Lovely Day

While my paper writing and job hunting are not exactly moving forward, everything else today was lovely. I slept in, ate breakfast, took a long shower, ate lunch, and then went and met a friend for coffee. It was a girl who was a student in one of my English classes in Lannion, and she came to the English hour every week. We're friends on Facebook, but I hadn't seen her since I left Lannion nearly 6 years ago. I really, really enjoyed seeing her and talking to her. She talked about her experiences with couch surfing and her desire to go abroad and do humanitarian work. What a lovely way to spend a couple hours!

I came home, ate, and then went to a Salsa dance thing. I made a small error in wearing pointy-toed, high heel boots (it felt like a huge error when I was walking home and wasn't sure I was going to make it, but now that they've been off for an hour, it doesn't seem quite as bad), but other than that, I had a great time. I went to see one of the girls in my dorm perform. She has continued taking the Salsa class I stopped going to in October. It's amazing the progress everyone has made. I still suck at Salsa. I love to dance, but I just can't find the rhythm with that one.

Anyway, because I went by myself and she was often off dancing, people actually asked me to dance while I was standing around alone. I danced with 6 different men. Most didn't ask for a second dance thanks to my poor Salsa skills, but I still was flattered that they'd ask in the first place and had an awesome time. Actually, an older Portuguese man who didn't really speak French danced with me lots and tried to get me to go to the after party, but I declined. I also talked quite a bit to a lady who may have been somewhat intoxicated and was dancing by herself however she wanted to, which naturally drew me to her. We actually managed to have quite the heart to heart. God, I love talking to strangers! I think I may have talked her into having a little more hope for humanity. Man, it's true...sometimes just BEING is enough.