Last night was fun. Not the greatest of nights but fun. There were many people, a few from years gone past stopping in. Some regulars were missing and were missed. I managed to dance 4 (yes that is four) dances in a row before leaving. We flubbed the reel but we had fun doing it. Thank god the fourth dance was another waltz so I could rest a little. I even managed to keep my energy through haymakers. Normally I feel like dying half way through and then don’t do any of the footwork just to save energy. I am not sure because I was dancing not watching, but it felt like my feet has some serious distance between them and the floor many a time. Maybe even some of those high steps that the more advance dancers use. I was very bouncy. I think it was a combination of a flirty short skirt and actual dancing shoes. That and a very filling meal of Mac&Cheese and baked beans. Yum.

Speaking of which, oh dancers that read this. I am wearing some of those Capezio dance shoes that have a sole on the heel and on the ball of the shoe and are arched in the middle, you know the ones? I am finding that after I wear those, my feet get cramped up. When they start cramping, it is hard to get them to stop. Relaxing them allows them to cramp more. Stretching them works only as long as they are being stretched. I am the only one I have to rub them and for some reason, that doesn’t work so well (I would like to put out a call for foot-rubs but I doubt I could count on the response). Talking about it last night, an idea was presented that they have too much arch support for me. This would make sense since all of my other shoes have little to no arch support. Now the question: Should I keep wearing these dance shoes and will my feet adjust to having good arch support while dancing OR should I skip these shoes and wear my normal shoes because the arch support is just going to keep hurting me. I am not willing to consider putting arch support in all my other shoes. It may be a good idea, but it is just silly in application.