I forgot to mention that yesterday I got my flu and my COVID shot, one in each arm. They did give me this cute squeezy heart for my troubles.
Today I worked from home, then in the evening I went to the East Side Club, because the Shamrock Club was having its first ever ceili there. A ceili (pronounced like the girl's name Kaylee) is a traditional Irish dance party, so this had the band that we often go see at Alt Brew and the Irish dance instructor that I know. In fact, the crazy thing about this party is how many people I knew from different places. There were the people from the Shamrock Club, of course, and people from Irish language classes, and people from the Irish sessions, and even the primary care physician I went to for thirty years until she retired in June. (True story: when I had to choose a PCP, I was very young and just chose her because she was a woman and has an Irish surname.) One thing I noticed going to Ireland is how much the people thought like I do, so maybe it's not a huge surprise that I've found "my people" in all these Irish groups. How much of your personality is controlled by genetics? Some things that I thought were flaws or quirks unique to me I remember being shocked to learn that my Irish grandfather had too, like holding a grudge and doing the New York Times crossword puzzle in ink instead of with a pencil. And all these good German and Nordic people in the Midwest are shocked by my very dark sense of humor, but people of Irish descent don't find it strange at all.
Sorry, I don't have any photos of the party, but it was beautifully decorated with Irish flags and orange, white, and green balloons. I danced several of the dances, but not all of them - it's amazing that anyone could dance all of them, since they take so much energy. Travalon came after work, and I got him to dance a little bit, but he mostly sat talking to Shamrock Club people and the red-headed flute player from the Irish sessions. The organizer had been expecting about twenty-five people, but a week ahead she was disappointed to see only ten had bought tickets. However, right beforehand a whole bunch of people bought tickets, and even more bought them at the door, so there were about eighty people there. Some were young and wearing kilts, and some went to Irish dance lessons and knew what they were doing, but a lot of us messed up and just laughed about it. The ceili went on for two hours, and then I helped clean up a bit afterwards and ended up with a whole bunch of balloons. That made for an interesting drive home. The bartenders said they did well too, so it was a successful event for both clubs we belong to. Hope we can organize another one sometime in the future!
Famous Hat
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