Merry Christmas Eve!!

Okay, its been MONTHS since I've added an entry on my blog. I'm guessing no one even reads it anymore. Maybe it will turn out to be my online journal, who knows?

So its Christmas Eve and not a damn thing is going on here which makes me sad. We have friends but they all have families here and are doing their own thing. We don't have any dinners to go to, no friends to invite over, nothing happening at all. How depressing! We don't even know what we are going to make for our own dinner tonight.

It seems to be getting more and more difficult being away from my family as the days go by. I feel like I am missing so much!

I guess I'm in a funk at the moment and this is not a good time for it! Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

My New LOVE

ZUMBA!

I have finally found an exercise that I love to do. I had heard about Zumba recently when I joined the local YMCA. I started off just using the treadmills but to be honest...its quite boring and I tend to not push my limits on the treadmill. Each day that I walked down the hallway in the Y I would walk right past the cardio room and peek in the door of the aerobics room where Zumba was taking place. I knew it was an hour long class and I was so afraid to try it. I was positive that I wouldn't be able to get thru a whole hour of cardio not to mention that I have NEVER had any kind of rhythm for dance in all my life.

One Sunday I decided that I would bite the bullet and just try the beginners class. Well it didn't seem very "beginner's" to me but I jumped right in and tried. I made it thru the whole class although I felt like I didn't belong. I could barely keep up with the pace but the music was amazing. I kept trying and went back to the morning classes a few times each week. I discovered that I truly LOVE Zumba! I have found many of the songs and downloaded them to my iPod and I often wake up with these songs in my head :)

My sister wanted to try it with me while she was here visiting and she loved it too. Now she has a gym membership in CA and is going to Zumba! Its so exciting that she and I both found something we love to do.