Good Times Ahead

My next bellydance class begins tomorrow, Jan. 22. I've been waiting for this for months, since I knew that the holiday quarter would have been impossible for me. I am now in the 'intermediate' class. This is a course that is offered though my city, and the women that teach it are professionals involved in a dance troupe, but I would hardly classify myself as an 'intermediate.' Perhaps I might if I took the continuing classes offered by my instructors at their dance studio during Nov-Dec, but I still feel a 'rookie' should consider himself (or herself) as such within their first year.