Week 9 Mom finally updated my blog...

We arrived in Florida on Monday, the 5th.  It is hot and humid in Coral Springs, but I am enjoying the rain.  We are staying in an extended stay type hotel for the next 10 days, so it is much different than the Cottages we stayed in before. 

Our first day of practice, we had a crazy monsoon type storm, But it was during our lunch break, so it didn't affect practice too much.

Now that I am here in Florida, we are training harder than ever.  I thought we practiced a lot in California, with long days.  But we are practicing even more.  We don't have as many specialty training sessions, so we are mostly in the pool.  In fact, we spend 3 hours more a day in the water.  Usually we go to the pool at 7am, and come home at 6pm, with an hour lunch break.  We do all of our land training in the evenings after dinner.  At least the view from the pool is nice. 

Alligators any one?  Right outside the pool.

We got to spend our last half day off in Fort Lauderdale. The beach was really pretty, and I could not help but think about all my friends who were stuck in school while I "shore" was having a "swell" day. haha 

But enough relaxing!!  We have only 3 more practices till we leave for Puerto Rico!!  I'm sure we will be working like crazy before we leave.

GO TEAM USA!!

Week 7-8 ( sure wish mom would update more often)

last sunset in Riverside

Goodbye California....Home!! I am coming home!!

This week was our last in Riverside, California.  The Riverside Community College pool has been one of my homes away from home, in addition to The Cottages at CBU.

We have worked really hard on flexibility, strength and conditioning this summer.  I feel like I have improved a lot. Strength and conditioning has been pretty hectic, but we know that it will make us stronger swimmers. We took team pictures this week too.

Junior and 13-15 teams in California

We had trials for the Senior Training Squad this week.  Members of this team have to permanently relocate to Santa Clara, California for training in the first part of September.

I got to come home on Friday, August 2nd, for the weekend.  I was excited, but my afternoon flight was delayed 3 times, so I was disappointed too.  Luckily, I finally made it home. Too bad my luggage caught a later flight.  I was super glad to see my family, and spend the weekend with them.  I also got to spend some time with good friends. 

 But before I knew it, it was time to head to Florida.
It was hard to leave again knowing that I wouldn't see them for a while. I have missed being home and being with my family.