sleeping in I procrastinated a bit, then watched my pathology lecture (we get a new one each Friday and can watch it whenever, really convenient), then procrastinated some more. After that I finally started to do something really useful, studied a few hours and got a LOT done. Feels good, man. I finished the day with a nice nightly walk again, to get some movement in and clear the head. I love autumn, the fog, the colorful leaves, the fresh air... ❤️ And even though we are in the middle of the city, there are quite a few green spots around us, that is very nice. Today was similar, but much more productive: slept in (it's a national holiday), then made a nice cup of tea and just re-read EVERYTHING anatomy. xD Then re-read some more. And more. Had a little zoom session with my classmates discussing some things that needed discussion... And now I'm just chilling until my bellydancing class starts (about 30 mins to go). Afterwards we want to take a little walk again. Then off to bed and tomorrow at 9am is the big exam. Wish me luck.

Love this! Love the song and your version is really nice.

Ooooh a fellow bellydancer? What styles do you like most? (I also dabbled with Datura for some time, but I just have too many awesome real life classes around to really use it - first world problem. xD) How long have you been dancing? Oh and... hi!

Wheee Manarelle, glad to have you here! Oh it it super busy! But they say, the first two semesters are the worst. I can deal with this. It's still a lot better than being stuck at a job you don't like very much, even if that job had overall less hours (... 40 per week). The first two semesters are just the basis for everything that comes later. Hence: ALL the bones. ALL the muscles. ALL the memorizing funny latin words. Yesterday was amazing again. I did study for a few hours, made a handy overview of all the joints in the body and their respective joint type. Then I went to the pole studio to teach, first a two hour stretching class (love those. My hips always feel like butter afterwards. xD Usually we do one hour of front splits and one hour of middlesplits), then a low level pole class. First I was a bit worried about my arm (since it still hurt a bit from the vaccine), but in the end it was fine, as soon as my muscles were warm, it stopped hurting (and is now completely fine today). I even did a little handspring again to see if it would work. It did. And I just remembered I still owe you a video from the one two weeks ago... Handspring and happy dance (no sound): It went even better (less shaky^^) yesterday, but I didn't take a video, just wanted to try it really quick while I was still warm. Then I went to meet some friends - one of my dance sisters also sings and did a little concert (for 30 people - very exclusive thanks to corona regulations) yesterday. We had soooo much fun! Ate good food (also some sweets... But one of my friends treated me, so I didn't exactly buy it, so it doesn't count? ^^ Ah I ate something decent too. ), drank some prosecco, enjoyed the show and stayed to talk till after bedtime. Oops. But no worries, this night we changed the clocks to winter time, so I had one hour more sleep anyway and got to sleep in as well, so everything is fine. So... Sleep check. Food semi-check. Relaxation double check.