Hump Day

Wednesday is Hump Day. If the work week is like a mountain, with Monday being the start of the trail at one base of the mountain, and Friday is the end of the trail at the other base, then Wednesday is the day you reach the pinnacle. That is to say, you make it over the hump of the mountain. It's all downhill from here, right?

As far as Hump Days go, this one was pretty easy. Maybe I just thought it was easy because I was mentally prepared for a much harder day. Today was all ballet. Ballet class, pointe class, floor barre, variation and partnering. That's a lot of ballet even for this ballerina. But ballet class was relatively simple, but still a good workout. Pointe was dreadful, but just because my toes were all bruised and achey from yesterday. Floor barre was much easier than anticipated, but still super helpful and relaxing--I almost fell asleep mid-stretch. Variation was a lot of cardio, but it wasn't on pointe which was an unexpected blessing. And partnering was fantastic. They brought in 4 guys, all over 30, but most closer to 50. So it felt like partnering with your dad or grandpa even. My partner was very friendly and helpful as he offered a lot of corrections and advice. I learned a lot about the simple technique of partnering, so that was great.

Today was also highly successful on the making friends front. The group I'm sort of "in" has some serious language barriers. There's me, who is willing to speak my terribly broken Spanish, and is fluent in English. Another girl (we'll call her H), who doesn't speak much Spanish willingly, though she tried a little more today. Another (we'll call her C), who is nearly perfectly bilingual, with fluent Spanish and is very intelligible in English, and another girl (calling her A) who speaks beautiful Spanish, and is hesitant to try English.

So conversations had been awkward as someone was always left out. So I just said today that whatever we say in any language needs to be translated so everyone is in the loop. And it worked great. We had a fantastic time learning new vocabulary in each language and comparing differences in English they learn in school (British english) to American English, and the differences between Spanish spoken in Spain versus the Dominican Republic.

Overall it was a pretty good day, but I'm still really tired. Prayers for my feet are welcome, and really for my body in general. I've just got to survive 2 more days and then a much needed time of rest is mine. Puedo hacerlo.