What color belt Trudy?

High white.

All of our colors have a low and a high (which is the same color with a black stripe the length of the belt).

So, my first earned belt is a high white.

And, really, for the early belt tests its pretty informal. I knew it was coming soon and my teacher pushed me hard today and at the end I was called up in front of class and he tied it on and as much as I really shouldn't care about things like belts it was actually pretty moving... it really is a LOT of sweat that went into that thing.

Then I went to my theater and finalized the music cues for my one woman Return of the Jedi (which I'm pleased to say is funny as shit) and just got home for to go to sleep.

I am still awake. Movers come in about five hours. Random crap has been tossed into the bathroom, with the plan being to tell them "Take everything except what's in the bathroom!"

Thank god I had leftover vicodin. And thank god my tummy calmed down enough for me to take some. Whew!

Friends threw me a surprise party tonight! Yay! Will miss them all so much.

I slept in until 6:30 a.m.! I'm so excited! (I've been getting up between 4:30 and 5 a.m. for the last couple of weeks, and really, that just feels SO early!)

A review that actually has me wanting to watch "Moonlight," but probably not for the reasons the creators intented.

Congratulations on the belt, Trudy!

The kids slept until 7:30 (good) but I tossed until 2 a.m. (bad).

~ma to your DH, Cash. SP is actually a pretty nice place, I understand, and it's not far from Minneapolis.

Oh, so much ~ma to your DH, and your whole family, Cashmere. Sounds like a very exciting possibility!

Please tell me she was a singer.

heh.

interview~ma to your DH Cahsmere! and nap~ma and sleep~ma to you and yours...

ps - if anyone wants to tell the investment guy on the Today show to STFU for me, that would be pleasant. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I really would like to sell the house. er, soonish.

Interview ~ma for your DH, Cash!

What's the investment guy saying about houses? We have a bid being presented on one this morning!

same thing that Greenspan spouted last week - they're so original. he's just mouthier. And waves his arms around and uses words like "crazy".

A real estate guy from Texas came on to rebut him and said "in markets like x, y, and z, it's more difficult right now because of corporate economics in those areas - but in many places, real estate is a good investment - and people need to look at the regional markets, not at some national overview." The mouth came back with: "see! He's touting markets x, y, and z!!! Those markets suck!" which was stupid, and totally done for the camera. Not that it matters. The real estate guy has an angle too.