Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance!

I finally started dance classes last week! I'm taking hip hop and Latin dancing. I've managed to drag Danial into the Latin dancing class with me, and apparently he can rock the Bachata. Who knew his white boy hips could move like that? I think he surprised himself. I also almost had Dietrich, but he has Spanish class the same night. And of course, Ian continues to deny his obvious love for dancing, but he's not fooling anyone. :)

Also, they invited me to perform with the studio in February! I don't know the details, but it's some big performance that the studio is actually taking care of the costs for, so it's free for the participants! WAHOO!! We started choreography today. IT WAS AMAZING!! It's a group salsa number, but it's not in pairs. There's just us four girls. It's also a really nice change to have the correct body type. As much as I adore ballet, let's face it- I'm not built to be a ballerina, in more ways than one. Salsa though, wow! It feels so natural! And the more you can stick out your boobs and butt to make that 's' shape, the better, which, well, works for me! I'm so excited.

In other news, I went to the doctor who confirmed that I had in fact injured my sciatic nerve back in July. It's still healing, apparently, which is a bummer because I still can't do the splits. My right leg has been really achy the last few weeks, but it's not debilitating. I'm being very careful not to overstretch, but it definitely feels good to push it a little further every day. I can tell it's getting better. With any luck, I'll have my splits back by the New Year.

A quick note about going to the doctor's office here: IT IS AWESOME! First of all, I got an appointment almost right away. None of that "the next available appointment is 2 weeks from now" crap you get in the states. Granted, Martos is a pretty small city, so a bigger city might possibly have a longer wait, but STILL. Then, the doctor was fabulous, definitely knew his stuff. Then, last, but not least, IT WAS FREE!! Absolutely, 100% FREE. I kept expecting some kind of fee, however nominal, but no! It was really free! They just swiped my health card and sent me on my way. I couldn't believe it. I mean, I knew that was supposed to happen, but it just didn't seem possible. So many years of paying co-pays... it's a tough habit to break, but damn it feels good. I can't wait until the US gets on board. I can't believe we have such an absurd, backwards system still. It's really rather embarrassing.

But anyway, all in all it was a pretty good week last week, and I'm hoping for the same this week.

Before I leave, here is a video of one of my favorite 4 year old classes, singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Aren't they adorable?



XOXOXO
Poonam