Wobbles



I am a really good friend.  I know this because when a girlfriend asked if I would take a Zumba class with her tonight I said yes.  You know the game, "Never Have I Ever.?"  Well, Never Have I Ever taken a dance class.  Until Now.  I did attend a Girl Scout Square Dance with my dad when I was younger, but that seemed like less of a dance and more of an unlimited supply of cookies and punch and no one (certainly not my Dad) told me to have just one.  

 This Zumba instructor wasted no time.  We started EXACTLY at 5:30pm and by 5:31pm I had moved every muscle in my body.  Even the ones from my childhood.  The highlight for me was when the song 'Wobble'* came on...because the entire time all I could really think about was how much I must have looked like "Wobbles" from the Shopkins Memory Match Game my kids endlessly play.  Also that song is 20 minutes long.  Get me a green t-shirt and I'm all set.  And speaking of clothing-to the woman who was caddy-corner (or is it kitty-corner) to me, where did you get your workout pants?  Cause they were super cool and I want a pair.  If you are reading this but don't know who I am: I was the one that near the middle of the class said, "She should play the Macarena, cause I can dance the shit out of the Macarena."

 I wish I could continue to write, but I'm about to put 2 boxes of Epsom Salt in a bathtub and try to forget my troubles.  
*[part of the song "Wobble" by V.I.C.]

 Mr. Collipark
Oh, oh, oh, oh
All the shawtys in the club
(let me see you just)
Back it up, drop it down
(let me see you just)
Get low n scrub the grown
(let me see you just)
Push it up, push it up
(let me see you just)
Wobble baby, wobble baby, wobble baby, wobble (yeah) (x4)
Get in there, yeah, yeah (x4)
Ey big girl make em' back it up, make em' back it up (x4)

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