Who Is Erika Anyway?

 Sorry, this took so long, between college stuff, (which may be a future blog post) the adventure of winter, (again another possible post) Oh yeah, and I have been doing my school work, band practice and of course my ballet classes. Anyway, here we go the first characteristics of a blogger.                                                                  I Love Coffee   This is probably evident and silly. However, it is a part of me and this is a get to know the blogger series so here it goes. Coffee is a part of living in this family. My mom says growing up everyone knew that the Helton's had a pot of coffee going. Mom started drinking coffee young and so did I.      However, it was not loved at first sight. I remember being out of a bath and I wanted my mom's coffee. I wanted to be like...

    Wow! Can you believe we made it? It is finally 2017, I remember thinking this year was so far away. I was a fifth grader trying to determine when I would graduate. I also remember thinking that the possibility of the rapture happening before then, was a real contender. However, here I am on the last day of winter break, staring down a year of adventures, challenges, and surprises.      Looking ahead at this new year, I am not wanting to miss it. By that I mean I don't want to waste time worrying or fretting over trivial matters. I don't want to overthink things that are out of my control or give up on things that needed me to attend to them. I want to become a better student. Viewing every class as valuable and beneficial to furthering my education. I would like to be more disciplined in my music practicing and more attentive in rehearsals. I would like to actually stick with a workout plan longer than a month and push myself in dance harder than ever ...