belly dancing

It only took a few days to fall into a routine. In the mornings, we head out to Dunkin Donuts, Uncle Brad's favorite. We go to Dunkin Donuts every single morning for breakfast.. literally every day.. The classic glazed donuts are a little bit different here. They don't seem to have as much sugary glaze on them, so I don't feel too guilty eating two donuts every morning. After donuts and coffee, we head to the lab.

For the first few days, Uncle Brad had conferences every day, all day. I spent most of my time reading up on zebrafish, a soon-to-be study organism in our lab. I kept an eye on the newly purchased fish tanks, learned everyone's name, and settled in.

Wednesday of my first week here, Uhna invited me to go to belly dancing class with her. Me? Belly dancing? Uhna was nice enough to invite me, so I felt as though I couldn't say no. I agreed to meet her at KIST's gym at 6:30. The class was super fun and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Mijin, our instructor, said I am very good especially for my first time; however, I couldn't help but feel a little silly. And who knows.. maybe she was just being nice. Here are some pictures from class last week.

This is a picture of all of the students. Uhna is the one in the green on the far left. I don't really know what our speech bubbles say.. I stole these pictures from Mijin's blog.. our names, maybe?

This is a picture of us with Mijin, our instructor, in the pink. Check out that finishing pose. (Insert fire emoji here). Also, please note that I am the only one without a jingly hip scarf.  :(  No worries though, Mijin ordered one for me and it will be here soon!

SIDE NOTE: Bloomington friends - at least one of you better be ready to find a belly dancing class to take with me when I get back!