I don’t quite know how yesterday got to be so busy, but it did and I enjoyed every minute.

First, I have joined a writers’ group. I’ve never done this before as I’ve never come across a group that appealed to me. But Cliff, one of my expat friends, invited me to come along and I did a couple of weeks ago. There are some talented writers there, and all very supportive of one another. It will certainly hold me to my commitment to writing my novel every day, and the opportunity to have people critique it is also helpful. I’m sure this will do good things for my writing. We meet every Wednesday.

I rushed home from that and jumped online to meet with Susan and Lois, my Butt Kickers. I kind of hogged the time, I’m afraid, but they did want to hear all about my new apartment. I told them I had looked at a red couch, but was thinking it would be more sensible to get a neutral colour and brighten it up with cushions. They pointed out that doing the sensible thing wasn’t a noticeable characteristic of mine — true — and they both voted for the red couch. I’m going to do it!

Then I was off to the movies with Venetia to see The Return of Mary Poppins. It was a fun, happy movie. There aren’t too many of those around these days, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Dick Van Dyke even made a brief appearance — even in his nineties the man can still dance!

Finally, speaking of dancing, I dashed home and had a quick bite to eat and then went out dancing tango. Lina and I went to El Obelisco, a milonga I had gone to a couple of times last year but on Fridays. I did enjoy it last night, but I think it was better on Fridays so I’m going to try that next time. The milongas are run by different organizers every night, and sometimes that means they take on a certain personality with the organizers. So the same venue can be quite different on different nights. Any way you cut it, though, I love dancing tango in Buenos Aires!

I enjoyed my busy day, but I really must try to keep better track of things and not book so much in one day. Maybe.