Yaee....Ughhh....Yaeee...Umm...

Is it possible for me to be really excited and disappointed at the same time about the same thing? Of course it is! Anything is possible!

Okay so - here it goes.. My first dance class - ever! (well, at least since I turned 10) I'm super excited - not just because I'm finally going to overcome one of my most biggest fears - but also because I will be meeting interesting people - afterall, it is a Latin ballroom class! As soon as I reach the right room, I scout around for potential friends - and I spot this Indian girl standing alone, looking relieved to see me walk in. I react likewise. So we exchange names, etc. I'm getting more comfortable and excited. So we go in the room. We are advised to take off our shoes. I take some time with my big snow boots. By the time I get there - I'm just looking around trying to take in all the instructions being given to us. Suddenly, the instructor asks us to look for a partner if we don't have one already. Before I can say Hakoona Matata my Indian friend goes off with some cute American boy, and suddenly the room tranforms into couple-land! And I'm standing there lost, alone and hurt! I wish that was the end of my story!

The instructor asks me and a couple of other girls standing alone on the other end of the room to keep looking or just wait on the side and switch with other couples after sometime. Ah! That would have been great too!

Alas! That was not to be! Just then, I spot this Indian boy! I really don't want to be mean - but even if were gorgeous looking, or maybe not, anyways - so this Indian boy stands at the door clueless - and I look at him knowing very well what lies in store for both of us. So, very predictably the instructor happily points me out to the Indian boy feeling proud of her matchmaking skills!

He was okay - in retrospect - I tend to be optimistic, in my retrospects. But I'm definitely emailing my intructor to ask if we can change our partners - or I'm dragging my roomie along next week.

Before I sign off, the dancing was so much fun, despite the unavoidable circumstances! I'll be so good by the end of this term! I'm so thrilled! I'll go home and start practicing...1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8....1,2,3,4... :)