Doc, Jak, Matilda, Aud, and DB Friends, We're into our third day in Puerto Rico. We started to calm down and settle in on Tuesday after spending an afternoon at the beach.
My W heard Latin music at the bar and encouraged me to dance with her. I reluctantly did so. I went thru the motions to make her happy. My W drew a small crowd of admirers. A lady who had spent years working in a club, but never danced approached my W to praise her skills. My W and I gave her some basic lessons, with the hope of sparking her to give dancing a try.
We ventured into old San Juan for dinner and to walk. After dinner (my W wanted a more authentic restaurant, complaining the entire dinner), we discovered a Poetry Center that happened to be having a poetry reading. I suggested we go in to listen. It was a mix of young and older artists (poets, songwriters). My W suggested I sign up to say a few words. I said that I could share some of my favorite quotes. I centered myself to recollect the quotes from memory, and when my name was called, went up and slowly and calmly shared several of my favorite quotes to a mostly young adult audience.
We found a Salsa venue that is open every night and closed the place at 12:30AM. The venue has live music so we will likely be back.
My W shared that when she was here with her friend, they fought most of the time. There was no planning or structure, so they didn't accomplish much. She said that we did more in one day than they did in three. He also came to the trip without any money. He also believes that a woman should only dance with her partner, which was the basis for the verbal abuse at the venue last month. I came with Traveler's checks and cash, which should be enough for the trip.
She said that she was proud of me for doing the Poetry reading. I share quotes every day at my job, so the Poetry reading was doing the same thing with a different audience.
My W will be up soon, so we'll plan the day and see how Day 2 goes. I would call Day 1 a success.
CL
CL 53 W 54 M 20 yrs. 03'-09' Separation + Old Patterns + GAL 10-14' Piecing
"The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come."
