Falling back into old habits

It all started harmlessly enough.

My friend Jeri asked me if I wanted to take a performance swing dance class with her. The routine in the class has a lot of aerials, something that’s been missing from my dance experience, and wasn’t an open-ended commitment, so I said “yes”, I’d be happy to take the class with her.

Meanwhile, one of my flatmates has been been trying to get me to join her for dance classes for a while. The ones she wanted to take this month were on Thursdays, and since Thursdays are my regular swing dance night anyway, I thought “why not”. I wasn’t really interested in the “basic 6” ballroom class she was taking, but I figured I’d join her for the bachata/meringue class and salsa class. Naturally, since the “basic 6” class was after the other two classes, and I was planning to drag her out to the Frim Fram jam, I decided at the last minute that I might as well take that too. It ended up being far too basic for either of us, so now we’re taking Argentine tango instead…

And naturally, I’m going out swing dancing tonight, after rehearsing with Jeri. Tomorrow I’ve got the performance class, followed by an intensive aerials workshop. If time permits, I may do a lindy hop workshop after that with Maggie and Paolo, then I’m going…wait for it…swing dancing.

And Sunday I will sleep.

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