I told Najla last night that I will accept the invitation to be part of Mirage for a “trial” semester. For those of you following along at home, Mirage is Austin’s longest-running belly dance troupe (it has been around for twenty years or so), and I am very honored to be invited to join. With my friend GG leaving this month, I no longer have much of a dance support network, and this will keep me dancing and hopefully help me take myself to the next level. Yes, it is a big time commitment. I am a little nervous about that part. Not to mention the fact that I’ll probably need to buy a new costume. Why do I have such expensive hobbies? Ugh. :-P.
Anyway, I’m excited and nervous. I’ll have my first rehearsal January 18, and my first show on January 27. We have shows every other Thursday at the Texas Union on the UT campus, if you are ever in the area and want to stop by. I’m looking forward to spending some quality time with some fun and amazing women, who will probably kick my butt to boot. And if this doesn’t get me over my fear of soloing, nothing ever will.
Speaking of kicking my butt, I’m supposed to meet Alice for a spinning class tonight. I have only been to spinning twice and it is the most grueling aerobic workout I have ever put myself through. I felt like I was going to upchuck over the handlebars for about 15 minutes in the middle of both sessions, I kid you not. Strangely though, after you’ve washed the sweat off, it is a HUGE endorphin high that is really nice, especially on the weekends when we go in the mornings. So I go back, even though it’s voluntary misery. Last week I was supposed to go, but I came down with a raging migrane Tuesday night and was still suffering the aftereffects Wednesday. So I figured that sweating on a bicycle for 45 minutes probably wasn’t the best thing for my head. And now, I have another headache. I’m getting the sneaking suspicion that my subconscious brain likes doing this even less than my conscious brain does.
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