Finally, new dance floor!

[Nisima]

Woohoo! Our dance studio is putting in a cork floor in the new location. After seven months of dancing on horrid linoleum over concrete, I reported on Bhuz that I couldn't figure out why I was always so tired and achy. Had to get jazz booties AND put gel inserts in them (ugh), then I got shin splints on outsides of front of shins and had to ice and rest a whole week although feet were doing better. What a royal pain, literally a hard floor is!

I have discovered that given enough time and working out more at home I was able to build up more stamina to "lift" off floor more, but it's still just awful to have to dance on such a hard surface consistently. And the jazz booties are so cushy that they throw my balance off just enough that I finally stopped using them this week but that means I'm even more tired - especially legs and back.

So, happy, happy joy joy about the new floor!!!!!

--Nisima

[Lauren_]

That's fantastic, Nisima, I know you were suffering & it's been a long time coming.

[mekyria]

That's great! did they decide to put the new floor in because other dancers had trouble with the hard floor too?

[*Shira*]

That's great news! It's about time they did something.

[Nisima]

Hi Kyria - no, it was amazingly not *all about me* - all the dancers were complaining and suffering - dancing in all sorts of amazing footwear from ballet slippers to jazz boots to Hermes type sandals and even thick socks with those treads; I think they call 'em "dancer paws". Whatever, everyone is so overjoyed; it's hard to describe and it's supposed to happen by end of April so that's let me see now, 18 days, 6 hours, 27 mins. 30 seconds, not that I'm keepin' track or anything.................