On my walk today, as I passed a couple horses that I see most days, one of them came to the fence to "talk." I petted it on it's face, and got a whiff of that wonderful horse odor. It's not puppy breath, but it's close! Now, I'm antsy to get back to horses again. I applied at a horse therapy program in December and they were supposed to get started by now. I emailed and after several days, I called and left a message. I need to get back to horses. Really.
Wednesday
The river walks that I took every Wednesday with my senior group was only for the winter. Now, we're doing regular hikes. Today, was a hike up to Fort Lewis College and then to an area called "The Lion's Den." With all the talk about mountain lions around here . . . I wasn't sure what to expect! But, it was just a very nice picnic area with an incredible view. Oh, yeah. The fist ten minutes or so of the hike was straight uphill and just about killed me. I went as far as I could and then had to rest. There were still people behind me. Every time I was about to catch up with the people in front of me, there was a turn in the trail, and I had to wait for those behind me, so they knew which way to go! Oh well. We all caught up eventually!
Wednesday night, I picked Rosemary up and we went to the Rec Center for the swing dancing lessons. We left early enough so we could do the climbing wall first. When we got there, they had changed the times because of spring break! Bummer! So, we had an hour to kill. We started playing pool, and if it wasn't for "slop" or accidentally shooting each other's balls in the holes, we never would have finished! Rosemary won . . . by only one ball!
While we were playing, Jeff, Rosemary's husband, shows up. He makes a lot of jokes about us playing pool, and asks where our beers are! I mentioned to them that I had seen an ad in the paper for volunteers for the Stephen Stills show. (from Crosby, Stills, and Nash). They both said, "Go for it!"
Jeff left and Rosemary and I wandered upstairs for the dancing. There were more girls than boys, so Wendy, our instructor, had someone go out to the weight room to try to get some more volunteers! It worked! Three more guys showed up! We learned the Charleston, which was really cool. Tonight's lesson was much easier than last weeks.
Friday
I called the ad in the paper, and I will now be volunteering for the Stephen Stills concert. I'm pretty jazzed about it. I get to see the show at least one of the nights, too. I think it should be a blast!
Square dance lessons were really difficult again, tonight. I'm learning all the more advanced calls, and a lot of them, and it's hard to keep them all straight. Everyone gives me the same advice: just keep doing it. The lessons are from 6:00 to 7:30 and 7:30 is when the regular dancing starts. I used to occasionally dance the regular . . . though I needed to be helped through most of it! Now that I know a lot more calls . . . I dance many dances of the regular . . . though, I still need to be helped a lot! But . . . not as much as before, so I'm definitely improving! Everyone tells me how great I'm doing . . . they are such a wonderful, supportive bunch! Tonight Richard, the caller, gave me a square dance book so I can study the calls at home.
I came home and Pam and Thad were having another gaming party. The last one, a few weeks ago, lasted until about four A.M. Bummer. I went into my room, put in my earplugs, and tried to ignore it. I read awhile, kept the earplugs in, and was luckily able to fall asleep. Yup, it's definitely time to move on. I hope that place in Mancos works out.
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