TEXPACC 2014

We got our walking exercise this morning by walking to the Paris Post Office to pick up our General Delivery mail. We were greeted all along the way by cheerful, smiling people. When we got home and opened our mail, we found that most of it is about our health insurance, which was once handled entirely by Northrop Grumman. Nothing like progress!

We spent time today studying C-2 calls, using Taminations. It's a website, but it's also an app on Android and IOS and remarkably helpful. It's hard after a summer without dancing to get our brains back up to speed to dance this weekend.

We were delighted to answer a knock at our door to find our friends Hardy and Judy there. We were hoping they would come but hadn't heard from them, so we didn't know if they would make it or not. Guess the ominous birds hanging about in their trees and the coming winter weather chased them south!

It was definitely old home week when we went over to the registration hall. Lots of our friends from the Valley were there. We danced in the C-2 hall--or rather, we attempted to dance C-2, with a lot of help from our friends! The final half hour was star tips, so we went over to the C-1 hall for that. Lots of our favorite callers are here: Tim Ploch, Ross Howell, Darryl Lipscomb, Bill Haynes, and Bronc Wise. We miss Lee Koppman, the grand old man of square dancing. He and Lillith are such a presence wherever they go, and their absence left a hole in the evening for me. One of the couples we danced with were from one of our old clubs in Southern California: the Trailblazers. They too have sold their home and hit the road to become RV fulltimers.

Our house has been invaded by an army of flies. They just keep coming, no matter how many we kill. I sure hope they quit soon!