Mondays are odd

Theme of today: activity, nap, activity, nap, etc... So I ended up finishing my work after dancing.

Dancing was nice: still no 6th person though. Eep. The programming was odd: it started out with a lot of stuff we do at home a lot- easier material than they usually play aorund here. There were a lot of new folks- a bunch of grad students, which pleased Samara. There was a bunch of stuff in the middle that I really disliked, all at once, so I chatted some. I saw Nathan's family, whom I hadn't seen in a while, and that was fine. Funny how long it takes for these things to resolve back to normal people status in one's own head. I guess part of that is my usual paranoia with people. Probably a lot of it is, really. I put a few couples dances down on the request list, which I usually avoid because if I do, I almost never have a partner for the set where they're played. This time I did ask, and I had a partner when they were played- it was a lot of fun, in general.

I did a lot of teaching tonight- some nights it's nice, especially when I'm sort of drifty: it gives me somethign to focus on, although I wouldn't want to do it every time I'm at dancing. Ok- not wouldn't, Don't. I've been there, done that, at dancing at home. Somehow I have a feeling I'll end up teaching at a session somewhere eventually, regardless. Just an impulse- I can't avoid those sorts of roles, and they can be gratifying at times as well. Maybe I'll resent having to do so all the time less as I get older. Or maybe it's like most other things- if I have the job, I don't resent it: it's when I Have to do something and don't have the formal job to go with it that I resent it- when it's voluntary or I have the role, it's all good and happy.

TOmorrow: Lots of work to do, assorted other things to do, and contemplation of maybe offering cold Shabbat lunch this weekend for folks who are here- we'll see if I can manage to get to the grocery store, and have a bit of time to assemble food. Also to find out if there's interest...

Mondays are odd

Theme of today: activity, nap, activity, nap, etc... So I ended up finishing my work after dancing.

Dancing was nice: still no 6th person though. Eep. The programming was odd: it started out with a lot of stuff we do at home a lot- easier material than they usually play aorund here. There were a lot of new folks- a bunch of grad students, which pleased Samara. There was a bunch of stuff in the middle that I really disliked, all at once, so I chatted some. I saw Nathan's family, whom I hadn't seen in a while, and that was fine. Funny how long it takes for these things to resolve back to normal people status in one's own head. I guess part of that is my usual paranoia with people. Probably a lot of it is, really. I put a few couples dances down on the request list, which I usually avoid because if I do, I almost never have a partner for the set where they're played. This time I did ask, and I had a partner when they were played- it was a lot of fun, in general.

I did a lot of teaching tonight- some nights it's nice, especially when I'm sort of drifty: it gives me somethign to focus on, although I wouldn't want to do it every time I'm at dancing. Ok- not wouldn't, Don't. I've been there, done that, at dancing at home. Somehow I have a feeling I'll end up teaching at a session somewhere eventually, regardless. Just an impulse- I can't avoid those sorts of roles, and they can be gratifying at times as well. Maybe I'll resent having to do so all the time less as I get older. Or maybe it's like most other things- if I have the job, I don't resent it: it's when I Have to do something and don't have the formal job to go with it that I resent it- when it's voluntary or I have the role, it's all good and happy.

TOmorrow: Lots of work to do, assorted other things to do, and contemplation of maybe offering cold Shabbat lunch this weekend for folks who are here- we'll see if I can manage to get to the grocery store, and have a bit of time to assemble food. Also to find out if there's interest...