About Me




Woah guys, I guess it was time to update this, again...

I'm Kelly, but Kay is my Psuedonym in the writing world and a nickname I've had since middle school.

I'm thirty-two (gross) and this blog has been a thing for many years now, though I'm not always as active as I should. It's been a place to document my hobbies and I hope it will always stay that way.

I've been married since 2013, and I've been an elementary school teacher for nine years. I currently teach 3rd grade, I have five books published, and I want to make writing my full time job!

This blog started as a horseback riding blog. I had high hopes that all the things I loved as an 11 year old would be recreated and then some. Turns out horses are expensive, smelly, and sometimes dangerous, but at least now I can live my life knowing I tried it.

11 year old me was a giant

I did adult gymnastics for almost a season after that. Sadly there is no photographic evidence of this part of the journey (Haha not really that sad)! I did dance and tumbling as a kid and I was mediocre at best. While I got back most of the skills I had in high school, I hoped that being a gymnastics super fan would help me to improve and learn more things...and it kind of worked? I did front tucks into a foam pit and did back tucks in harnesses but I ended the season early because...

I started Irish dance! It was another thing I had always wanted to do growing up, but worried about being uncool and too old when I found out about it in high school. I was too busy with other types of dance and then life to do it until I was just about 25 years old. I danced at two schools in the five years that I was dancing in both the adult and & over category. I danced in many competitions, dozens of shows, two Oireachtasi (? Not sure if that's the plural?), the inaugural year of adult camp at Camp Rince Ceol, and was half way to preliminary championships in January of 2019. I also taught pre-beginners and beginners for three years at my 2nd school.








That was when I found out that I was pregnant and Lord, my world changed. My son Dominik was born in September, 2019 and I can't believe the joy he has brought to my life. I used to think my friends that only posted about their kids were insane...but it's a thing. Was he named for one of my Lithuanian cousins and a Czech Hockey Player? Yes and Jon claims it's just for the spelling. Does he make trying to dance three days week impractical? Sadly, yes. Is he showing me priorities and teaching me patience? 100%. Not to mention, he's super cute.



I wanted to do something one day a week once I was cleared by my doctor, so I decided to try adult gymnastics again. This time I made it 3 weeks before I was like "Nope, still not good at this and if I can't compete what's the point?" So I thought of other things I wanted to try my hand at and I ended up at figure skating.


I skated on and off for about two years and I did two competitions in that time. My coach was great and I had a program to that song from the Leo DiCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet, but all the while, my heart yearned for dance. At first I was able to beat it back and tell myself I didn't need it, but it became so much that I knew it was time to come back and finish my unfinished business in the sport. After a phone call with a friend I hadn't seen in years, I emailed my TC.

I'm out of shape. I'm preparing for a level higher than I was in before I went on my hiatus. It could be the one of the hardest things I've ever done, but I need to ride this out on my terms or I'll regret it for the rest of my life.

Welcome back to the journey.

Kay

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