Yes We Dance is Becoming More of a Reality!

 So, I got an update about one of the many obstacles in the way of my being able to perform in the Yes We Dance salsa and bachata performances on April 8th. 

I hadn't even truly considered that I'd get to perform in this event when I'd started lessons with HTDC, but the more I practiced their choreography and gotten to know my fellow dancers and teachers (and actually gotten pretty good at the choreography too), the more I REALLY wanted to do it. The many obstacles (money, and it being on a workday were the main ones) are almost gone! The money is a close call, but now thanks to some strings pulled and a bunch of little things adding up, and being super extra frugal, and even selling some things, I think I can just barely swing it. The work thing was the next biggie.

Today I was working in the place I'll most likely (PLEASSSEE 🙏) be working at on Saturdays next year, and the person in charge of that area happened to be there. He came up to me and was talking to me about my last one-student class (the one that if I miss it, I can make it just in time to dance), telling me that the student might switch to a different class, and I would actually finish Saturdays really early, until (if) they add another class. I like, couldn't hold in my excitement and was literally jumping up and down and hugged him and explained that I was actually trying to figure out how to get this one class subbed or miss it once because of Yes We Dance, which I hadn't talked to anyone at my company with about yet besides my best friend who introduced me to HTDC, one of my other close work friends, and an email I sent asking if this is doable, that I will hear the reply to probably tomorrow (Jan 25th, she's off today which is the 24th, and I'm not gonna post this blog until the day I know for sure that I'm 100% good to go to Yes We Dance 😁). Anyway, he said they're probably gonna fill it with something eventually, but I told him, I JUST need April 8th, and he said it's fine! Even if the student does't change classes!!!! 😭💕 

But, he's not the ultimate person in control of my schedule, and there's still a chance that maybe I won't even actually be in that location next school year, though it is super likely I will...but there's another person on my side, supporting my chance to dance, and that makes me super happy!

I still can't get over my excitement from today, he just came up to me and started saying exactly what I had been wanting and wishing and waiting to hear without having any idea how powerful those words were to me in that moment XD

Please, universe, let me daaaaance!!!!