We have invented a new groove, Arwen and I, and Prinny is our first follower.

You see, I am trying to get into the habit of being healthy. That means eating different and including exercise (yes I am actually typing the nasty word) into my daily life. Now, to keep it at least somewhat interesting, I picked a sport that is not really a sport in my eyes, but makes you sweat anycase and can actually be enjoyable: Dancing, with the focus right now on belly dancing (though other styles are occasionally used to keep me from going utterly numb from boredom.)

I have however, been doing the same kind of routine for the last two weeks and it makes you do 'the robot', aka auto-pilot. Now, Arwen has gotten most intrigued with this routine, and has enjoyed taking part. Now how does a kitten, as flexible as they are, belly dance? Well, she doesn't really. But she provides a very nice distraction from the moves I know by heart by now, while inventing her very own game. Sometimes though, it is such a distraction that it is hard to keep going.

Examples of her involvement include: sitting on the back of the couch while I am dancing next to it. When I do my arm movements, one of them is always near the couch and on the same height more or less, so she has learnt to beg for cuddles during this phase. Others, during the warm-up on the floor, include walking under me while I press up my body, and rubbing against me while I am lying on the floor. More inconvenient ones are during the stretch moves, where I have to touch my toes and stuff. She will actually try walking under me, but since my legs are in the way, she just lingers under my face and the result is breathing difficulties on the account of a pile of fluff in my mouth (aka her tail).

Half way through today she took a break and Prinny took over her sitting on the back of the couch bit. Guess she figured she wanted her share of easy cuddles. In any case, they definitely make those two hours fly by ;)