Salsa Cardio

I have been a little lost lately wondering what my next thing was going to be. My gym had closed and I joined a new one but just couldn't get into it. I have never been one of those people that has a passion for one thing and are able to commit to it completely. I happen to be one of those people that enjoy the variety that life has to offer. Maybe that is one of the reasons I have chosen to stay single for so long but that is another story or at least for another blog entry.

Each year I always start something new with an unbridled passion for it thinking this is the absolute best, why didn't I do this before. For 2006 it was yoga, I was so sure that yoga was me. I was grounded, centred, togethered, calm....I even gave some thought to taking classes to become a yoga instructor. Running around town with my little yoga mat over my shoulder, trying to talk everyone into taking up yoga. I even tried to arrange for a yoga instructor to come to our recent Management retreat at work. Well that is done. The year before I was a runner. Bought all the gear, ran in the winter, the rain, the heat of summer. I ran in all kinds of 10k's raising money for this charity and that charity....well that too was soon done. The summer before that...was soccer. I loved everything that I tried....for a while anyway.

But alas, the new gym has a salsa cardio class. Love it, love it, love it. I love dancing....and since I am in my 40's keeping my 30 inch waist is a little trickier. But shaking my hips across the dance studio as opposed to running on a treadmill. There is no need to talk about which is more fun. Sure I had no idea what I was doing. I was always going the wrong direction and my left foot was moving instead of my right. My hands were up when they were supposed to be down. But there I was in the front row with a big smile on my face. Not unlike the final scene of "Little Miss Sunshine", I was giving it all I had. So that is my new thing... I will be trying to talk everyone into coming to class because it is so great. I love life and I love that I don't let myself get bored and am willing to always try something new.

See you in class :)