All for the love of dancing!

There I was, in the middle of the nail salon doing my infamous "butt dance" in front of the patrons of the salon - with the mani/pedicurists in the background cheering me on.

It was classic, and so me. The typical thing that you could find me - the new cancer ass kicking girl doing. It all started "The butt dance" after I had my stem cell transplant last April, and realized that I could do this unique dance. I could of kept it as a secret, kept to myself in my abyss of wild and wacky talents, but I didn't I showed it - to almost everyone I knew. The first witness to this dance, was my mom, followed by friends I had at the City of Hope - nurses, doctors, phlebotomists, social workers, patients. Anyone who hear about it, wanted to see it, just like my little wire creations around the hospital.

So, today my mom and I went to get our toe nails done, which was a favorite past time of ours. There I was sitting in my spa chair enjoying a chair massage, getting my toes done. My mom sat next to me completely relaxed and I was enjoying myself while I made a necklace. The mani/pedicurists in the salon watched me do my intricate jewelry work. Now I don't know how the conversation came up, but it did. And I ended up telling the ladies that I could dance - one dance in particular. They were shocked to hear that I had a "butt dance" that no one I had met was able to do. The ladies then told me "After you're done with your pedicure, we will go in a room and you can show us the dance!" I can't even begin to tell you how excited these women were, about seeing my dance. My mom sat next to me laughing and telling the group how I did this everywhere, and how great of a dance it was.

So, my mom leaves, I am sitting there waiting for my nails to dry and a few of the girls lead me into a seperate room, and turn up the music. And there I was..... surrounded by these mani/pedicurists doing my "Butt dance" and needless to say, they were hystericall! What followed that was unexpected, the girls turned up the music and one of the pedicurists and I were dancing around the shop. For over 30 minutes, we danced all around, with the partons hysterically laughing and enjoying the show. I can't even describe how much fun it was and how exhillirating it felt to just let loose and boogie. I showed the ladies the "butt dance" and they all replied "How do you do that? I can't do that!" I just laughed and continued to dance with my new found friends. We were all having a great time, which is always a lot of fun and fabulous in my book!

I know that once others read this, they will ask me to show them the dance, and I will proudly do it! :)