Start > Shut Down > Restart

I knew I was in a rut, but I don’t think I realized how much of a rut until I went to NY.  Dancing at JNO the next Friday was different in a good way.  I had new things to work on, like the little slide on 7-8-1-2 on swingouts and keeping my frame less tense than it was.  It was a challenge on my side again.

Dancing is fun again.

It was a mindset like I had 6 years ago, when I was taking Lindy Hop with Billy and Lindsay.  I want to learn again.  Things to think about, things to try, but no deadlines in which to perfect them.

Unfortunately, I’m probably not going to be able to get out for any more workshop weekends until the end of the year.  When I went out to NY, I thought I had 3 days of holiday time and could fill in the last 2 days with sick time.  When I came back, I was told no, I couldn’t use the sick time, but I did have an additional day of holiday time for Memorial Day, making me 1 day short on sick time.  The day after, I was told no, I only had the holiday time for Memorial Day (“Didn’t you check how many hours you had?”), so I’m missing paid time off for the other 4 days.  I might get holiday time for the 4th of July and Labor Day, just enough to go to Cowtown, but I’m not certain.  All I know is that, come October when I get my official paid vacation, I’m going to be shorted the time for NY, cutting me down to two days of paid vacation (which is better than being cut in pay now for the time missed, I guess).  It’s a headache I really didn’t want to deal with.

We’ll see if this new outlook on dancing holds up tonight.  There is a live band…

(Random note: In looking through previous posts for related links, I found a post where I said this: “That's why I don't work at the zoo.”  Famous last words…)