Dooooo-da-doo-da-doo-da-doo-da-doo doo-doo-doo ...

It's swing time! Bah-bah! Slow-slow quick-quick! Tonight Scott and I learned the basic jitterbug step, along with a few turns. It's kind of weird having to follow instead of lead, and I'm still working on the being-graceful thing, but at least we didn't end up as a giant pretzel (that's apparently been saved for next week). I haven't been able to get the song out of my head since the lesson ended, and I feel the need to get up and start bouncing around on the balls of my feet. (I would do that except that my feet are a bit sore at the moment.) I enjoyed the lesson, even though for a great part of it I could only breathe through my mouth (NOT conducive to exercise). Near the end, the large thing blocking my air passage finally dislodged itself, leading to a mad dash to the ladies room. Yuck.

I found a new service that will host my site without ads for free (or $35 a year if I want more space) if I get my own domain name for $15. The caveat is that the index page must be updated regularly, so I'd have to rework the structure of this site a bit. If I get the time this weekend, I might give it a try. While the ads on this site never bother me since I have a pop-up blocker, I hear they can annoy you poor folks who haven't yet discovered the wonders of Mozilla.