Celebrating
It turns out the potluck was a good 30th birthday. I feel very lucky to have been with friends I have known for at least half my life so far. We had a delicious meal with everyone's dishes while sitting outside in the backyard. Sometimes it is so hard to try to see people with their busy schedules, so a birthday was a good excuse to spend time with them. After the meal we had our traditional piñata. My friends' two year old daughter got rather worried that we were hurting the colourful fish, but then was pretty excited when candies appeared. Inside I opened some gifts and then we played Bananagrams, a birthday gift which I am told is like 'speed Scrabble.'

The next day after buying some new shoes at the mall, I went first Swing dancing to the bands at the free stage, and then Salsa dancing to the Cuban bands in the beer gardens. My feet are a little blistered, but I think I got in a good six hours of dancing. Now I have to think about doing some real work again..