It sometimes does. I have woken up in pain from a hard night of tearing up the dance floor many times in my life. I have also been known to imagine a dance floor that doesn't exist and make it reality before your very eyes. I haven't been tested but I think I'm of sound mind and mostly sound body so why not shake it whenever the opportunity presents itself? I was working the Fall Halloween event at the Mystic Aquarium today and my new best friend Jeff and I did a little of that to brighten our day. Jeff is an outgoing young man who worked at the stand next to me. We only met today but I knew right off I would like him when he announced to me that he was Jeff and he was obnoxious. Those were his words exactly so you can imagine how elated I was to learn this when I was to be working beside him for about 9 hours today and another 5 hours tomorrow that I can only hope are just as full of wonder as today was.
This festive event has combined many things considered Fallish if I can be so bold as to make up a word. They had kids in costumes, pumpkin snacks, crafty crap galore, hot cider and then nestled in there where I don't quite belong was me and a cart full of frozen lemonade. Who wants that on a brisk October day you ask? Exactly 18 people. It is a shame to not sell much but the event is a great networking opportunity so I hope it's worth it. I enjoyed making a new friend in Jeff anyway.
There was a DJ present at the Aquarium today and although they seemed to have run about 7 songs on a loop the entire day it gave us music to warm up to. Jeff and I seem to be cut from the very same cloth and we boogied the day away together stopping briefly here or there to serve a customer. We bounced and jiggled and danced around in the space our two booths occupied all day. I'm surprised it's legal to have that much fun while working! We practiced the moon walk and wished we knew the choreography for Thriller since we only heard it 400 times. All of this went on and only now do I stop to think that people may think we should have been bouncing around in a rubber room. It is ironic that we thought it appropriate to mock some of the passers-by and giggle to ourselves while people- watching when we were putting on such a show ourselves without giving a second thought to what others may be thinking. I'm sure more then one had the idea that we were on some good drugs or someone spiked our cocoa or something but truth is we were just high on life and for no other reason but why not!
I know myself enough to not be surprised that I made a connection with a perfect stranger and acted like I was in an episode of Glee right there on the sidewalk in Mystic but I can't help but be thankful that I can have moments like these amidst the crap heap that real life is most of the time. I miss Uncle Andy everyday and this year has been tough but days like today make me remember him and his attitude toward life. He smiled all the time and even when he worked he laughed and joked and nothing was so serious that it had to ruin his day. I'd like to think that Andy would be proud that I embrace life giving me frozen lemonade on a down right chilly October day and me making it into a party where there's dancing in the streets. Here's to you, Andy! You taught me more then you ever knew about what life should be and I love you so much for that. I miss him very much but I'm going to get out there and grab all the balls I can and even some for Andy! ...That didn't come out right but you know what I mean.
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