I went to mrs. mice's feis or Irish folk dancing competition. She wasn't up to her usual splendor but I was happy to be there to cheer her on. She did finally smile when she did her two hand and four hand.
For those of you who haven't seen mrs. mice smile when she dances, its a thing of majesty. Every thing gets sparkley and all the colors are vivid and too intense so you have to squint. When my wife smiles as she's dancing I can't think or worry about anything. I'm transfixed and I know I'm supposed to take off my sandals but I can't cause I'm not wearing any. Regardless that her kit is blue, when she's smiling it turns bright white like a tennis outfit. Everything around gets all white like she's talking to the prophets and Kai Opaka says "What is this thing you call time?" but I can't be surprised because everything seems that it has always been. It seems normal that she's floating but that her shoes are making stomping noises in the air.
We went later to Heart of the Forest faire. Luckily Forrest was not there to make me cranky. We did get to see Jason and many other Brunos. I bought Ron a beer like I always do and he seemed happy for a moment.
I got to do one dance Cuckolds All Awry which made me happy despite the fact that I f***ed it up. I am trying desperately to escape from work at least one more weekend so that I can go back and do it again before faire is over. It was really nice and it was great to see all my old friends. Its easy to forget that dancing is its own reward, but its like falling off a bicycle to remember how much you loved it.
More later,
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