Very weird few days

[flexagon]

So what's happened lately is that I worked off my ass off in order to quit Colubrid fairly cleanly on Thursday, then went to a bar to watch my friend play on that night's showing of Jeopardy (and HE WON! it was so freaking cool), then flew to Oregon the next day. On the plane I knitted a sock toe. And as of this afternoon my cousin has successfully upgraded her boyfriend to a husband, so congratulations to them.

Yep, crazy few days; I really haven't internalized much of it yet. At my cousin's wedding reception they gave everyone a little flag on which to write advice for newly married couples... I wrote something like what I always write. "Keep individual bank accounts, even if most of your money is managed jointly."

Did I mention we're staying at a hotel that has a real fitness center, with free weights? Worth the extra money, in my humble opinion. I hope the lifting good mood lasts through what my mom has planned for us tonight, which is contra dancing. Must... remain... open... minded.... ommmmmmmmmmm.

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[nevers.livejournal.com]

haha, i actually really want to try contra dancing. my friend cat is into it. but then, i have a lot more love for dance than you do in general, i imagine.

[flexagon]

Oh you definitely have a lot more love for dance. :) As for the contra dancing... it's got patterns, and some weight sharing (just 2 people leaning back from connected hands, nothing more extreme than that, but it feels good). Some moves have gender differences but not all of them, which crosses my mind when I try to think whether you'd like it. You dance with a zillion different people. The physical part of it should be accessible to anyone fit enough to jog or otherwise keep moving for a while.

I was told I did okay, and got the feeling I could be good at it reasonably quickly if I wanted, but at the same time almost panicked/cried and left a dance at one point when the instructions ended and our initial foursome was still confused. Shrug. I don't have a reason to seek it out again, but I did have more fun than the last time my mom dragged me out folk dancing, so I probably will do it with her again to avoid that.