Yesterday was a big day for me on both work and relaxation fronts.

First, my vacation is officially over and I am now back at work. I have found it quite natural to get back to doing the work I love in this place I love. I did work on the manuscript of one of my clients, and then I did some work on my own stories. It’s so long since I did anything about Merry that I had to do some digging around to see exactly where I am. I have several stories ready to publish, so I will get the first of those up on Amazon and the other platforms this week. If you are part of “Merry’s Merry Band of Readers” you will receive the usual notification when that is done. (If you are not, but you would like to be, you can join here.)

The other exciting thing is that I had my first tango lesson! It was a bit of an adventure, because I was determined to get there on the bus and it isn’t just around the corner. I went online and found a bus stop fairly close to me, with complete directions to Alejandro’s studio. Problem was, I couldn’t find the bus stop! Seriously, I must have walked around the same block four times before I finally found it — and only because I got on the wrong bus and the driver pointed out where to get the right one!

One of the difficulties is that bus stops are not necessarily obvious here. Some have shelters, but lots are just a pole in the sidewalk with no obvious sign that says Bus Stop. They tell you the number of the line and the buses that stop there, but that doesn’t necessarily make it easy. I was glad I had left in lots of time, and at least I will know for next time.

The tango lesson was great. Alejandro obviously has a deep knowledge of, and love for, tango, and he spent quite a bit of time telling me its history and why that is important if you want to dance. I learned about the tango posture, the tango walk(s), and the tango embrace (!).

Then we did some simple dancing to the music and even though it was nothing fancy, I did actually feel I was dancing tango. I’m going for a second lesson on Thursday, and then I’ll probably just go once a week.

Alejandro is an excellent, empathetic teacher — and as you can see from the picture, he’s cute too!