Beautiful Sunday

Hurricane Ike must have veered to the east a little further than they originally thought. It's a beautiful day here, sunny, breezy and a little cool (high in the low 70's). Kind of like a fall day. I had such a good time Friday evening at the new dance studio. There were probably about 25 of us, the majority between the ages of 45 and 65. It was about 1/2 couples and 1/2 singles without partners. We took a lesson first from 7 to 8. We learned a more intermediate/advanced hustle (which is one of my FAVORITE dances, along with most of the Latin ones - salsa, rhumba, cha cha, east and west coast swing). Then we ate a little bit and chatted for about 20 minutes, then we just danced to different songs. The girl who owns the studio would call out "this is a foxtrot" or "this is west coast swing" and we would grab a partner and dance. Also, almost everyone who was there I've been dancing with for the past year at the university so I felt very comfortable with the crowd. No one is there hitting on you, we're all there to dance and have a good time. Spouses share their partners with the ones of us who don't have a regular partner so everyone gets to dance and have a good time. I think I definitely burned some calories because I danced almost non-stop for about 3 hours. I told the proprietor that I really enjoyed it and I hoped she would do it more often. She told us that EVERY Friday night, we would do this and once a month we'd have a Saturday party and once a month we go to the Club (like we did before) and dance. So, I'm in. I enjoyed myself so much that I went online and bought a new pair of dancin' shoes, (gold ones this time - I don't go over 2-1/2 inch heels and prefer 2 inch). I have a pair of leopard ones (all the guys comment on them) that are just about worn out. I also have some low heeled (1 inch) tan ones that I can't seem to revive the soles with repeated brushings. I think I'll get rid of those and save the leopard ones for when I wear black pants. I don't work at Kohl's for the next 2 Fridays so I know I'll get to go at least a few more weeks in a row. I'm excited and can't wait until next Friday night!