Thanks everyone, for the comments on yesterday’s post. In the course of my adult life, I’ve felt all the combinations: happy while in a relationship, sad while in a relationship, happy while single and now sad while single. I would never go so far as to say that I’m depressed, but I do tend to have periods of time when that dark cloud of depression hangs on to me and won’t let go and makes me feel very sad about things that I would otherwise feel just sorta bummed about. Usually, when I feel that way it presents itself by making me very tired, and when I’m very tired, it’s hard to get excited about work, and when you spend 8 hours a day being unexcited about what you’re doing, well, let’s just say that’s where the vicious circle comes in. Usually, the cloud just goes away on its own, and it doesn’t hurt if something happy comes along to chase it away.

I can’t say that what happened last night chased my blues away, but it did make the cloud disperse a little. While driving to physical therapy, my friend Pantsless called to invite me to a swing class he was teaching at the local coffee shop. It happened to start at exactly 30 minutes after my appointment ended, and I knew there would be a lot of kickballers there that I haven’t seen since The Championship Game of Doom. Faced with the option of either spending the night alone with a bowl of pasta and a DVD or going out and putting my physical therapy to work for me, I chose to go out. And darn if I didn’t have a great time. I only sucked at it a little bit, and we didn’t do anything that was too taxing on either my skills or my ankle, and at the end I felt comfortable enough to throw in a few bits of flair. I even think that there was one potential single guy there, although I’m going to have to get the low-down with The Dutchess before making my next move, because she’s got the info on everyone.

And speaking of people without pants, I saw an article in the local paper this morning that made my heart smile. I hope you all enjoy Drunken Driver Without Pants had Pot in the Car as much as I did. (Especially the part about the man caught at the doughnut drive-through! Bonus story!)