Seems like every post lately starts with some version of, "well, it's been a long time..." I know that I've been erratic with the updates, but besides the mental busy-ness of work and moving and wedding planning and vacation-with-mom planning and conference planning, lately it seems like every time I come to update Blogger is down or having technical problems! What can you do.
We're still having ongoing maintenance issues at our apartment. You'd think that doing things right, and when they say they're going to, would involve much less time and aggro than lying about when you will be in to work and then doing such a piss-poor job that they have to come in again and redo three or four times, but, hey, what do I know! Fixing a wall isn't rocket science...I'm very tempted to do it myself and then charge them for time and supplies! Oh well...the worst is done, and our organizing and reorganizing is slowly getting finished. I think we're both essentially spending enough money at Target to independently keep them in business, but we are getting new shelves and organizers and things are slowly coming together. I finally got our patio set up, so we can sit there with our coffee/tea and enjoy the view of the water. One thing I haven't yet done, believe it or not, is visit the pool and the fitness centre! Maybe I'll get a chance when my mom comes to visit. Right now we're too worried about getting things organized before Michael leaves for his Denver vacation on the 18th and my mom arrives on the 24th.
I'm also happy because my new bellydance practice tape finally came in the mail last weekend! Yes, I finally have my much-anticipated, much-delayed copy of Tribal Fusion: Yoga Isolations and Drills for Bellydance, by Rachel Brice.. I'm really happy with it--it's really going to help me in areas that I'm still weak in, in particular finding and isolating my core muscles to get more precise movements.
The really big news, though, is that it looks like my band, Blue Stone, has a record deal! No contracts signed quite yet, but the people at the label, Neurodisc, really love it and have had a couple of meetings with us. The process is going a little bit more slowly than the guys in the band (Rob and Bill) would have liked, I think, but I am perfectly happy to let things unfold at their own pace. I am, to be honest, more than a little freaked out at this point, and I need to have some time to get used to conversations that include statements like "well, our first short-term goal is to get you on the Billboard charts."
I'll leave you with photos of the henna I did in January for Bollywood comes to Broward:
