Swing

As consistent readers will know, I’ve approached college largely as an opportunity to expand my comfort zone. Hence the title of this blog. So when my friend Steven asked me if I wanted to go swing dancing in Sacramento with a group of people, I saw it as a true test of how far I was willing to go with this whole “kill the comfort zone” thing.

There are few things that I would sooner avoid than dancing. The prospect of voluntarily entering into an arrangement where another person gets to stand across from you and watch you “perform” while you do the same has always seemed to me utterly absurd and uncomfortable. But alas, I’ve wanted to try new things, and it wasn’t going to get much newer for me than dancing. It could certainly have been much worse than swing, which seems relatively simple and Caucasian compared to more exotic styles, or regular “club” dancing for that matter.

So with that in mind, I said I’d give it a shot.  Friday night came around, and I hitched a ride into Sacramento with my bible study leader and Steven. When we got there, some of the more advanced guys showed me the basics and sent me onto the floor to try it out. Before long, I was actually having a good time, and while I was certainly a long way off from being “good”, I was holding my own. We danced until midnight, and by the end of it, I was glad I had done it. I might even do it again. Rather anticlimactic, I know, but at the end of the night I felt like I had climbed a mountain.

I went on a sunrise hike with DCF (Davis Christian Fellowship) folks, and the view from the top was amazing.

In other news, I've been extremely busy. I've been recruited to help plan a retreat for one of the groups I'm attending, and have also been put in charge of designing promotional materials for that group. Classes have also been taking up a nice chunk of time. I just submitted my application to be an R.A. next year, and I have an interview for that in a couple of weeks.


At this point, I'm just trying to enjoy and make the most out of the experience, and keep moving where God wants me to.