aye aye ariba ariba!

i love thunderstorms.

i love big old fat raindrops that flood the streets and dark black skies in the afternoon. 

thunderstorms are one of my favourite things about summer, alongside the searing temperatures and tan inducing sunny goodness, of course.  i really miss these storms in the wintertime, and i love that we are in the season where the rain is returning.

the sky is darkening here in Calgary.  it is only 10C, so i don't anticipate a raging thunderstorm, but it would be nice to have a hard rainfall for a while.  i think it would be appropriate for the grass to start turning green on St. Paddy's Day.

i have just finished (half of) a zumba workout which made me feel both great and crappy at the same time.  i think it is so much fun, and i love the music and the dancing - but the video i am doing is just so fast that i am out of breath in the first 2 minutes and i get frustrated that i can't move this body of mine quite as fast as the tight little latinas on the video.

i think the workout gives me a few goals to work towards though...

1) to actually be able to finish the thing (it is 55 minutes long, and so far i have just managed the first 30 minutes)
2)  to keep up with the incredibly fast steps and gyrations
3)  to actually look hot doing it, like the rest of those hip swivelling chiquitas

i'll get there, one merengue at a time.