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1st March 2009

week plans

week plans

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many path and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

~ JRR Tolkien.

I am done (mostly) with call for the next 3 months AND I’ll have weekends off as well, as I’m on a stretch where I’m doing more consult work than taking care of my own team/patients. It’s going to be a nice change of pace, aka, freaking fabulous. I’m already booking stuff for every weekend until June, let me tell you.

I’m trying very, very hard to talk myself out of signing up for this: http://www.folklorevillage.org/t2/user_file/English%202009.pdf. An entire weekend of English country dancing. Let me say that again. An entire weekend of English country dancing. Granted, the price is somewhat outrageous (okay, it’s outrageous), but… it’s an entire weekend of English country dancing!! Hopefully, people can show up just for the Saturday night dance. (Must finish, aka start, dress!)

This place also holds monthly barn dances. I’m hoping to drag a few friends out to one of these this summer. So much fun!

I have vacation starting on Friday night. I’m just about to the point where I’m counting down the hours. I need a vacation sooo badly. Even my hair seems fried to the ends (it could be because I haven’t had a haircut since October, I think). It’s been a hard winter. I’ve never really been one who has seasonal affective disorder; I usually like winter, but this one has been brutally cold and everlasting and I’m ready for some sunshine.

I have a pseudo-date-thingy on Thursday. A boy from church and I were talking months ago about finding some good ethnic food around here and he stated that we absolutely had to go out and find some. Last week, he facebooked me (funny how that’s becoming a verb) and mentioned the idea again and we confirmed plans today. It’s a pseudo-date because the guy is somewhat weird and for all I know he could be bringing the entire ward with him. He did say that he wanted this to be a monthly thing, so who knows. My expectations of the evening really consist of hoping that I’ll have lots of good stories to share when I go home. Good or bad.

Oh, and Trouble’s back in town. Apparently his version of “never to return” meant gone for 4 months and then back for a month, then gone for another month and then back for 2 weeks and then, never to return. He’s as much as a flirt as ever, which, since the other flirt in the ward got a girlfriend has been in short supply. Did I tell you that March is going to be fabulous? Somehow, though, I don’t think I’m going to be convincing him that a weekend of English country dancing is just want he needs. But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to try!

Lastly, on a complete change of topic: every year, since the LOTR fandom sank quietly into oblivion after the movies (it’s okay by me, I like the quiet fandoms just fine, thank you), various groups sponsored a “Back to Middle-Earth Month” in March. I’ve never participated, but I’ve really been missing LOTR. It’s been probably 2 years or more since I’ve seen the movies, longer since I’ve read the books. My poor little discussion group has long since been overgrown with briars and thorns. My website sits unfinished; I felt so guilty about paying the hosting fees every year, but couldn’t convince myself to let it go. I’ve now transferred my blog over there, so it’s not wasted space any longer (it’ll be officially introduced to the public soon), but I’d love to redo the section of the discussions properly.

More importantly, I made some really good friends on my discussion group, that I’ve missed a lot. I’ve missed talking about LOTR, the in-depth analysis of Tolkien and his works. We had a great deal of fun, for over 2 years, until medical school consumed me.

Anyway. For B2ME month, I’m re-reading LOTR and will be posting some of my favorite quotes or thoughts or maybe drabbles throughout the month. For old-times sake.

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One Comment

  • A weekend of English country dancing sounds so fun!

    Speaking of LotR, I was watching the Two Towers today on the airplane on my way home. The guy sitting next to me was doing the same. Hahaha.

  • Susan says:

    Wow! That looks like a fun weekend of dance! Meals included, “rustic” accommodations available for $10-15 a night, and plenty of dancing. I don’t think $170 is TOO outrageous, especially since you can work off some of the registration fee by helping in the kitchen. With your medical knowhow, maybe you can volunteer at the first aid table and get a discount 🙂

  • I do love an English country dance.

    I’ve been thinking about reviving my love of Lord of the Rings as well. It is difficult because I have so many books to read, but I suspect I will give in to the temptation soon.

    I wish there were country dances near me. I think one of the historical sites held lessons last fall, but I only heard of it after it was over.

  • Anonymous says:

    Okay whoa…

    Julia!

    So much to say! I thought the iWeb blog was cool. This one (or maybe it is just you who is so cool & knows how to set it up so fun) is soooo cool! Now I remember, I DID try to comment but didn’t scroll down to see this. I feel dumb.

    I love the way you write/blog/journal (whatever verb should fit there). You are so funny. It was great reading up on “Trouble” and the freight-train-blushing and the “never to return” even if I don’t know most of the details. I wish I had read this post before I saw you guys this past Saturday, that way I could have asked you about it!

    You’re into dancing! How fun! I want to know if your attempt to convince Trouble that English Country Dance weekend was something he needed to do. I will have to check back again soon.

    Have fun the rest of this trip!

  • Anonymous says:

    ooops

    So that last comment was from me. Cousin Jill 🙂

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