Posted by Nicole
Since moving back to LA, I’ve spent 70% of my time with dance team (the other 30% has been spent with Netflix… I’m on season 5 of Breaking Bad and cherishing the last couple episodes). It’s a good thing I love my team SO much.
It’s been fun having friends over to break in my new apartment. We watched Clueless one night with some yummy hot chocolate/french pressed coffee mix.
Then another night we met up after the basketball game for snack night. We watched 13 Going on 30 and about 50 dance videos on YouTube. Typical dancer fun :)
After three hour practice on Monday, we had a team get together in celebration of our teammate and my personal BFF, Nika’s, bday. We danced around to crazy music…. I really can’t explain how fun these girls are. I can’t imagine having a different team.
Of course that wasn’t enough time for all of us together. We met up in the morning for celebration brunch at Urth Caffe.
My egg sandwich could not have been better. After the late night, I was more than ready for food by noon!
On Tuesday and Wednesday, I spent the days relaxing and working and the nights at practice. We learned and prepared three new routines for tonight and Sunday’s basketball games. Despite the sore muscles, Nika and Aliyah (friend from dance team last year) convinced me to get out of bed at 8 AM for a hike.
We drove to Escondido Falls Trail in Malibu and attempted to find the waterfalls. The first mini waterfall (below) had no water, so we kept trekking up in search of the second waterfall.
We accidentally went the wrong way and got to a No Trespassing sign. That’s when we turned around. Good thing because I was starting to get a little scared of falling.. ha.
At least the views were awesome!
After turning around, we quickly reached the second waterfall. There wasn’t much water, but there were a couple little streams so I could at least get the dirt off of my hands.
We were desperate for water at the end of our 4 mile hike so we eagerly stopped by a gas station on the way back to Downtown LA. And of course… the beach!
California winter really can’t be beat!
Time to quickly get ready for the basketball game tonight! Hopefully my arms/legs won’t be too sore until after the game!
- Nicole