I went to Boston this past weekend for some rueda dancing.  If you were part of my group, you’d already know that wherever we go, we have a good time.  We’re always the loudest, laughing the most, and probably the most annoying too.  We got to dance some bachata rueda… some real rueda… some salsa… and we got to take incriminating photos of a bunch of people.  Us women were safe though! Whew!  One thing I gotta say is how great my friends are.  This is my first “group” of friends. At least since maybe high school.  No one really gets that mad about being picked on… they laugh easily… they dance great… and we are all in agreement that we are the coolest rueda dancers in the USA.  Seriously. Fine, don’t believe me then but its true. 

This past weekend was pretty awesome. Not only did I get to dance a ton (although I don’t think I dropped the 3-4 lbs I was hoping for but oh well) but I go to hang out with my friends a lot. The coming-together of the 4 big area rueda groups was fairly monumental.  There can be a lot of competition between the groups for lessons, students, performances, etc. Rueda is a very social dance yet people tend to act very unsociably at times.  But Saturday night saw 100+ people together, dancing, without worrying about who dances with what group.  The performances were great. Everyone did a wonderful job. Overall, it was just a lot of fun.  I hope that we organize something similar for the near future because I think it would help grow rueda/casino dancing in the Wash DC area.

Observations:

• SAOCO members are hot. As a whole. The group, performers and those just hanging out and taking lessons – very good looking group!!
• Aramis is such a beautiful man! (if you don’t know who that is, its ok).
• The Alliance Dance Studio is gorgeous and I hope they’ll have us back!
• Some people really think they are awesome dancers but all they do is throw you around and its annoying, hurts, and makes me not ever want to dance with you again!
• I created a sign for the event and it was awesome. I was very proud of it!!
• I can almost dance normal in my 3 inch heels!!

 

By Sunday, hopefully, I’ll have dropped 3 more pounds. Why? Because I’ll be dancing tonight for 2-3 hours and then on Saturday night for close to 5.  If that doesn’t push my weight down a bit I don’t know what will.  I have been feeling anxious lately about my weight and I don’t know why.  I have about 10 more pounds to lose to get back to pre-pregnancy weight and I feel like I should already be there.  But I’m not a skinny-minny who pops back to normal either so why am I surprised?  I want my little tummy to go away.  I’ll keep my butt, hips, and thighs exactly how they are – I like them.  I just hate my tummy rolls.  I have even considered starting to save money for a tummy tuck if things aren’t better in a year.  How desperate is that?  I want to just be satisified. I see others with rolls and they are still beautiful.  So why can’t I consider myself like that? 

*sigh*  It really comes down to wanting to wear my old t-shirts. I put them on now and they look like they were made for a teenager instead of me.  Ok, some of them are but I love Snoopy and sometimes the only place to find him is in a teen section.  But they fit before I was pregnant just fine and I want them to fit again. 

That reminds me… if you find any cute Snoopy t’s out there, please let me know where.  I found an awesome rhinestone one in H&M but they were in my daughter’s size – not mine.  Not fair!!!