My first time leading ZUMBA! ever.
What pleased me most was that my nervousness was middling to light, and once the song started, nervousness dies as though the first stomp of my cumbia step squished it like a, um... centipede. Or a fly? A bug i wouldn't mind killing, basically. Because it it was an ant or even earwig, i'd try to avoid stepping on it, cumbia or no.
Hmmm, back on topic... Dare i say it, i really enjoyed being front and center! Shaking my butt, even! Not that the butt shaking -- or observation thereof -- added any enjoyment to the experience. I have been ever so slightly worried that i am not really going to get into leading ZUMBA! classes because, i dunno, i'll be nervous or something. Or forget everything once i get up front. Or mess up and not be able to recover. Of course, i know from years of leading singing that messing up is something i'm perfectly comfortable with, and i forget words pretty much always and still manage, so getting a step or two wrong won't get me off track much.
In other news, Houston drew a bicycle lying down, from the front. This amazes me. He is only seven, and he can hold a representation of a bicycle in his head and rotate it so the front is facing his mind's eye, and draw it. I'm good at that kind of stuff, which is why i can sew and make stuff out of paper bags, and i'm so glad Houston got it too. Also, Graham had been licking his bandage a lot, and the vet today gave him an "E collar" which stands for Elizabethan Collar. It's the cone thing. Wouldn't Queen Elizabeth be proud to know her legacy includes a device to keep pets from fiddling with their bandages. But our poor dog. He looks so depressed. Poor, poor dog. But also: hahahaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha gasp, hahahahahahahaha. Poor dog.
I like you. For oh so many reasons!
-- beth - 10 March '09 - 06:20Two things: I want a video of your zumba-leading and a video of Graham wearing an e collar please. OK??
-- mummu (Email) - 10 March '09 - 08:51