The St. Patrick's Day Post

Sorry it took so long to get this up - I've been neglecting the blog a bit. But not anymore!

I had so much fun the weekend before last! It's been quite some time since Jon and I have gone out, especially with a bunch of people.

For St. Pat's this year, we got the traditional party group together - these are the people we hung out with most when my fiance and I first started dating. And I danced. Oh, how I danced *smile*

It's been so long since I went out dancing (not since last June when I managed to sprain my ankle at Drop Kick Murphy's) that I'd forgotten how FUN it is. Mind you, drunken irish dancing is mostly just a bunch of jumping up and down, but still.
The band was great, played lots of good music. They made a brief foray into some more country-ish stuff, but they got back to the celtic pretty quick, which was nice.
And then the pipers came in. It's kind of funny - usually I can tell how skilled a piper is, since I've been listening to them for so many years, but I don't know how good the pipers were - I'd been drinking beer all night, and I just wanted to dance so I guess I wasn't paying much attention.

The pipers made my feet remember how much fun highland is. They started off with a reel or two and then played mostly jig/hornpipe stuff. So I danced. Off to the side - until some guy saw and kind of gestured me in front of the pipers.

So then I danced front and center, for almost the entire rest of the set. I was exhausted by the end, but I loved every second of it. And after I was done, several people came and said that it was awesome. Even one of the pipers - he said they always get a better reception when they have highland dancers.


All in all, it was probably the best St Patrick's Day I've had in 4 years (the one before was when Jon and I 'officially' got together, even though we'd been dating for a bit before then).

Slainte!