flexagon | Takes two to tango

Whoa, that's alliterative, isn't it? Three tropical tangerine trees timidly trying to train two trout to trip trains. Anyway, tango class went well last night... it was the first thing all day to lift the dark moldy blanket of my mood. I did a lot better at the zen part of it (you don't really need enlightenment, the trick is just to assume that you're stopping after every step), and I was a lot more comfortable dancing with all the men, too. Just having touched most of them once before, last week, was enough that my body wasn't hollering stranger! every time I switched partners. Chemical memory? At any rate, we also got to learn several new step patterns, which was fun... oh, and the shoes I was wearing had a much chunkier heel. Funny how that's better for balance. :)

Bad news: M is still in labor after 16 hours of having contractions 5-10 minutes apart. It was apparently a rough night. Here is part of our IM conversation:

M's husband: now i'm thinking maybe you're not so crazy for not wanting kids :)
Me: oddly enough, editor bear said the same thing to me when he called on his cell phone while his wife was in labor [big toothy grin I just can't reproduce in plain text]

I didn't point out to him that it doesn't take three to tango. Just two. That is enough.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

16 hours in labor.. that has to be exhausting. :(

I have never done tango before. I don't think it is quite my cup of tea. Still, I am jealous that you got to go out dancing last night. Ever since the wedding it's all I want to be doing.

Sorry for M! Sorry for M's husband too ... I'm sure he's suffering with her in spirit.

You seem to be able to do the more "real", social kinds of dancing though... clubbing, swing... which I can barely do at all. I generally need something more formal so I know for sure I'm not making an idiot of myself. I dunno, I think I could hold my own in informal dancing these days... I got better at that after I took belly dancing for a summer... but generally my confidence in looking good only holds while I'm not in motion. So I tend to freeze up. I'm very impressed by loose happy dancer-types like yourself, actually.

Your sympathy for M is being marked up on the cosmic scoreboard somewhere as a karmic plus. :) Do you know her IRL? (Not quite sure how far back you go with

bluechromis... but I think not that far... '98 or before?) I will, of course, post as soon as I know anything more.

I know I have the happy dancer part down ... constantly working on the loose part.

No, I don't know M IRL, but I've heard a bunch about her.

bluechromis and I go back to late '99.

from the hospital?

BTW, I am an idiot, I ran into Chris Rezek last night (from ADP) and forgot to tell him M's in labor. Duh!

Oh, they're at home with a midwife. I think M would rather give birth under a bush somewhere than go to an army hospital.

As for Chris... if they're still in close contact, Chris will get the mass email. Whiplash boy (this will be my new name for M's husband) says they're planning to send it to basically everyone. And if not, hey, news travels. Funny you running into him just then though.

Takes two to tango

Gah...

never tangoed

Re: never tangoed

Thanks

How is he on IM?

Re: How is he on IM?