Championville

I can’t believe that in less than a month my same sex salsa group will be giving it’s performance. Luckily, the routine has fallen into place nicely. We have basically learned all the choreography (aside from about 6 seconds for the ‘final pose’). Now we are just refining everything.

The biggest task left now seems to be the costumes. Four of us need to find shirts or jackets with big, flowing, multi-colored sleeves. May end up having them custom made.

Today Mike and I are getting some extra dance practice, although not with the upcoming routine. We are heading to El Rio for an afternoon of Salsa Dancing to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Hopefully it doesn’t get too crowded…otherwise it will be way to hard to actually dance.

Mike and I are running around a bit crazily today. Our own doing, at least. We decided it was time to have a small dinner party…and it just happens that Sunday eveings are really the only option for us right now.

I spent most of the morning making a marinara sauce (yes, from scratch) and putting together the lasagna. Now it is sitting comfortably in the ‘fridge just waiting for it to be time to throw it in the oven.

The dessert did not cooperate as well. In fact, it decided to go AWOL. OK…I had to throw it out. For some reason, the batter did not really mix. I had more of an emulsion going on instead of a nice smooth batter. I’ll have to try playing around with this recipe again…it is a Ginger Cake afterall. I went ahead and threw it in the oven anyway. Maybe the batter was meant to be that way.(RIGHT!) Can’t really describe properly what it turned into while baking…best just to say it did not look anything like a ‘cake’. heh.

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As I said, Sundays are the only day we can really entertain right now. Our Saturdays are being consumed by dance rehearsal. Our salsa instructors invited Mike and I to be part of a performace group at an upcoming dance showcase. Rehearsals have only been going on for two weeks so far, but the dance number seems to be coming along nicely.

Mike and I have embarked on a new adventure. Yesterday we started salsa lessons. Don’t laugh. At least not until you actually see us dance!

Truthfully, it looks too be a great deal of fun. There are even a number of dance clubs around that have same sex salsa nights. Perfect!