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“There is no dream too big for God to make a reality”
Happy Friday! This week felt like an entire month. TGIF!! It’s been a busy week and the train is not stopping anytime soon. This week was filled with trying and experiencing new things, dipping into possible (and exciting) things to come, lots of work (ugh so much work), and of course fun!
As I have talked about a lot lately, I recently hurt my left shoulder. It’s not broken or torn, I can still move it. I can tell it doesn’t feel well. Does that make sense? Sometimes when I move a shooting pain will go up my arm to my nape. Not something I enjoy. I am not sure if it is overused or I pinched a nerve or slightly tore something, but it’s more than a sore shoulder. Anyway, on Monday I decided to try acupuncture for the first time ever. I went to WTHN, which has been popping up all over my social media. Going into it I was pretty nervous. I am not afraid of needles but I am not the president of the needle fan club either. I chatted with my acupuncturist Caitlin a little before diving into the needle part. I told her about my concerns– pain in my shoulder, scoliosis, working out a lot, and wanting to balance my hormones. I also asked her about curious aspects of acupuncture I was unaware of like will I bleed, how painful is it, will I feel sore afterwards, etc. After discussing my issues we went right into it. Acupuncture is….. weird. It just feels weird. Some areas I couldn’t tell whether or not she put the needle in, only know because of her touch. And other areas of my body (like some areas on my lower back and my nape) that made my body jump. The ones on my wrist and feet didn’t hurt, but I wasn’t a fan of. Truthfully I was worried she would hit a vein and I would bleed everywhere and have 4 minutes to live (dramatic I know). Deep down I knew it would not happen because she is a professional and I trusted her. Anyway, she put about 30 needles all around my body. Only 1 needle kept throbbing; the one on my mid back on my right side. After putting the needles in she put headphones on me that played a 30 minute meditation. I was pretty grateful for the meditation because I was concern how on earth I would sit still lying face down for 30 minutes. While the meditation played, nothing besides the one needle hurt. It all felt weird, like I knew something was on me and it doesn’t hurt but it also doesn’t feel like heaven.
After the 30 minutes she took the needles off and I was on my way. I felt pretty dizzy and SO dehydrated afterwards. I highly suggest not doing anything after getting it done. I went home and felt worn out. The next few days I was pretty tired and had a little sore throat. I decided to google what symptoms occur after acupuncture and its pretty common to be tired for the following few days, especially after the first few times you try it. It’s also common for symptoms to surface– colds, pains, acne, etc. It’s your body detoxing. My shoulder feels pretty good! It’s not 100% healed but feels almost back to normal; I am not getting shooting pains, my neck does not feel overly stretched, and the aching has gone down. I am going to go back in a few weeks for another session. She also gave me herbs to take home for stress control. You are suppose to take them 2-3 times a day, but I already take anti-depressants so only take one herb.
Tuesday night I went to see Oklahoma Off-Broadway with Emily. It was….. interesting. Oklahoma is one of my all time favorite movies. I grew up watching it; love the music and the storyline. I knew going into Tuesday night the play was modernized. Which is fine, I get you need to refresh things, but this was something else. It was experimental and interaction theater. The experience itself was pretty cool. The stage is in the middle while the audience is all around, unlike the typical layout of theaters. The lights are on 97% of the time so you see everyone in the theater. Our seats were on stage, which was pretty cool!. They had benches lined up on the sides of the stages where we sat on one side and the actors would come and sit on the other side. They would interact with us– putting cowboy hats on people, jokingly flirting, etc. That part I found to be worth going to see. It’s something I have never experienced before in all of my years of going to Broadway shows. Sure people interact with the audience (Rocky Horror Picture Show is one I can’t think of that does), but not like this. Unfortunately besides the interaction, I was not a fan of the show. This is the first time I have ever left a Broadway performance not completely in love with what I just saw. I am going harsh critic here when I say– it felt like a glorified community theater production. Sorry, but it’s how I feel. Like I said they modernized it, I don’t think that part bothered me, at least I could easily accept it, it was making a classic into experimental theater that bothered me. Ok, here me out here. I am not against that type of art or theater. I basically study that type of art throughout college as I majored in dance. In fact if you took everything that happened and made it into an entirely different play (meaning not Oklahoma) I would of have loved it. But for me you can’t change a classic. It didn’t go over well with me. There were a few saving graces– like my love for the songs and it was pretty funny. The movie is funny if you actually listen to it. To my surprise my favorite character was Ali Hakim, the Peddler. In the original movie I pay little to not attention to me… mostly because I am swooning over Curly (who is a sexy man btw, worth watching the movie just for him!). But in the play I found him to be the best character. The actor Will Brill, who plays Midge’s brother in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Scott Brown in The OA, did a marvelous job. It was pretty surreal to see him, considering the day before I finished binge watching The OA and here he is the next day in front of me. Anyway, I wasn’t a fan of the musical and I may be alone in my opinion. I just felt it didn’t need to be changed or changed in that way.
Here is the true kicker, the icing on the cake, the nail in the coffin… you get it. As I said the musical was interactive. The actors were also drinking beer and whiskey most of the time… like can I have one too? At one point during the barn dance scene the actor who played Curly walked over to our table grabbed a beer, shook it hard. and opened it right in front of me. It sprayed all over the table, me, the girl next to me, and I am pretty sure the people behind me. NOT.A.FAN. So I got a little wet, no big deal. It’s not something I am going to huff and puff, let me speak to the manager about. But it was a jerk move. I didn’t go to the theater to get beer spilled on me on purpose. And this is coming from someone who always spills liquids on herself. The actor didn’t look sorry, clearly since he deliberately shook it. It pretty much solidified me not liking the performance. Not a fan.
Wednesday afternoon I had two press previews to attend. The first was with DL 1961 to view their Fall ’19 collection. Lots of fun prints coming out, even their current spring collection looks amazing. After that I went downtown to the Mega Mega PR showroom. They mostly represent jewelry designers. I found it very interesting to hear the back story of how pieces are manifested through ideas. Pretty creative! Last night I had two more press previews. The first one was a sneak peek at the W Hotel in FiDi new art collection. I got to meet the artists: Denise Cummings and Pitch Black. I chit chatted with them, mostly Denise, about their inspiration behind the pieces and watched them create. Pretty cool experience. After that I went back uptown to the Donna Zhong collection preview. She is a new to me designer that I am currently loving. Anyone can find a piece or two in her collection to wear.
This weekend is jammed packed with fun. Tonight I am going to DanceBody’s Finale Event to celebrate the end of the first of the year dances. April 1st we will be learning new dances to do for the next 3 months. I am nervous for the new routines, after being comfortable going into class knowing the dances by heart. But I am excited for a new challenge and new dances to perform. Tonight we will be taking an hour class followed by treats, Cryotherapy, stretching services, facials, and more. Should be fun! Tomorrow night I am going to dinner with a few friends at the new Crown Shy restaurant downtown in FiDi. Then Sunday I am going to see Be More Chill on Broadway. I have been hearing great things about the musical, can’t wait to see it!!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend! xo
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