Dancing. Again.

My favorite class this spring is definitely my ballroom class. I absolutely love it. Dancing makes me so happy! It is such a stress reliever for me. You go and you exercise and you try to be as graceful as possible, you have awesome dance partners who are super attractive (that's pretty motivating) and you learn to move with beautiful music. We are learning the waltz right now and I'm addicted. I think I've become obsessed with feeling, looking, and being graceful. Yesterday I went to dance practice at 3:00. I got home at 10:00. 7 hours of dance. No big deal...

Dancing has made me so much more motivated to be in shape! There's a goal behind it now besides just being generally healthy. (It's made me want to be like 10 pounds skinnier. I can't decide if that is okay or if that is an unhealthy motivation..). I'm definitely going to stretch every day, go running on a consistent basis, eat healthier, and do more ab workouts. Overall it has just made me want to be a stronger person.

There is just one problem with loving dance so much. It is killing me that I can't do more! This is the first ballroom class I've taken at BYU and I'm just kicking myself for not taking it sooner! I only have one year left in school, which basically means I can only take 2 more dance classes (possibly a few more if I am brave enough to squeeze them into my schedule). My TA told me I should try out for the ballroom team (he was on it most of his college career) and that I could almost for sure make it, but there is no possible way it could fit into my schedule! I've looked and looked and tried to figure out a way but it just won't work. I'm super bummed about it.

But the only thing I can do about it currently is to enjoy my class to the fullest and take every opportunity I have to practice and get better. Maybe, if I'm really blessed, I'll end up in a situation where I'm not doing nursing for a semester so I have a whole semester to just devote to GE's and dance. I'll figure out a way if there is any :)

Until then, I'm going to be stretching and exercising and practicing as much as possible. If that's the only result of this dance class, I'm happy with it.

p.s.--thank you Conner for being my dance partner! You're great and I wish you weren't leaving on your mission in the fall so we could take 280 together. Or I was going to Alaska at a different time so I could try out for the summer team with you. Oh well. Cest la vie!

p.p.s-Edit to the above post: I just re analyzed my schedule for fall and there is just a tiny chance that if I could make the 3:00 team I could fit it into my schedule. I almost just died of happiness. We'll see how this goes...