Dancing

today was super fun. i haven't gotten nearly enough studying done, but who cares? i did get two observations done. heather and i went and sat in on two piano lessons (taught by mrs. parr). we took notes for our piano pedagogy class on the things we saw, what we liked, or didn't, what we could do to make it better, etc. and it just so happens that our subjects of observation were two cute little alder's kids. then we went shopping. at and estate sale. i admit that i'm not an estate sale connoisseur, but it was pretty interesting. apparently a woman was selling off her summer home estate. her husband had died, and pretty much everything was being consolidated. i could hardly imagine having that much stuff in one house. not to mention that it was the "secondary" house. the purpose of our estate sale excursion was to find a cheap (as in, $10) computer desk. this we did not find. we did discover things that belonged in a museum that cost as much as my car. started up a conversation with a booth vendor outside by using one of his rusty old saws to make music. unfortunately it didn't quite make the cut as an instrument.

then we went dancing. am i the only one who didn't know they teach ball room dance at the nacogdoches rec center every week? folks, it's one dollar for students!!!! craziness. and be sure that if you are a student and you do decide to go that you don't pay $5. that's the price for "regular" people. which isn't bad, but hey, if you're a college student just pay a buck. anyway, it's a two hour thing every saturday. they just decided to start doing two sessions (because of so many people in a smallish space) which will be at 10 and 12. today we did cha cha, swing and tango. very fun times. definitely the highlight of my week. now i just have to see if i can stand waiting till next week...

in the mean time, i better go study. what's that... astronomy you say? calling my name? oh yes, i hear it now.