Satiated

I feel very satisfied and tiredly happy tonight.

Tango: Had an excellent class in Lafayette tonight. It was such a small class that every other song I was being led by either Marcelo or Romina, which felt like a mini-private lesson. They seemed to focus on elements that I'd even been wondering about just last night at Milonga, so I got a lot of answers to some questions that had been brewing in my mind. Things slowly coming together and another piece of the puzzle gets added to the big picture. I think tonight was the first time I'd ever danced a milonga tanda with Marcelo and it was tons of fun. I actually realized this week that I'm no longer trepid of dancing milongas. Even while I was usually able to follow pretty well, I'd feel like my brain was going into overtime and I was barely hanging on, breathing a sigh of relief joy that I made it in one piece. I had a few other good dances with other people, and of course got to dance many tandas with Martin, including one fabuloso waltz tanda. Focuses for me today were contrabody, good right palm connection, relaxed right elbow, and ankle-cross-embellishment that lends itself to be done during certain contrabody walks. I definitely think I got more out of tonight than I would have had I gone to Tarragon.

Grilled Cheese: I was super hungry last night after Verdi club, so stopped at Mountain View In 'n Out burger off 101 and Rengstorff, but much to my chagrin they were already closed (1am weeknights and it was 115am). I plodded home and had a less appetizing snack before heading to bed. Tonight however, I got my grilled cheese fix from In 'n Out burger so I'm quite satisfied and happy.

Sentiments

Work: Well today was our last day at our Redwood Shores office. While many of us (myself included) have been greatly looking forward to this day, since our move down to headquarters will cut my commute by more than half, huge emotions were felt. My co-worker and I popped into the cafe across the street to check out their daily soups, and when we saw they had their Lobster and Crab bisque, we both got a small cup of it for old time's sake despite the fact that work was going to be feeding us in 45 minutes! Many pictures were taken along with multiple glances outside to our gorgeous and soon-to-be missed view. Box labels were double checked and triple checked before the movers came to haul them away. It was a strange feeling, as if we were all leaving the company and moving back east or something, when in fact we would all see each other Monday, just 20 miles south. There were a mix of feelings, both happy and sad, but really it feels like a chance for new beginnings and continuing on this journey called work.

Dancing: I must say I wasn't that impressed with Verdi club. The music was amazing, but the quality of dancers I don't think was great. Not to say it was bad. I had several good tandas, but nothing to write home about. About 1 1/2 hours into the Milonga Martin showed up and we danced exclusively until the end of the night, 1230am. That was the highlight of my night :)

Tarragon has suddenly been canceled as of last night, so I've decided to take class from my teachers, Marcelo and Romina in LaFayette tonight and stay for the milonga afterwards. I've been there once before; it's a pretty far drive, but since Martin has a class in that area tonight, he can pop by afterwards for the milonga.