Old Photos

For the last few days (since Friday evening) I have been staying with Marina and Ryan in Longframlington! They have a gorgeous house and have been so kind to me. I'm very thankful to have family so close to the school.

On Saturday Ryan had dance classes at a school in Alnwick and the teacher graciously agreed to let me join three of his classes that day. First we began with pilates which was FANTASTIC. It felt amazing to stretch again as I haven't been doing it much since circus ended. I was able to keep up with the others..well everyone except the teacher who could stand and raise her leg straight up to her ear. I am not exactly that advanced.

After that Ryan was doing tap for an hour and so Marina and I snuck out for a tea (mine) and a cappuccino (hers). There we ran into another 'dance mom' who liked to chat. A lot. Everyone here likes to chat a lot. One moment you're asking about their day and the next they're telling you about who's friend's friend's daughter broke their leg.

Pilates was a breeze in comparison to the next two hours of dance - jazz and modern. At least in jazz I was able to do some of the warm-ups. Modern was another story. The teacher moved so quickly because they had already learned a lot of the dance. She would say 'one, two, three, and one, two three' and I would be stuck on step one!

Overall it was nice to have a bit of exercise and now I have an even greater respect for Ryan's dedication to dance. He reckons he takes over 20 hours of dance a week.
It has been super super fun hanging out with Ryan as we are always able to reconnect very quickly!

Tonight we went through a bunch of old photos and so I thought I would share some of my favo(u)rites!