Fivespot Meme and Desiree's Dance Update

LiteralDan tagged me to do this Fivespot meme. Some of these questions I'm not even sure I have five answers for but I'll do my best!

What were you doing five years ago?
Alfred and I just announced to our family that I was pregnant with Katelyn. We were also less than a month away from celebrating our first wedding anniversary in Vegas, baby!

What are/were five things on your to-do list for today?
- Have lunch with my best buddy, jaedeevee.
- Have dinner with my baby sister and the Hiepster.
- Workout extra hard to burn the calories from lunch and dinner.
- Pick up some stuff from the grocery store so I can do a "trial run" on Jacob's birthday cake this weekend.
- Start on the cajillion loads of laundry that we're behind on.

What five snacks do you enjoy?
- Lemons.
- Regular Ruffles or Lay's potato chips.
- Artichoke with sour cream.
- Nuts (pretty much any kind).
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

What five things would you do if you were a billionaire?
- Alfred and I would quit our jobs.
- Share with our parents and siblings.
- Travel.
- Donate and become involved in charities.
- Invest and save the rest!

What are five of your bad habits?
- I'm a compulsive spender. I buy now, think later.
- I love to eat.
- I don't know why I do it nor do I even realize that I do it but, according to Alfred, I rub my nose really HARD in my sleep (it drives Alfred cuh-RA-zee!)
- I ramble when I'm telling a story (THAT'S where my kids get it from).
- I pick onions out of my food.

What are five places you have lived?
- Pearl City, HI
- Sunnyvale, CA
- San Jose, CA
- Chicago, IL
- San Diego, CA

What are five jobs you have had?
- I worked part-time at a banking services company stuffing bank statements when I was 16.
- Sea World (back when the Coco Loco Arcade and Games used to be the Boardwalk) I was a "barker" for the carnival games.
- Receptionist at an insurance brokerage.
- Client Service Representive at an insurance brokerage.
- Account Manager at an insurance brokerage.

What five people do you want to tag?
I'll just let the five people choose themselves. You know who you are. You know you wanna do it.

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Desiree is about half way through the 8-week session of her Hip Hop dance class. Yesterday, as I was TRYING to eavesdrop from outside the class through the glass doors, I thought that I had heard her teacher ask the kids if they wanted to perform what they've learned. It was at this time that the man next to me decided to start talking loudly on his cell phone. Darn! I'd have to wait until she got out of class to find out the details. It turns out that their teacher has signed them up to perform at the San Diego County Fair. He didn't say which day yet but I'm hoping it's either the same day that The Doodlebops will be there or Fergie. With my luck, though, it will probably be on the same day that "Weird Al" Yankovic will be there. Anyway, Desiree is super excited! They may not be on Jabbawockeez level (yet!) but I think they've learned a lot this past few weeks and will be awesome when they perform at the fair!

Desiree is also part of a group at her school called Papia. Papia is in organization that helps the students gain knowledge and appreciation for asian/pacific islander heritage. The group will often times perform at festivals, open houses, etc. Desiree is currently learning tahitian dance through this organization and will be having her first performance at the end of this month at a banquent that Papia is hosting. She has shown us at home what she had been learning but since it's a group performance, we can't get a true appreciation until we see the whole group dance so I'm excited to finally get a chance to do so.

In other "dance" news, I've convinced my sister to take the Hip Hop Cardio dance class at Culture Shock Dance Studio with me on Saturday! I was intimidated by the first group of people that I had seen who were taking this class but since then, I've seen such a variety of people come in to take the class (young, old, tall, short, big, small, coordinated, not-so-coordinated) that it got me to thinking that perhaps I wouldn't stand out as an oddball in the class as much as I thought I might. Of course, now that I've said it, Saturday will probably be the day that ONLY the young and coordinated people decide to come take the class and I WILL stand out as the dork who is unable to do that pop-and-lock move no matter how slow and how many times they try to teach it. The last time I took an group aerobic class of any kind was a "basic" step class years ago when step classes were the "thing" to do. It was my first step class ever. The teacher would announce a transition and everyone seemed to know what that move was - everyone but ME - and by the time I'd get the gist of what everyone was doing, they'd be on to another move. The teacher was very happy to point out that I could not keep up. I don't see why it was necessary for her to do so. I guess she was THAT annoyed by lack of coordination. I didn't even finish the class. I left shortly after she pointed my uncoordinated a$$ out. And that is why I only do workout DVD videos at home now. Wish me luck on Saturday because I'm having all kinds of anxiety about being singled out for my inability to move in the right direction as everyone else or to do the body wave properly.