April Fools!

Once again off to the bay area for another audition.  Not getting my hopes up but going for things. Saturday I got to take a fun dance class in Garberville before I headed south. Sunday I was oddly not nervous for the audition, probably because I had no expectations of actually having something come of it, but you don’t know if you don’t try. I was somewhat relieved to see someone I had danced with before in the room when I walked in. After a good class with sticky numbers that weren’t so sticky, I wasn’t asked to stay for more. It ended up being a beautiful almost sunny day in the city. I used the time to catch up with a friend over coffee and lunch, and then we wandered around the city for a while before I headed out.

It was an uneventful trip to Livermore, got there parked and was just about to watch a movie when the dog started barking. We looked outside to see a Mercedes across the street smashed into an old pickup truck. I will say one of my first thoughts was that I was glad she turned right not left. My car was parked across the street from the accident. The whole passenger side of the car was smashed into the rear axle of the truck. The neighbor had bought that truck new in ‘86. It was a good old, solid, Ford, so I was surprised with the damage to it and could only wonder how fast the car was going. Turns out that the Mercedes had a sensor that documented the speed at impact and it was around 70MPH!

Once again this trip was mostly just spending time in the bay area until the following weekend. This time to see some shows. Tuesday night I went to see San Francisco Ballet perform one of their mixed shows with some dancers I danced with in the last year. Once again it was good to catch up with them, and to see some more dancing.

Some yummy food and more time at my Grandma’s in Hayward for a few days and it’s time to head back into San Francisco.

I wrote the previous part of this post while I was sitting at my Grandma's. Up untill this point in my trip I figured this blog post would be mostly repetitive, my plans included heading to the city for a show or two and some classes then heading home, but in true April fools fashion my plans changed.

On march 31^st I drove into San Francisco to take class, I stopped by my dad’s friend’s house for a shower before heading to a show that night, just when I thought I was going to the theater, my car decided it was not going to start. More car problems uggg… I got a ride to the theater with the plan of trying to figure out SF public transportation to get back. I failed on that attempt, but I didn’t try until morning thanks to a friend who let me crash with them. Second attempt I was successful, made my way to a matinee performance by San Francisco Ballet. Since my car once again decided that Friday night was the good time to quit working I knew I was spending the weekend and at least Monday in the city. For car problems, it could have been worse. I had a place to stay and an excuse to take class and go see shows. Spent Monday taking class and waiting to hear about my car so I could get back on the road home Tuesday. It was a beautiful sunny day in San Francisco two classes some wandering around and food with a friend, only having to pay for a battery and a running car by the end of the day, not too shabby.  All in all, even with car problems my trip ended up only being a day or two longer than planned.