The Issue at Hand...

...or foot, rather.

Guess who took her first dance class today? And guess who found out she definitely has 2 left feet?!? :-D (And here I've been wondering why I don't wear flip-flops... I just need flip-flips! :)

So.

Today was good. In general. Ha.

It was one of those scurrying-around-panicking-cause-you-can't-find-your-employee-ID-card, almost-late-for-work mornings...

...followed by a scurrying-around-without-a-break day on the job...

...followed by scurrying-home-and-back-and-rushing-around-unable-to-find-a-building-in-Fairfax...

...followed by a dance class. This involved many odd dance partners (ha... what demographic would you expect at a community-center-ish beginner's swing dance class???)... and a certain old man dance partner named "Mo" who, among other wizened bits of criticisms, told me, "You're HOPPING... STOP hopping." I bit my lip and refrained from telling him he was SHUFFLING, and the remaining part of the class was only mildly exasperating.

It was one of those days, when, even in the midst of so much "scurrying" I couldn't help but put it in perspective... with the beauty all around me, the people I love, the God who loves me, the fickle unimportance of so many things we get frazzled over... And after all the scurrying, everything turned out just fine. No - just WONDERFUL. Got a new ID card no problem, being late for the class, big deal...

...and, at the end of it all, I got to drive home under a mystical full moon, towards a flaming sunset, dotted with little silhouettes of planes gliding through the epic streaks of pink... listening to emotional music... and peacefully contemplating various amazing things including, but not limited to, Star Wars and the nature of my car's headlights. But alas, that's for another post. 'Cause now I'm gonna go eat. (Oh, and to add to the brilliance of the day, my mom baked awesome cookies... not like I'm leaving ya'll for a cookie, or anything... :-D )

Oh, and if anyone out there has an extra size-7 RIGHT foot, I might be up for a swap. =)

My Day

Well, Good Afternoon!!!! Ya'll are looking good. It's such a pleasure to be here... *realizes she's not on stage...*

HOWDY FAITHFUL READERS!!!!

So, I'm back home! Springtime in Virginia is gorgeous. But who really wants to read about a bunch of stunning bright PINK trees, green-green-GREEN hills, birdsongs and frogsongs and BLUE sky? Psh... nope, you'll just have to come visit.

Today, I went shopping for my work uniform (because I start a waitressing job tomorrow). I am sure there are MANY ways to look like an idiot while shopping, but here are a few I discovered today (I'll chalk them all up to cultural acclamation :)

-- Tripping over yourself because the automatic door opened so slowly

-- Walking into a store and telling the clerk that you're looking for a shirt for yourself only to have her give you a disgusted look and tell you, "This store is plus sizes only."

-- Stopping in front of a door before realizing that it's NOT automatic (heheh... heh. :)

Then, I went to the gym. My high-altitude blood apparently doesn't understand that it is supposed to be SUPER-CHARGED. Or maybe I should blame it on the gym, whose TVs were showing nothing but baseball, a courtroom reality show, and a CNN special on taxes... SERIOUSLY? Is that get-yourself-pumped-up work-out material or WHAT??? :)

Ah good times. Love to everyone. Stay tuned! =)

Ciao-ciao!!!