As of today.

I am working less. In theory. That probably won't happen, as I'm sure I'll end up putting in 40-50 hours weekly into chocolate...it's kind of becoming an obsession. The transition to madness would not be much of a change for me. Soon I'll be holed up in the Chocolate Necessities warehouse. My eyes will be permanently red from the fluorescent lights and my skin will be paper-thin from all of the handwashing. BUT! I'll be an expert chocolatiére!

In my "spare time" I've decided to teach three of my good friend and hairdresser's children beginning Spanish. I'm figuring out a fun way to go about it, and I'll start this Friday. There is a new program in Washington in which homeschooling parents are paid $1,000 per child per year for school materials and other miscellanea. In addition to the stipend, the program pays for children's private lessons in any subject. Tutors in these subjects get their names put on a list and are referred to other homeschoolers. I'm really excited to start, and I hope everything goes smoothly.

I've also been (kind of) getting more sleep recently. Usually I go to bed around 10:00 and sleep until 5:30. Once I get a bike, though, I'd like to wake up at 4:00 and bike to work. We'll see how that one goes. I've never been a morning person, but it's nice to get as much out of the day as possible. This morning I went to the gym for an hour before heading off to school.

Dance has also consumed a significant part of my life. The troupe is perfecting our first 3 choreographies and working on 4 new ones, but it's really beginning to come easier to everyone. Zils are still a challenge, but I've been practicing until my fingers turn purple!

Speaking of bellydance, there's a show this Saturday at Indian Flavors restaurant (best Indian food in town!) at around 7:00. Ruby and Sedona (Seattle) will dance. Sedona just won the Bellydancer USA competition, so it's pretty exciting to have her in town!