Rockstars, Groupies, and Peanut Butter

It's been a few days since my last blog post and I have loads to write about!!!

Item one: Rockstars.

I use the term 'Rockstar' loosely here, as I am not sure anyone but me, Andrea, and Lisa think I am a Rockstar, but Friday night, I sure felt like one. This story also explains Item two: Groupies. Friday night, Andrea asked me to go to her daughters Variety Show with her. Molly is a cheerleader at Neoga and her squad were to dance in the show. They did. Molly was awesome. Awesome I say!

They also had this piece of paper laying on the table when you walked in. Andrea told me to sign it to be a volunteer?? Volunteer for what exactly, I wasn't really sure, but nonetheless, I did it.

The show was good. Much of it was skits and bands and that type of thing. About a half dozen acts or so deep, they announced they were going to begin the Variety Variety Show. Ok I had an idea of what this meant, as Molly described it for me earlier in the evening, but was a little taken aback when they drew MY name out of a hat to perform on stage!

Yeah, that paper I signed meant I was volunteering to be a volunteer.

I hadn't performed in a spotlight in over a year! My heart started to pitter patter just a bit...ok A LOT!!! Molly told me I should tap dance. Ok I thought, I can do that, I have my shoes, I could do that.

When I proposed this idea to Andrea and Lisa, they had the most mortified looks on their faces I have ever seen in my life! The thought of me tap dancing on stage literally made Andrea want to faint I think. She turned a really odd shade of green and red and begged me to not tap dance and to sing instead. Looking at me with eyes the size of walnuts, she and Lisa both pleaded for me not to tap dance (as I still have only had the one lesson), claiming I would embarrass myself in front of hundreds of people. I told them that out of these hundreds of people, I only knew the two of them and Luke and Molly.

With little 12 year old Luke as my guide, I headed backstage to prepare myself for what was sure to be an amazing experience. I put on my tap shoes and started a little jig for Lukey and and his buddies. We all started laughing somewhat uncontrollably at my jerky stuttered movements! I whipped out my music play list on my phone and started to run through the songs for something I could sing with little or no preparation.

Luke suggested that I sing Right Round. Um no. Sorry Bud, but that is a little inappropriate. His friend told me I should perform Bad Romance, but let's face it, I only know the "Rah! Rah! Ra-ra-ra-ah!" part. Holy cow, I was beginning to perspire! I had like 2 minutes to figure something out. The pressure was on!

To myself I kept screaming 'Shit! Shit! What am I gonna do?!?! This always happens to me!' Then it hit me: Shit Happens. It Happens by Sugarland! Boo yah! I had found my song.

I headed back to my seat in the audience and before I even sat down, Andrea and Lisa began to fire questions at me left and right about what I had decided to do. I knew there was no way I was gonna tap dance, but I had left my tap shoes on just to keep the two of them guessing. Even as I walked up to the stage when my name was called, they had no idea what the heck I was gonna do.

When I announced to the audience that I would be singing, Andrea and Lisa let out a huge sigh of relief (right?). I did not have any karaoke track or anything to back me up, so I had to sing it a capella, which usually fa-REAKS me out...

So I asked the audience to be loud and fun and boy! did they follow through!!! They were awesome!!!!!!!!

So I rocked out on the stage in front of hundreds of strangers. And I liked it! A lot!

Everybody clapped and cheered and hooray-ed!!!!

Feeling like a Rockstar, I walked off stage completely satisfied with myself : ) (And so were Lisa and And-Bake... that I didn't try to tap dance)

I think I will be forever famous in Neoga.

On another note: Peanut Butter

I think I may have to switch one of my processed items in my non processed food diet to something other than peanut butter. I ate nearly 2 jars in 6 days. Yep. Gotta find something else. I'm gonna have to nix the protein shakes too. They treat my body WRONG!!!! I don't even wanna be around myself when the reaction comes. I seriously have some gas issues with the protein. Something's gotta go. Cuz the farting is getting a wee bit ridiculous.

Oh. Alli and I have our 2nd tap lesson tonight!! Im ready to knock'em dead with my stellar moves. Ohhhh yeahhhh.........