Pre-Oireachtas Update

Tomorrow I leave for my fourth Oireachtas. There's a lot riding on this: will I reach my long-term goal of a 2013 world qualification for solos? Will our figure choreography be top in the region? There has been so much work put into both, and I'd love for it all to pay off.

 It's been 130 days since my latest major injury, and here I am about to leave for a competition I thought I couldn't do a couple of months ago.

 Either way, it will be an epic weekend.

Stay in touch with me while I'm in New Orleans:

• 'Like' the new Rince go Bragh page on Facebook for photo updates and more!
• Follow @RinceGoBragh on twitter for short and sweet up to the minute messages through the day.
• Hang around the senior ladies' stage on Saturday morning for real life interaction!

Goals: tan, finish packing
Days till Os: 1 day, 13 hours

Mini Update

1. The thing we have all been waiting for: my new dress! I will post more pictures after it gets blinged while I'm wearing it around at the Oireachtas. Thanks to my lovely boyfriend (author of the STFU posts) for getting it for me for Christmas!

2. Had a dream over the weekend that I got fifth at the Oireachtas, while another dancer from my school won. Last year when I had dreams about placements, they came true. We will see...

3. I leave for the Oireachtas early tomorrow morning, and look forward to dancing solos Saturday morning, followed by my four hand Saturday afternoon. I may or may not be taking the laptop with me (depends on how much portfolio work needs to be done), but after I get home on Sunday I will attempt to post that week following.

4. As usual, you can journey through my Oireachtas weekend with me by following my tweets: @RinceGoBragh

5. And last but not least as a side note, I will be finished with my student teaching internship (and college!) December 14th! Lots to celebrate this holiday season!

Goals: Finish blinging and packing

Days till Os: 1 day, 21 hours

Oireachtas Tomorrow!

Today is all about Oireachtas prep. My legs are sufficiently tan. I have my program, and it's marked as to my dances, the other Maple ladies in my competition, and who last year's world qualifiers were. I've checked out the competition venue (it's nice). I plan on running through my steps once this evening, just to make sure.

I went to Chinese today for lunch. My fortune? You will travel to many places. Travel many places, i.e. Dublin? Keeping my fingers crossed!

And, like last year, I will be tweeting from the Os. You can either follow me here, OR check out the tweets on the right side of this blog.

Goals: run through steps, pack everything
Days till Os: 18 hours, 51 minutes

Tweet tweet

I will be tweeting from the Oireachtas this weekend. To find out how I'm doing/ what's up in Dallas, follow me!

Twitter: RinceGoBragh

Goals:HAVE FUN!
Days till Os: 2