Like No One is Watching...

"Dance like no one is watching, love like you'll never be hurt,
sing like no one is listening, and live like it's heaven on earth."
William Purkey

(Sorry for stealing your pictures, Kami!)

I’m sure everyone has heard that quote (it's really overused) or something similar to it. So… I obviously don’t have a problem with the first part of that quote. I’ll be honest, I love to dance. I pretty much always have. I was on the Drill Team in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. I was co-captain of our team my 5th grade year. I know it doesn’t sound that impressive, but I was a good dancer for a 5th grader. I grew up in a dancing family. My parent square danced when I was little. Bevin actually took the lessons with them but I never did. I just dressed up in the outfit and petticoat and twirled around. It was really fun. I also took clogging lessons… for less than a year. I still know the three steps I learned and Blake always tries to get me to perform for people. He gets a kick out of it, and I don’t know why.

Growing up in the C of C meant that most people I went to church with didn’t approve of dancing. Luckily my parents knew how much fun it could be and always let me go to dances when I wanted to. I watched other people dance in a provocative way, and I wasn’t really into that. I later learned you can have fun dancing and not look skanky at the same time. I didn’t really break out of my “dancing shell” until college. I think that Jen, Erika, and Kara helped me with that.

I’ve had more opportunities to dance lately, and I really love that. The pictures in the collage are just evidence that I don’t really think about what I’m doing while I’m dancing. I’m just dancing. I don’t care if I look silly or stupid because I’m having fun! One night at church camp we had a dance party. Dancing… at church camp? I know, all of you are going to want to go to Otter Creek’s Camp next year. When the music started playing I couldn’t control myself. I started going crazy on the dance floor. People were laughing at me all night long and I didn’t understand why they were looking at me instead of dancing themselves. I realized how much Katie and I were alike that night. It’s like we were both different people on the dance floor.

I know this all sounds pretty silly. But I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. Julie, Katie and I have been walking most days after work and we have been meaning to have a “Dance for Exercise Day” sometime soon. We had one planned last Wednesday, but no one even felt like waking. So instead, we sat on the couch and ate frozen chocolate chips. We’re going to have a “DFED” sometime soon. If you’re in Nashville and want to join us… just let me know.

I’ll leave you with what I’ve been listening to lately. Don’t judge me… I know you’re going to look at this list and think you’re looking at the playlist of a 16 year old. Don’t worry, I don’t care.

• My Humps – The Black Eyed Peas
• Ohio (Come back to Texas) – Bowling for Soup
• Candyman – Christina Aguilera
• Cupid Shuffle – Cupid
• London Bridge – Fergie
• Glamorous – Fergie
• Party People – Fergi and Nelly
• Low – Flo-rida
• In the Ayer – Flo-rida
• Leavin’ – Jesse McCartney
• No Air – Jordin Sparks
• Chop me Up – Justin Timberlake
• Summer Love – JT
• Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
• See You Again – Miley Cyrus
• Lose Control – Missy Elliot
• Country Grammar – Nelly
• E.I – Nelly
• Hot in Herre – Nelly
• Shake Ya Tailfeather – Nelly, P. Diddy, and Murphy Lee
• Girlfriend - *Nsync and Nelly