Any retired Irish dancer will probably agree that so much nostalgia returns during Thanksgiving weekend. While turkey and family are fabulous, it's impossible not to reminisce on all of those Thanksgiving weekends you spent at the Oireachtas. There are some days where I desperately miss Irish dancing, and there are no days where I'm not grateful for the large role in my life it played. Reflecting back over the weekend, here are some things I came up with, that every Irish dancer will know to be true.
1. Not understanding why we spray tan, but doing it anyway
2. Owning four different types of wigs
3. Wearing poodle socks regularly because they make great boot socks and because you have so many
4. People asking you to "Do a little jig" at every family/friend gathering
5. The feis headache that results from hundreds of bobby pins in your wig, and all the smells of hairspray and self-tanner
6. Half of your songs on your phones are jigs, reels, and hornpipes
7. Buying foundation four shades darker than your skin tone so it matches your spray tan
8. Having your dreams crushed when you look at the price of solo dresses
9. Having the grossest feet because your hard shoes destroy them
10. You've become a pro at dancing with your hands from waiting in line at competitions
11. It's so hard to see a long hallway and not want to skip down it doing lifts, bicycles and hop 1, 2, 3's
12. Feises are utterly exhausting
13. Having to glue your socks to your legs so they don't fall down
14. March is the best month of the year
15. Most importantly, having a second family and memories that'll last a lifetime
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