So you think you can dance?

Well, no, I know I can’t.  But I love to.  I have danced nearly every single day for the last 3 years.  I’ve taken classes, summer camps, and been in a studio any free moment I could get my hands on.  I even used the aerobics room in my gym when it was free because it had mirrors, sprung floors, and a barre. 

So what am I doing?  Here I am, sitting at my kitchen table, feeling sick to my stomach that it’s been almost a full year since I’ve been on a dance floor.  Last June, I had my very last class at the Classical Ballet Academy.  And now that I’ve been watching So You Think You Can Dance… I’m missing every second of it.

I know that I’m not a fantastical, talented dancer.  I know that I don’t have as much talent in my whole body as these competitors have in their pinkie toes.  But you don’t stop doing something you have a passion for.  You don’t quit just because you don’t have time to find a new studio.  You don’t give it up because other people worry that you’ll start to get too skinny if you get back into Ballet again.  It might be a little bit expensive, and it might take a lot of time.  But I love it.  And I don’t want to keep missing out.  I need to find a studio, and take any of the classes that they’ll let me take. 

I need to do it now.