My Pink Belt

My pink belt when it arrived in the mail.

Getting my pink belt before jiujitsu.

 My biggest martial arts accomplishment so far!  I loved learning all the techniques.  I worked so, so hard and went over everything by myself so unbelievably many times.  I watched so much video.  I practiced on so many others, willing and less so, like the night when I brought weapons into regular jiujitsu class.  
I learned for the first time the difficulty of making a perfect video.  The tragedy of getting hundreds of things right and one tiny hand or foot placement wrong and having to throw the whole thing out.  The agony of waiting for my score, obsessing with California time.  The unbelievable excitement of scoring a 97!  The fun of helping to teach the first couple seminars at the Wellness Center.  The surprising and amazing fun of leading my Saturday ladies' group.  Private lesson excitement.  Anxiety over messing up.  What will the future bring?