So it's been awhile. A long while. like 6 months

Yep, I figured I'm finally going to blog again. I can break the drought and then blog more often.

I was at Enter The Blues in Atlanta this weekend and it rocked. Rosie, my host, was super-sweet and we got along famously. It was sooo nice to finally get to dance again. I hadn't danced since November, and really blues dancing?.... probably fall 2005 in Chicago or Champaign-Urbana. Not a lot here in the South. I doubt the blues really made it much past St. Louis. or maybe Memphis...

I was a Lindy Ho (bluesho?)and danced w/ dozens of men and it was fantastic. I saw Tristan again (I'd danced w/ him in Charlotte. he reminds me a lot of Jim...maybe that's why i like him so much?) and he is a wonderful dancer. I danced w/ Jeff, who is from St. Louis. Fun times. Midwesterners dance differently, I think. They're more relaxed, which is counter-intuitive... We played darts too. I have improved since my inaugural dart adventure at Gene's with Jim and Sally and Dave.

Unfortunately, at some point, I caught strep... not surprising, I'm estimating there were 80-100 people there. Through contact of whoever I was dancing with, I probably got germs from everyone there... There was no Purell at this exchange, unlike WCLX7. I will suggest that if I remember. So now I am sick. It sucks.

Oh, and on the way to Atlanta, b/c I had to drive through Columbia anyway, I dropped by the Art Garage and visited w/ Jim. That was nice. I hadn't seen him since mid-February. And I got to play with an *adorable* little girl. We played w/ hula hoops, and swung around the pole in the room, and carried a "cake" around. And we played ring-around-the-rosie -- fantastic!! I haven't played that since, um, college. (Okay, so winter 2005 a bunch of us went outside and played in the snow, an obligatory part of which involves that particular game. and snow angels. but I digress...)

So now I'm debating which other exchanges I want to do: Ryan and Jenny - end of March, Natalie and Yuval (i think that's her name) in April, ATLX in April or May, Blues Shout St. Louis sometime soon.... there's a lot. that's to say nothing of Chex... I will be surprised if anyone goes to that. who's going to want to drive to Charleston, there's no swing dance scene here!? Maybe my Charlotte friends will visit.

I think that's a good restarting the blog post. I'm *blahhhh* b/c I'm sick and I want to sleep. So that's what I shall do, although it is but a quarter 'til 11. (hey, don't laugh, i fell asleep at 4:30 or 5 saturday night post dancing)

Hooray for restarting things!