I made my 6th annual January pilgrimage to Ft Worth for the 3rd coast tribal belly dance festival. 4 days of workshops, shows, vendors, hanging out with my ladies from Drishti and my classes, and seeing ladies I've met from all over the state and country. It's pretty awesome ( Read more... )

Oooooh, oooooooh, oooooooh, in a couple more days I fly off to Hawaii for a week long belly dance retreat with 2 amazing dancers, one of whom is Zoe Jakes from Beats Antique. (If you don't know who she is, look her up on youtube). It's going to be awesome ( Read more... )

Today I learned that my boss will no longer manage my group, but another person from our office will be taking over as our manager. This person is very nice, but I've never worked with her directly, so I have no data points on how this will go ( Read more... )

So, I've had a policy of not telling coworkers about belly dance. I want to be taken seriously at work, and having people imagine my navel (or imagine the costumes and moves of some belly dancers) doesn't seem productive for that. I have a lot of awesome coworkers who would think it was cool, but then again, I also catch chest glances when I'm ( Read more... )

A very important teacher passed away very suddenly today. I learned so much from him and should have prioritized more time to learn from him, but didn't. I am selfishly sad and also just so bummed that the world doesn't have him in it anymore ( Read more... )

The kitty cat was scared of the storms last night so he was super clingy. Fortunately he is also super adorable and I like cuddles, so it was fun. I love that fur ball!

How did I go 29 years of my life & not know I was a cat person? Oh, yeah, because I believed I was allergic. Well, glad we go that one straightened out!

So freakin excited that we're decorating the dance studio ( Read more... )

Picking out paint samples for the dance studio. Going to turn this place from beige to belly dancer den of awesome! And then we put the nice floors in. Yay!

Well, the wood floors were completely destroyed ( Read more... )

The house flooded last night ( Read more... )