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Two busy days--and the 2nd one is still happening! Yesterday, I went to the Friday dance class. That makes three classes this week and an afternoon of dancing yet to come--tomorrow! That's the most movement I've done in a long time.

Yesterday's class felt really good. The instructor is very thorough and she has a style of teaching that helps everyone learn the dances. The other two instructors I've experienced have a somewhat more "cerebral" way of teaching. The logic is right, the patterns are noted, but there's something missing in terms of flow. I come out of their classes and feel like I have to practice a lot in order to master the dances. With yesterday's instructor, I feel like I've learned the dances in the class.

She teaches a class on Wednesdays and links the two classes in terms of the dances she covers. I may have to go to that class as well. That would make it four days in row with classes in the afternoons. Have to ponder what that would like. I must go with the flow!

Yesterday's activities were a bit hectic with lots of things happening with the two visitors. Today was a madhouse! Friends of my daughter and her partner started showing up around 7:30am. I didn't get told that there was a tree digging program going on today (plus other miscellaneous endeavors) as well as dinner tonight with the whole tribe. There were extra kids along and a host of food preps devised to feed the laborers. The daughter's grandmother arrived with the early morning crowd and everyone was off and running. SMUD, the utility company, gives away trees designed to foster shade and less power usage. The deal is: they deliver the trees--you dig hole and plant them and care for them as needed. Holes were dug. Big holes! Big enough that the one dog, who can't see well, fell into the holes twice, so far.

Well dinner time approaches! We are going to eat at one of the places where my daughter's partner works. He will be our server! Hmmm! Do we tip him or not? That is the question! The dinner train is on the tracks and moving!

Dance tomorrow from 2 to 4:30! Let there be music and lots of dancing feet! Repeat!