5. Get Zumba certified (or at least find a Zumba class that I like enough to regularly attend)

Well folks, it's happened. I've finally found a zumba class that I really enjoy!

I've never been a huge fan of exercising. I want to like it, and I want to be one of those adorable fitness junkies, but really, I'm just a foodie that hates exercise. It's a problem.

BUT the one form of exercise that I love is zumba! I went to my first zumba class during my freshman year of college, and it was perfect. I was on the dance team in high school, but didn't really continue dancing in college, so zumba was reminiscent of a dance class. The teacher was awesome, the dances were fun, and I went every Thursday with two of my best friends, Talyn and Ashlee. Talyn invited us to the class and I'm so glad she did.

But then that place shut down, the teacher ended up moving out of state, and so I was out of a zumba class. Since then, I've tried many different classes with many different teachers (at least five) and I just never loved them. BUT! I finally found one!

Talyn and I wrote each other the whole time she served her mission in New York. A few months before she came home, she told me she was enrolled in a zumba class for the fall semester, and I should join. I was like #25 on the wait list, but by the time the semester actually started, I was in the class, too.

Though not as Latin-based as my first zumba class, the dances in my current class are so fun. The teacher is quirky and happy, and members of the class face each other to dance (two lines facing two lines with the teacher in the middle). I always dance across from Talyn and we rock out together haha :) We've made some new friends, too!

me, talyn, ashlyn, and erin

on wednesdays, we wear pink. (except not really, since it was a thursday)

But then I had this epiphany. One day Talyn missed class, and though I still enjoyed it, it wasn't nearly as fun. So maybe all this time that I've been searching for the right zumba class, I've just been missing dancing with my best friend/cousin! But whatever. We are loving it :)

As for zumba certification, I'm thinking that will have to wait. It costs a lot of money that I'm just not willing to spend on that yet. Russ and I are saving for some other big things, so as long as I've got a good zumba class to go to, there's no need to certify just yet. Maybe next year :)

What do you like to do for exercise? :)