I went to square dancing again tonight, and everyone gave me a warm welcome. I enjoyed the dancing and the talking to everyone. I didn't dance as much as last time, but when I did, it was fun. The later dances are all much harder than the "lesson" dances, but they made me dance for the last one, anyway. Much of the time I had no idea what I was doing, but someone would grab my hand, or give me a gentle shove in the direction I should be going, and it turned out fine. One woman told me just to relax and go with it! I left there smiling!
Saturday
I was kind of nervous all day, because I haven't done any ballroom dancing in probably forty years, except for maybe a dance or two at a wedding many years ago. But, I thought it would be another good opportunity to meet people, and I had arranged to meet a woman and a man from the outdoor singles group that I'm in. I had never met the man, and I hoped to be able to recognize the woman!
I start out and it is already dark. I wasn't even a mile from home when what do I see walking down the side of the road, but a beautiful buck with a huge set of antlers! It was like he had a huge woven basket on his head. He was gorgeous! I wasn't finished admiring him, when a doe crosses the street further ahead of me. I thought that had to be a great sign!
I got to the dance place, and there weren't many cars in the lot. I got out of the car, look up at the sky, and there is Orion, my favorite constellation, shining down on me. Another good sign! I walk in and pay my $10. Everyone is very friendly, but I don't see Carol, or anybody else I might recognize from the outdoors group. I sit at a table by myself. Almost everyone is dressed to the hilt. I am wearing jeans and tennis shoes! My only saving grace is that I'm also wearing one of my mother's beautiful sweaters that she knit for me. There are a couple guys wearing jeans, but no women. Oh, well.
The band started playing, and it was loud. I forgot to bring tissue for my ears. Time is ticking, and I'm not finding Carol. At 7:15, (it started at 7:00), I go up to the woman at the door, and say my friends didn't show up, can I get my money back. I didn't expect her to say yes, but she handed me my ten dollars back! That was cool! I went to the market and bought some milk and clementines, and splurged on some ice cream.
As I drove out of town, another smaller buck ran across the street. As the highway starts, there is a deer sign, and then farther in there is one of those big signs whose message can be changed, and this one often says, "Wildlife on the roadway." Just past the sign, the car in front of me slows down, so I slowed down. There are three or four elk on the side of the road just hanging out! What a wild night! Wildlife night, that is.
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