Christmas Time

11/28-12/4

Christmas Decorating 

This week at school, I had the final presentation for a pancake batter that can be sprayed directly into the pan.  We had to look at how to make  the product in a  more sustainable way, and our team did really well with the presentation.  I also went to a conference called Pollutec. At this conference there was a lot of different companies that were presenting on the different ways their companies have decreased their carbon foot print.  I attended three short talks with Clara and two others from school. The first was about circular economy and how we can apply that to waste management.  The second was about machinery (i didn't really understand it all).  Then the third one was about the traceability of compost.  This company really worked on the education and accessibility for their customers.  They also implemented plans to track what happens at each stage of the composting process, so that farms that use their compost have a record of how their compost was made.  I enjoyed this talk the most. The company (Suez), had a different look at how the process of compost should be addressed.  After this talk Clara went around and looked at some of the booth that were around the expo.  We also got free pens and food from them!

Skyping in to watch the Nutcracker

Ballet on Friday was fun again because there were two babies at the studio with their mom's.  One was with the accompanist and the other was with the teachers daughter.  These babies didn't make a sound while we were dancing.  They just looked at us with large eyes and were looking around (this was the distracting part because they were so cute).

Saturday morning I was Skype in to the Little Ballet Theaters dress rehearsal for the production of their Nutcracker!  It was between 2-5 in the morning for me, but it was worth it!  I got to watch my sister and dad dance.  She completely nailed her handsprings and back flips!! My dad rocked it as Father Christmas in the first scene!  I have not missed a Nutcracker since I danced in it at a child, and a 9 hour time difference and 8635 km was going to be an issue.

So now that I am in the Christmas Spirit, it was time to do some decorating.  Tomorrow at Church there is a Christmas song sing along with the Christmas story being read in different languages (last year it was 15 different languages).  I got to string lights on Christmas trees, make bows (they are still as good as the ones I made for Dance Team!!), and added different Christmas decoration around the sanctuary.  We listened to Christmas music and danced around.  When everything was all decorated we went to Subway across the street (it was a tradition).

This coming week is all focused on the last project with Valrhona chocolate, and working on getting things ready to come back to the US (18 days)