I think I do this every year: I go for a few months of the winter being sick of salsa, only to be rejuvenated by the onslaught of spring and spurring a hectic schedule of dancing non-stop. 2007 is no different. I was working overtime, had started to miss swing, and was getting tired of hearing the same old music, so before I knew it, 3 months had gone by without going to the usual salsa haunts. Then came, in some order, 1) a stupid chest infection that also gave me cabin fever 2) a renewed confidence in driving our new car around town and 3) the realization that salsa night at Atlantis is free before 10.

Consequently, the past two weeks have been chock full of salsa. 4 days last week; workshops galore; new dance lessons; and awesome new dance partners. However, it does come with a cost–especially tonight. I have just arrived home from 3 hours at Atlantis sporting an uber-collagenesque lower lip and a bruise and cut on my right shin that looks suspiciously like a man’s dance heel. Each wound bled a good 10 minutes but neither are serious. I guess things like this just come with the territory!

On the plus side, got to dance with my favourite old and new dance partners, and was dipped over and over again by this wicked Montreal dancer that Lumi knows. Oooh…that dance gave me shivers!

Looking forward to yet another week of salsamania…