Showing posts with label Booiaka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Booiaka. Show all posts

Monday, 20 February 2012

It's a dangerous world!

I survived Booiaka. It's really good fun, so I hope the gym books a regular slot.

On another dance-related matter, my friends and I turned up for Zumba last week to find the hall all locked up. We put this down to the fact that it was half term and thought the teacher must have forgotten to tell us the class was cancelled. But no. Turns out she'd been arrested as part of a drugs bust. We were all astonished. You hear people say, 'He seemed such a nice young man,' when their neighbour is arrested. Well, we know  how they feel! Happily for us we have a replacement teacher who put us through our paces good and proper this morning.

And linking one legal story tenuously to another, according to our local paper, my town is the most dangerous in the county for posties. A closer reading of the story revealed that in 2008-10, 19 posties were bitten by dogs - which doesn't sound a lot to me, but then I wasn't one of the poor souls attacked. I'd better tread carefully next time I venture out!

Saturday, 18 February 2012

World Book Night


So this is exciting: I've been chosen as a World Book Night Giver! I shall be distributing copies of Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier's haunting story about living in another woman's shadow. Proper Gothic stuff. But I've also had a rejection from People's Friend mag of a short story I sent in. I thought it was rather uplifting, but their letter says it's downbeat. Just goes to show how important it is to get outside opinions of stuff I've written. Swings and roundabouts.

'I see you, baby...'
Feeling rather dozy this morning as we had a lovely family meal out last night to celebrate First Born's 23rd birthday. So in a moment I'm going to pull on my boots and head up to the allotment to see how things are and to get my energy moving.

Then I'm going to a taster session at the gym of what is being touted as the successor to Zumba: it's called Booiaka, and from what I've seen on YouTube it looks extremely energetic. I probably won't be able to walk tomorrow.

Teaching a yoga class this evening, so I hope my muscles hold out!