New here and saying hi

Found this site last night and have been reading, decided to check out the lessons and im loving it so far! I have wanted to do pole fitness for a while but we were living overseas and getting a pole shipped would have been difficult. Now that we are back in the states, i finally got a pole! I have taken a few lessons at a local studio but unfortunately my schedule just doesnt mesh well with theirs and the classes tend to be very expensive! So i just bit the bullet and bought my own pole. I have been lifitng weights for a while and thought i was pretty strong. That pole will tell you that there is still a long way to go! But thats just fine with me. My goals are to build strength, flexibility, and hopefully do competitons at some point. I would love to become an instructor but i think thats a while off for now. So anyways, just wanted to  introduce myself and say hi!