Fall Season

On Thursday it finally felt like fall. After a day of intermittend showers, the evening turned crisp and cool under a striking blue sky. And it continued Friday and yesterday. We took Homer to Wallnut Creek park (after a very long hiatus) and enjoyed a wonderful walk.

Of course, "walk in wonderful fall weather" generally translates into "sneezing, itchy eyes and voluminous snot" for me. Which is what happened. I think it's the molds that I'm allergic to, since they are riding really high right now. Antihistamines work for me but I don't like the way they knock me out, so I'm battling this with a decongestant. This reminds me of another New Year's resolution, which was to get a doctor and get him to write me a prescription for Claritin, or something else that works without turning me into a zombi.

We went to a Waltz workshop and a Nash Hernadez dance at UT yesterday. We hadn't been dancing in ages and don't want to disappoint at our wedding. The workshop and dance was nice but it's awkward when you have to take frequent breaks to blow you nose. Or when you notice that during a spin it's not just sweat that's flying off your face...

Speaking of the wedding dance. We still have not picked a song, nor, really, a style. Jfer had some suggestions but they weren't really dancable. We have potentially an instrumental slow foxtrot, but it's an awkward tempo. So we wonder, would "El Tango de Roxanne" from Moulin Rouge be too weird as a wedding dance? Probably, considering that tango originated in the brothels of Bueno Aires and that the lyrics are about jealousy. Bust still, what a kick ass song...