tonight i put on my sports bra, white tank top, grey youth large insync dance theatre tshirt with the ends of the sleeves and the collar cut, black cargo dance capris, and low cut white socks. i pulled my tap shoes out of the closet and set them by the door. i spent a good hour walking around in my dance clothes, making dinner, then eating, sitting on the couch, etc before i left for class. man it feels GOOD to be in dance clothes. i haven't taken class since april. even the last two years, i was taking class once a week and not at all in the summer.

now i think back to college... i was dancing almost every day. 40+ hours a week depending on insync season, faculty dance concerts, student concerts, sacred, etc. i lived in dance clothes. it was an exciting day when i could shower and get dressed in "normal" clothes and wear my hair down and not worry about ruining it or needing to change for dance. i was always going to academic classes in jazz pants, sitting around the dorm/apartment in leotards, layering up my dance clothes to brave the snow on the way to the dow/durfee/knick. man. i miss it.

so i just went to take a tap class at gus giordano's. last class before christmas break. i bought a 3 class card, figuring i could commit to coming back a few more times in january. i went with a friend, and she'd like to go back a few more times. but really, i'd like to go back ALL the time. i miss having this in my life. i wish dance classes weren't so expensive, i'd take them every day! there was a sign at giordano's looking for people to do some basic maintenance work 3 days a week for an hour at a time... free unlimited dance classes! um, hello! if i didn't live 45 minutes away, i'd have signed myself up on the spot.

at any rate, maybe i can make this tap class a weekly thing. or at least a more regular thing. cause i miss it. my life doesn't make sense without dance in it. silly me for trying to get by without it.