(Almost) Everything, Again

My figures lesson with Lynne on the Chandler coffee club.  The ice was a little weird/bad today.  I warmed up with edges and then we started with the remainder of the Preliminary test.

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- These are really getting nice!  My tracings were pretty close.  I was really happy with it, though I imagine it will need to improve a bit before the 1st test.
• FI8 -- also very nice.  Lynne said I looked very relaxed.
• Waltz-8 -- ugh.  The 3s were somewhat better but I put my foot down a couple of times on the R side step forward.  These are such a struggle!
• BO8 -- these are def. better than last week.  Better flow, even on the L side, and I'm doing better on not getting swing on the 2nd half of the R side.  I was having some issues returning to center though, and the 2nd half of the L side is still a bit shallow.
• 3s to center -- not quite as good as yesterday :-( but still improved.  I am actually getting pretty good flow through the RFO3 -- if I would just check better I might even be able to make it back to center!  The LFO3 still needs more work on that regard but it's improved too.
• serpentines -- the FOI ones are about the same.  FIO is looking a little better. I'm still a quarter or a half circle short though :-(.

After the lesson I worked on BI8 and waltz-8.  Bleah!