Hello from NC (triad area)! =)

So I'm a couple of weeks late in doing this, but I'm a newbie. I have been interested in the pole for quite sometime and became VERY interested a few months back. I wanted to give myself sometime to think about it, and I have done nothing but think about it every day! Hopefully I will be ordering my first pole in the next week or so! But now I'm a little nervous that I have all of these elaborate ideas about what I want to do in my head - and I know that I'm going to have to start with the basics, and I hope that I'm not too hard on myself (I tend to be a perfectionist - a blessing and a curse.) I work doing massage therapy 5 days a week as my full-time job, so I am quite sure that I have a lot of upperbody, arm, forearm, and hand strength - which I am excited about. =) I also do Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy - which allows me to work with 2 poles in an entirely different way! 😉 Here's a video featuring this treatment (although she does the 2-footed style, which I haven't learned yet - but will!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5GGHqShqe0 So I can't wait to get a pole soon and work on my CORE strength! Anyway, enough about me - I'm happy to find the studiovenna site and such a great group of girls (and guys) to sure ideas and experiences with! Nice to meet you all! 😀