NaBloPoMo 11

What a wonderfully clear night.

I love winter nights when it is clear and you can see the stars and everything feels crisp and cold.

If I hear high heels tapping down dark streets I'm transported to the anticipation and promise of going out at a student. 

Extremely busy work day. Lydia had 30 min tantrum over not having right PJ's in evening which was wearing for all of us. 

Very happy to be out dancing at my Ceroc modern jive class this week. One of my new (-ish) dancing friends Peter was back this week, so lovely to catch up with him. It's great this year developing a few dance friendships to pass the time with between dances at class or in freestyles. I was really proud of going to a dance weekend this year on my own, and I think the only thing that could get made it better would have been going in a gang of mates. Going to try and keep being friendly to see if I can build that for myself. 

Was the masterclass with Max Rycroft this week, a champion dancer and great teacher. Really enjoyed the content and it's always fun if Max is taking the class. Even managed a dance with him in freestyle without my nerves getting the better of me and falling over like I normally do if I dance with a teacher. 

I'd love to get some feedback on my dancing and improve even more, but not sure how to do that. With the kids it's hard to get to all the workshops. I'm not interested in competing, just becoming the best I can be and giving the leads I dance with a really enjoyable dance!

I'm also loving what dance has been doing to my body positivity/confidence. I've existed in an increasingly large body as I've aged due to PCOS making losing weight difficult. With jive, it's not a performance and I get to enjoy how my body feels in this conversation of dance. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes sexy, sometimes being silly and having fun. It's also made me want to take better physical care of myself, to wear the clothes that make me feel confident and swish on the dancefloor, to wear the make-up that sparkles and catches the light.

Here I am all sparkly at the dance weekend