learn a musical instrument

we had our second salsa lesson today (dance is my new instrument!) and it was so much fun. having just that little bit of knowledge made it so much easier this time. we were dancing everywhere afterwards, the dog park, the front porch, the kitchen. so much fun!

when i decided to embark upon this goal in january, i had a specific vision in mind. acoustic guitar lessons with the possibility of plastic strings to learn spanish guitar.

i never quite got around to this one. i could never quite justify the weekly expense.

i started thinking about the upcoming wedding. the dress, the party, the music, all the stupid things i was hoping to get out of by eloping but didn’t. i realized we were going to drop thousands of dollars on what is essentially a big dance party and neither of knew how to dance.

long story short, my fiance and i are now signed up for 35 weeks of private dance instruction. we’ll learn a choreographed two step for our slow first dance. our first lesson we started working on salsa, and in the time to come we’ll move on to swing.

i think that this counts under this goal, because while i may not be making music, i’ll be using music. what do you think, people of the internet?