I got my bellydancing DVDs from Fat Chance - a basic instructional one and the Woman Power Workout - and tried them out. Hard. I did about ten minutes of each yesterday and I'm sore today. I might have to work up to the point of being able to take a class.

Oh, man -- it makes me sore, you betcha. But fun!

sj, if you're our there- very, very belatedly backflung!

meara, your pictures make me go squee.

Raquel, I hope you start feeling good soon!

I'm thinking a week or two of working out at home with the DVDs and I'll be brave enough to go to a class, and less likely to collapse before it's over.

Even the little I did was really fun.

Steph, I haven't lost power, except for a few blips, but I understand there are about 50,000 customers out, mostly because of falling trees. A guy was killed last night only a mile or two away from here when a tree fell on his bedroom. My yard is full of big oak trees. I keep going to the window and looking suspiciously at them. My patio is about a foot deep in water. I'm thinking about getting some sand and calling it a beach.

All I got where two shots of a spiky haired blond, the first of which featured another cute girl who isn't you, and the second of which featured you, and you're so pretty.

Ahem. I am in super-heavy powder, because I knew I was going to sweat most of it off right quick. It was HOT (and HOTT) this weekend.

Faboo pictures of meara's trip, and I also got to see her vid of Fay saying "Keeping it real for my peeps, yo." I squeed, becuase Fay is so lovely and adorable.

Med~ma for Raquel and vw, as well as Connie's DH.

I'm doing online training today, so I get to pop in and out. Yay!

From last night, to Plei:

Probably, but we'd need to run and get scissors.

Yay! I'd offer to bring them, but that wouldn't work.

Don't garden wearing flip-flops, even if you're only pulling a weed here and there. It'll turn into more. ow ow ow! STOP AND PUT REAL SHOES ON.

I hear you. I washed the van in brand new cheap flip flops, and I would not recommend that, either. Soapy water + cheap vinyl? Slippery blister maker.

Eep, Ginger, that's a lot of water! Glad you have power.

Connie, what kind of surgery does DH have to have?

He's having another spinal fusion. His lower back is such a hammered mess. They might be taking out the titanium bracing from the last fusion, too. His surgeon is wondering if there's some odd reaction going on to the metal. I don't know if Hubby will get to keep it or not. He likes trophies.

Damn.

I went to the Newton Library yesterday to pick up a couple of books for my comparative analysis paper for my ASL class. They were closed (apparently Sundays in July and August). I was all pissed and ready to go in there today and yell at them, because I got their hours from their website.

I just went back to check the website to make sure I don't make a fool of myself, and sure enough it says it on the website. Why can't I read through the whole page? I feel stupid.

ETA: connie, when is this surgery? Somehow I missed that in my skimming.