For those of you that know me, you know that awkward would be my closest definition. I am anything but a “sexy” person, so when my friends approached me about pole dancing classes I was a little less than excited. After some deliberation I decided to go along with it and we all signed up for the 4 session groupon. We managed to put it off for an entire semester, but not wanting to let our money go to waste, we signed up for our first class. The class started at 11am and would last an hour. I’m not one to normally day drink, but I figured for this I would make an exception. With a little liquid courage I was on my way to the studio (don’t worry, my friend was driving). When we walked into the studio the lights were dimmed and the room was pretty dark. We were all a little concerned but we all grabbed a pole and began the lesson. I decided to fight my natural tendency to laugh at myself and decided to try and actually learn something. I mean hey, if this whole job search doesn’t work out, I might need a fall back plan. Wouldn’t my parents be so proud? After we completed a warm up, which included learning how to do a “sexy walk”, we started learning spins. I am a relatively athletic person so I wasn’t worried so much about having the strength to spin around, but I was worried about my lack of coordination. To my surprise the first spin went well. We learned four in total and I am happy to report I could do them all, pretty well in fact! After learning the different spins we started to put everything together into a routine. I am still uncoordinated and awkward, but I made it through and didn’t feel like a total idiot. It was actually pretty fun. Shockingly, I am excited to go back, maybe even sober next time, but lets not get ahead of ourselves. I’m going to leave the upside down spinning to the professionals, but I am happy to say that this awkward girl now knows how to pole dance…a little.
