Ohhhh, you guys. I did it. I broke down and became an official Zumba instructor this on Saturday. Don’t get too excited. It’s not like I am in any way prepared to do my own class yet. In fact, I really just want to sub every once in a while. It’s going to take me a good month or more to memorize a bunch of songs and then create some choreography.
This is SO out of the box for me. It’s good to do that to yourself every once in a while. Shock your system a bit with something new.
I love taking Zumba classes and always wondered how each instructor was able to make the experience so fun. Now I know. After 8 hours of straight dancing I know the secrets of Zumbafied Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and Reggaeton… And our instructor was simply amazing. I have never seen a 50-something woman move like that. Seriously, a-mazing.
My plan is to learn enough stuff really well to sub for a class in the future. At this point, I cannot imagine doing my own regular class… Besides, I hear that there is crazy competition among the Zumba instructors in our area. I certainly don’t need that kind of drama in my life.
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In other news, we hosted a family birthday party for my mom and Dude at our house on Sunday evening. We had tons of appetizers and Pampered Chef’s Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Torte. I was a total bum about my appetizers. I purchased them all. I didn’t make a single one… If I was going to spend a couple of hours making the cake there was no way I was going to make appetizers too.
All of the food was great. But the cake was the highlight. YUM! My mother-in-law made it for Christmas and my mom has been craving it ever since. I broke down and made one for her knowing that the assembly would be a pain in the butt. It turned out pretty well. It’s not as perfect looking as my mother-in-law’s was but I think it looked pretty good. It tasted exactly the same as hers and that’s all that really counts! That little torte has 20 servings for a reason. It’s sooooo rich!
I ended up getting my mom a whole bunch of odds and ends for her birthday: two spring green casserole dishes, 5 green dish towels, a bamboo spoon, fun plaid flip flops, a beaded necklace with matching earrings and a gift certificate to her favorite pedicure place. Aileen’s Gabby purse suggestion was awesome but I’d already bought her presents by the time I’d read her comment 🙂 Maybe I’ll save the purse idea for Christmas or something.
All in all, it was a great weekend. Very fun! Very busy! I’m not looking forward to cleaning my dirty house and doing my piles of laundry this week th0ugh…
Adventures of Four 