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All Souls Day--or some such macabre celebration! Dancing went well today--2.5 hours of movement and music. I felt pretty good once we were into the dancing some--I was a bit murky before during the morning. DST was part of the murkiness--I watched the clock fall back an hour at 2am. My clock is smart and adjusts for location and season--not like the rest of the clocks that I had to reset by hand. Lots of people--lots of clocks!

The dance was not that well attended--it was raining but not enough to prohibit people from coming. But there was a big number of people from the classes who were not there--which affected the energy levels and kept everything slightly muted for the 2.5 hours.

I knew nearly all of the dances--including the more difficult ones. At one point, there was a restart in a dance--one that only I acknowledged and caused the whole room to lose track of where they were. I just kept dancing--as the rest of the room collapsed in chaos. The DJ had to start the dance over--and nearly everyone got the restart the 2nd time around.

Got an email from LA--she has been laid off and is sorting through her options. She's giving herself 5 months to come up with a plan--now that the shock is over, she's starting to let go and take it easy.

I also sent LL a birthday greeting--her Bday is today! I've not heard from her much over the past year--will be good to hear from her and what she's up to.

Doing my favorite Sunday activity (not)--laundry time! I ate well today--sort of. I had a breakfast sandwich and a hot chocolate, an apple, and a chicken sandwich for dinner--after dancing away the afternoon. It began to rain this morning--and is still doing so now. Great--we can use the moisture!

I sent the following blurb in my notes to LA and LL--copied below.

I'm doing well and the dancing is helping me stay that way. I'm dancing pretty much full tilt--and not losing ground as are many of the PD people in my support groups. I decided to not take it easy--but to take it hard. I danced for 2.5 hours strait through today at a local dance event. Not bad for a 76-year-old person with PD! I'm looking into how I might arrange it so I'm dancing every day--and maybe even teach a class to some people who have PD like me. Keep on dancing--it's the best exercise for the body, the mind, and the spirit all in one!

 In a local workshop last month, Michael Barr was the teacher of a dance he choreographed. He pointed out before he started teaching the dance that he had taken his first line dance lessons in one of my classes. It was a poignant moment where things had come full circle--the student becoming the teacher, and the teacher becoming the student. Michael is now an established teacher/choreographer who is known worldwide.