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I finally did it!

I deactivated my facebook account! Sure, it's still there and all I have to do is log in to see it again, but I'm okay with that, because I don't plan to be done with it forever. I just need a break from it for now...for a few reasons. Mainly, I miss real life...I miss how people used to actually talk to each other, and not just post on each other's walls. I still have email, but I need a break from the whole facebook scene.

And today is Saint Patrick's Day! I was invited to go to a party tonight in honor of the day, which I'm wicked excited about, because this day is not celebrated enough out here- I guess there aren't enough Irish Catholics here, as opposed to Boston. It's hard to find anything Saint Patrick's Day-related in stores, too. Trust me, I looked. Oh, and I have another thing to add to my bucket list: be in Ireland on Saint Patrick's Day sometime.

We're working on the waltz in my dance class. It's pretty awesome...because I learned it in 180, and now I'm learning it again in 181, but this time it has a cowboy twist to it. Like, instead of adding a flourish with our hands out (as in 180), we put our hands on our hips or belt buckle during those moves. I love dancing, but I think I've found my favorite kind during this class, and...no surprise here, it's country dancing. I just wish I went dancing more often than I do...and that people at home knew how to do this stuff, so we could go dancing at home too. Maybe I should just go to Nashville again!

Alright gotta go be Irish.

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