the phagos blog

Last night, after spending all day in restorative therapy class, I went to a social dance, for the third, and likely, final time.  For the last three months I’ve been taking beginning ballroom dancing lessons on Tuesday nights, and it’s been enjoyable, but I haven’t actually used any of my learning outside of class.  In other words, all I’ve done during those three social dances was sit and watch.  Last night really just confirmed for me what I already knew - I don’t really fit into the crowd of people that go dancing, dancing really isn’t my thing either, and I’m really just a perpetual student.

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One of the reasons I have not written very often is my new Tuesday night activity, beginner ballroom dancing lessons.  I started in June with Foxtrot and East Coast Swing lessons, did 4 weeks of Latin dancing last month, some ChaCha, Rumba, and Salsa, and this month is Waltz and East Coast Swing in two different classes, which has turned out to be a bit much to handle for one night at my current fitness level, or lack thereof.

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