One of the things I like about university is that there are so many clubs and societies you can join, all in one place. Back in September I started going to the ballroom dancing society. It's something I've always thought would be fun, I've watched Strictly Come Dancing and wished I could do something like that, so it's really cool to be actually learning. One evening a week we take over a room in the student union and this guy, Chris, runs 3 class. I started off just going to beginner, but I find it goes quite slowly, so now I usually go to the intermediate class, too. We're getting to the point now where we've got enough steps to string together that Chris can say "Right, go" and put music on and we can put together a dance as we go along. I can cha-cha! And jive! And fun things like that :-) It also works pretty well with the guy-to-girl ratio - there's only ever a few people without partners, and we switch round often so everyone gets a turn. I haven't been able to go to any of the competitions this year (or really wanted to) but hopefully next year they will be on weekends I can go.

In other news, hopefully I'll be able to talk about exciting study-abroad things soon, but I don't want to jinx it! :-)