Ballroom Dance Lesson 4. W came home in time to eat tonite (that's a first!) and off we went. No convo in the car but she didn't seem pissy at least. We had a nice lesson, although again, she seems to like to bring up my errors It would be kind of nice to hear "hey, you did pretty good that time" but that's not the headspace she's in these days. At least she wasn't mean. We had fun but I found myself getting a little frustrated with me! I think I'm beginning to think I should be better at this than I am, I mean we've had four lessons In the car I shared this with her, my frustration with myself and the need for patience. She responded nicely, "you really can't expect to do that much better in a class this size, the instructors don't have the time to really help people get it right" I talked about my aerobics class (which is really a combination of a dozen art and martial arts disciplines all tied in together) and how it took me almost a year to feel really comfortable with the routines and my own performance. We talked about class length and was 1. 5 hours better than 3 hours or vise versa. W takes ethnic dance and ballet, as well as BR dance with me! She would know. So we had a nice convo, she showed some empathy in dealing with my latent perfectionist tendency (which I tend to hide from people), so all is well in my neck of the woods. I just hope my feet don't hurt like last week!
In the car I shared this with her, my frustration with myself and the need for patience. She responded nicely, "you really can't expect to do that much better in a class this size, the instructors don't have the time to really help people get it right" I talked about my aerobics class (which is really a combination of a dozen art and martial arts disciplines all tied in together) and how it took me almost a year to feel really comfortable with the routines and my own performance. We talked about class length and was 1. 5 hours better than 3 hours or vise versa. W takes ethnic dance and ballet, as well as BR dance with me! She would know. So we had a nice convo, she showed some empathy in dealing with my latent perfectionist tendency (which I tend to hide from people), so all is well in my neck of the woods. I just hope my feet don't hurt like last week! 
