Another dance show

the "disco divas" did a 70's disco themed Cairo style number

5 months of classes, rehearsal, costume sewing, and fun culminated with 3:48 minutes on stage in the spot light in front of a half filled house last night.

Most of the people had left by the time we went on during the third set, but it was still fun, and I am still so grateful that I can do this... at my age, and with  my history.

Someone from work ACTUALLY SHOWED UP, and she loved it.  She wants to start taking classes!  She said that I was the best dancer in my group.  I know she is not one to lie.

We were rear-ended AGAIN in my little green car on Wednesday.

I swear that car MUST be invisible.  This is the FIFTH TIME someone has hit it since I bought it in 2014.

This time, we got hit harder than usual.  

Not REALLY hard, but hard though to make my car un-drivable (the back bumper is pushed up and under, and the air bag lights are on, which means they could deploy at random), and to give us both neck pain for a couple of days.  

(We tried to go to an urgent/convenient care place, but they didn't accept auto claims, and said our health insurance would deny...so we got no medical care.)

There was a cop up ahead who had someone pulled over, so rush hour traffic was merging left.  We had merged, and stopped in line with the traffic, but the Jeep Cherokee behind us forgot to stop-- until he rammed into us at about 10 or 15 mph.

BAM!!

This time, the refreshing difference is that the other guy actually HAS insurance!  This is literally the first time!

Dave called the claim in as soon as we got home on Wednesday, but they have not called us yet, so it's a damned good thing we have a second car, because we still have to get to work!

We should have a loaner by now, and my car should be in the shop by now, but not even a call, so Dave is going to call first thing tomorrow and ask "WHAT THE FUCK?"

Once the car is fixed, I have decided to trade it in on a TANK. 

I drove for 31 years in Chicagoland and my car was only run into once in all that time (while it was parked in front of my family home on Christmas Eve, and the neighbor across the street backed into it).

Okie drivers are HORRIBLE, and the vast majority of them don't have insurance.  We see multiple people run red lights EVERY DAY on our short commute, and the highways TERRIFY me.

My neck is finally feeling better.  Dave's only hurt for a couple of days.

In other news, we went to Pop's house yesterday and met with Dave's eldest brother.  

He has worked VERY hard on the house this past week. 

We went through the house and picked out stuff we wanted.  Pictures, and bath towels, and silverware, and glassware... 

Eric will help us pick up the furniture pieces we want later this week, hopefully.

Mike wants to do a garage sale next weekend.  There is depression glass, and camera equipment, and old computers, and SO MUCH JUNK!

Mike formally apologized to me for something terrible that he said to me a few months ago, so that was good.  Now I can stand to be in the same room as him.  Not that I will have to deal with that very often.

Today is going to be very low key.  It's supposed to start being rainy today, and that will last through most of next week.  

We have not been in our hot tub for weeks....  I wanted to last night, but Dave didn't , and I can't get the top off of it by myself, so I took a hot epsom salt bath.

Hope you remembered to change your clocks!  Maybe some day we will get rid of daylight saving time....