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Since I teach two hip hop classes in a row, sometimes I get a little lost. Am I repeating the same notes about keeping the moves small and sharp or is it new to this class? I also forgot my smart pills on Monday and for my first class of the day, I for the life of me could not remember the combination for the day. I kept having to consult my notes -- THAT WERE WRONG! Maybe it's because I choreographed it only an hour before class. Or maybe Denise Arribas did not wish me the luck I asked for when we IM-ed during my choreography session.

Either way, yesterday I had to go in and fix all of the crappy parts and add some cool moves. If any of you are interested, I am a sneaky one and I turn on my webcam during class. You can watch the live footage of class (uploaded every 30 seconds) on secrethideout.net. My square is in the upper right hand corner. It's running from 2:10-3:50 and 4:10-5:50 Monday-Thursday Pacific Time.

This morning I woke to a very tired body. One of the students in my first class has asked for more strength training and with the addition of this one squatting step, my quads are not happy.

So, from bed I pulled my laptop onto my chest to read my emails. I got one from Ashley, the real estate agent who sold my condo in Atlanta. For just a moment I lost time. I was not quite sure if I was viewing an old message and who the subject was. Pretty eerie. The email read:

Hope meet Michele, Michele meet Hope.

Michele is driving today (Wednesday) out to Davis, CA for a job and new adventure. I am selling her condo here in Atlanta. Does this sound familiar, Hope?

Anyway Michele is great and will be new to Davis, she just graduated from Emory and is now Dr. Flagge. Michele, you can catch up on Hope's unbelievable life below. She is a crazy multi-task woman and taking on the world of teaching, acting, dancing, and writing one moment at a time.

Hope, you will appreciate that for whatever reason Michele's car did not get picked up and taken out to CA as promised, so she is now driving with her Dad to Davis. Road Trip, love it.

Good Luck to all. Hope, your life sounds fabulous. Michele, I will get your pad sold, so you will not have dead-weight here in Atlanta.

--Ashley