Well..the practicing challenge has been half achieved...Doing more like 4 hours a day right now! Goodness, Lang Lang. Way to make the rest of us feel terrible about ourselves!! haha.

Today was grrreat! I practiced a long time, ate real meals that were both tasty and good for me, went for a run OUTSIDE, and studied some German. Man, if only my day job didn't exist, right?? haha. No, no I enjoy that too. But it certainly is nice having a couple days off to really throw myself into music and shape a day just the way I want. I can't believe the competition is only 8 weeks away!! Where did February go??!?

So BIG NEWS! I've decided to move to Hanover, Germany!! My cousin Nicolai needs a roommate for the coming year, so this is my golden opportunity to live in Europe!! It's all happening so fast, but I feel incredibly excited at the prospect. I've started boxing things up in the apartment and making the oh so difficult "ja or nein?" on the junk I've managed to collect the last couple years. It's strange to be in this transition period because it hasn't fully hit me that I'm moving. Seeing boxes all around the house has certainly been a little reminder everyday though. But it somehow feels so natural to be going there that I hardly feel any different.

Life is such an adventure, isn't it? You never know where it will take you next. I guess for me, Germany! :-)