NOTE: This is a repeat, your hostess called off today…
Well, that’s what we do in improv class! Kandi has been an improvisational act since that day on December 2, 2014.
My next class, on July 21, 2021 was fun, but different. Our instructor took a deserved vacation, so we had a substitute. His manner of teaching this skill was different as he spoke to us the entire time, as opposed to our doing various games and exercises. Different strokes….. It was interesting but different.
I again had dinner at a nearby restaurant, but other than that, there isn’t much of a story here. I wore this jumpsuit and went with a sun hat to give myself a little flair.
The next week, on July 28, 2021, I had to work, which I usually do not on a Wednesday. That made for an exhausting day! Drive to work, 50 minutes. Driving for work, eight hours. Drive home, 50 minutes. Dressing, eating, an hour plus. Drive to improv class, 55 minutes. Improv class, one and a half hours. Drive home, 55 minutes. Whew…..
A very simple outfit for the day. And the world premier of my new glasses!
This time we had a different substitute teacher and it was wonderful!
Lauren was bubbly, lively, kept the class moving, made us think, taught us so much and I took the opportunity to try and steal a little of the limelight. I really went for it on a number of the exercises we were doing, hitting the mark a few times and falling on my face as well. This is how we learn, even at my advanced age.
Lauren, the instructor, to me was amazing. Now remember who and what I am. I am also a student of our craft and how to best present myself as a woman. I was captivated by how how she stood, how she dressed, her grace. It was a master class for me. I immediately noticed that when she was in front of the class, “on-stage” as it were, she stood with her legs crossed, her heels pointed a certain way, she just grabbed the eyeballs. Oh to be that young and pretty….. I was honored to be there that day!
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Random Thoughts: I am so proud of this place! I am so proud of myself. I am so proud of the Kandi’s Land worldwide-wide community. Ladies, we are making progress, we make a difference. Love yourselves, because I love you (if that means anything). The more we learn to love ourselves, to cut ourselves some slack (and I am my harshest critic), the better we will all be.
To my beloved readers, I cannot express the love and joy I get from each and every one of you! I will do my best to address the comments from yesterday, the marker of one more year closer to, well the inevitable. Our daughter reminded me that I can now listen to The Beatles song “When I’m 64”, since that is now my reality. I had a busy day. Attending to one job with another creating an issue or two. Later I was happy to then spend some time with my BFF (thank you for putting up with my mood swings and penchant for bourbon). Recently a whole bunch of things have hit me, from the realities of paying the bills, to the realities of becoming a grandparent and the internal struggle of “is this how a grandfather should behave”, to watching my beloved plan and plan and over plan a baby shower to two upcoming MRIs (yes, two) to the joyous premier of Superman (because they paid me to be in it) and an upcoming extra cast party to my clearly getting out of balance (which is a whole separate issue). I hear you all on the need to not post daily, which is why we are in a big repeat mode this week, but for me, summarizing an outing is always necessary. One of my first “girl” friends, Cassidy (God rest her soul, I think) got a Kandi post before there was such a thing, whenever I went out. Yes, more than a decade in, more than a thousand times out, I still feel the need to say to anyone who cares “Look what I did!” and “Wow, I cannot believe no one hated me for this”. I get it, blah, blah, blah… As I said yesterday, I think, this is my journal, my diary. Dear Diary, I am beyond blessed, and I spend FAR too much time trapped in the worst place possible, my head.
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Love the pink on you my dear, still not sure about your glasses but then I don’t have to wear them
You do you the best way you can.
We are all unique in our own ways and that is what makes us all different and special
Love ya Rach
Thanks my friend!!
Kandi,
I agree with Rachel , pink does suite you , how a basic look can say so much about you !
Why would anyone hate you ? But I know what you mean , even full time I still feel I’m privileged . Perhaps it’s a hangover from male days ( more so in my case ) when we may do things we don’t always want to do to play down our femme side .
I really hope you enjoy the role of grandparent , even if it means less Kandi time but then you never know how it might shape up , my daughter is so good for allowing me to be Teresa with her family , OK labels are a little flexible but it stiil feels good .