Learn to Dance; Take a Dance Course with my Significant Other

I am definitely looking forward to this aspect of coming home. I know we’ll be really busy this summer because he’ll have a new job and I’ll be working at mine and getting back into the school groove and everything. (Which reminds me, what should I do to celebrate his graduation?! I’ll be living with him by then, but only for a couple weeks if that long and I don’t really know what to do yet! Eep!)

But anyway, I’m looking forward to taking a little time out and learning how to dance a little. Or rather, dancing with Donald =)

Last night, Donald surprised me =) He called to say that he’d received his passport in the mail. We ended up spending nearly an hour on the phone talking after that announcement, however. At some point, I mentioned that one of my goals on here was this – learning to dance. I didn’t mention the part about taking a dance class with him. He asked what type of dancing and I said I wasn’t very picky. Because I’m not. I’d love to learn a bunch – merengue, flamenco, ballroom, square dancing, hip-hop, belly dancing, pole dancing (or cabaret…or possibly neither lol), etc. I didn’t include a list or anything, I just said I wasn’t picky. And I mentioned swing dancing.

And he said he’d be willing to take swing dancing with me. He volunteered it! He said he thought it would probably be best to go to a swing club and just have a lesson in advance (although we’d probably have to wait until August because I’m not 21 yet) and yay very very excited! Hopefully it’ll happen! That would be so amazing! I’m thrilled that he’d offer it on his own too. He’s a wonderful wonderful man =)

I’ve been thinking about taking a dance class at the community college when I get back. For the fall semester. I thought what I’ll try to do is sort out my culinary school application, and still take classes at the community college. But I don’t think I’ll have time for a dance class right away. So maybe in the spring semester I will? I would prefer to maintain my languages on my own. I could possibly fit in a proper dance course too, though. We’ll see!

Anyway, it looks like I’ll be kept very busy when I get home. School at the community college, at a culinary school?, working at REI, studying on my own – hey, those things happen. But what I’m really excited about is squeezing in time to learn swing dancing with the man I love =)

I went to a Cabaret in Monte Carlo last weekend. It was the first time I’ve ever seen a cabaret quite like it. There are alot of different types of cabaret but this was pretty unique. Anyway, the girls had dance routines to alot of upbeat current songs and they…wow…I wish I could do that. Lol. As if it’ll ever happen, but it would be cool.

I think part of the reason that it intrigued me so much is that the girls dancing like that was just…it was amazing, literally, one of the sexiest things I have ever seen. I would love to be able to move like that. The obvious benefit of having a little bit of rhythm would be nice, but mostly? For some reason it seems like all the men in the club were astounded, and I remember Donald saying once that while strip clubs weren’t his thing, he had said something like “don’t get me wrong, there’s a naked woman dancing, that’s nice…” and on with his opinion. Sorry but I just couldn’t dance that way. Clothed or naked or otherwise. For some reason I wish I could, even though I probably wouldn’t, I wish I could.

Maybe it’s more that I wish I were sexy and the Cabaret the other night was the epitomy of sexy? Just a thought; who really knows?

Also, I am secretly addicted to swing dancing. I love watching people perform it, it looks like so much fun! It looks really exhausting but it looks like alot of fun too. I don’t really have the guts to go sign up for a class on my own though. I’d really like to be able to, I just…can’t. I wouldn’t want to be partner-less, for one thing, and I am the worst dancer on the planet, I don’t feel comfortable dancing in front of people in a club where they’re drunk much less in a class where everyone is watching each other and critiquing each other! I’d really really really like to learn though.

Oh well. One of those catch-22’s I guess. Lol. Until I get gall, I’m stuck. I always thought it would be really sweet if a guy volunteered to take dancing lessons, something like that. Maybe one class would lead to another and another and another? That would be so amazing! It’s been a lifelong dream to learn how to dance, and to do sow ith my significant other. But I’m scared of making the request, it’s like if it doesn’t happen then it’s better than if it’s rejected, because I’ve always thought about it. Something like that. There’s so many different types though. I think they should teach little kids in school how to dance. Really.