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Birthday Month Fundraiser & Back to "Normal"

 Hello everyone! It's nearing the end of Chiari Awareness Month, and it's been pretty darn successful if you ask me :) my birthday fundraiser I do every year raised well over $200 in less than 24hrs and I'm so grateful for that! I personally choose to donate to the Bobby Jones Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation for SO many reasons, and they always take donations year round, so feel free to check out their website at bobbyjonescsf.org to learn even more!






As of Sept. 9th, I'm officially back to work in the dance studio, feeling as normal as it can be :) we are following all of the CDC and government guidelines and everything has gone so smoothly with no complaints that I've heard of. It's so so good for the soul to be back with my students working hard and creating again. It has been tough on my conditions to go from quarantine to working again, basically having a full 6 months off, but I think in another 2 weeks, my body will be all adjusted again. 

Not a lot has changed this month symptom wise. I have had a lot of brain fog and concentration problems, but the ever changing weather was a lot to blame for my cognitive issues this month. The wildfire smoke definitely didn't help either! SO glad to have clean air again :) 

As amazing as it was to have resting time, I'm very grateful to have some sort of a routine again. Still pretty afraid of all the germs and the virus, but I'm doing everything I can to protect myself. I will talk to you all next month about any other updates! Thank you for always being the best support system! 

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