June 23, 2012

Today was my last day of competition ever...boo.  Since I took a four hour nap last night, I could not fall asleep when I had to so I was once again super tired when I woke up at 7 this morning.  We have a whole lot of family that lives in Wisconsin so on Thursday, Kayte decided to come to today's performance!!  She met us at the arena thing and got to watch my last competition!  I had double mini and I ended up getting 4th out of 9 and there was a tie in 6th place!  Here are my passes:

After competition we went out to lunch at a place in Madison that was super good!  They were having some sort of dog thing where everybody was allowed to bring their dogs and there were so many cute puppahs!!!  We saw a pug and Boston terrier mix and it was soooo cute!!!  After lunch, we walked around and went on top of the Monona Terrace which overlooked Lake Monona.  Someone was having a wedding there but we snuck in to a small portion of the terrace and took this picture:

We're so cute.  Afterwards, we walked to the farmer's market that was being taken down and Mom bought some awesome spiral grass that looked cool and then we went inside the capitol building which was really pretty but slightly confusing because there were hallways leading everywhere!!  Then we walked back to our car while getting lost in the process but eventually we found our way!!  We drove back to the place where the meet was being held so Kayte could get her car and then we drove back to her house!  It was a super nice visit and it's too bad that we live far away from each other :(
We got home at around 5ish and then I worked on some homework.  Kelley and I watched The Reader last night which I don't recommend if you didn't read the book because it would be so confusing hahaha and strange :)  We were pretty much laughing the whole time because Voldemort is in it :)  Then I went to bed.

June 22, 2012

Nationals Day 2!!!  I had tramp today at 8:30 so we had to leave at 5:30!!!  I woke up at 5:20 but wanted to wake up at 4:45 soooo...that sucked.  We ended up leaving at 5:45 but we still made it in time.  I competed and I thought I did pretty well but I got fifth out of five anyway.  Here is me competing (I'm the girl in the video...on the tramp that's farther away) :

So the POD is of us getting awards!  Afterwards, we went out to breakfast and then had to kill time until noonish because of the walk-in.  My coach nominates all the seniors for scholarships so we have to be there for the march-in when they announce the winners.  So we got back at the arena place at 12 and then sat in the stands for a little bit until it was 12:30 so I decided to go meet up with my team.  The march-in was supposed to be at 1 but it started at almost 2 so I was sitting in the freezing basement with loud kids for almost two hours.  It really sucked.  Then we walked in and the only benefit of being nominated for scholarships was that we got to sit on comfy chairs instead of the ground.  It lived up to my expectations and then we learned that nationals next year is going to be in Florida...thanks, USTA...thanks.  We learned at the walk-in that our team got a first place team trophy for sub advanced synchro tramp thanks to me and Lani!  Yay!  I'm glad of my contribution!
The walk-in ended at 3ish and then we headed home and I fell asleep on the way home and then we stopped for ice cream at this small place and they had HUGE proportions and I almost threw up before I was even close to finishing my shake thing so I had to save it for later.  When we finally got home, I went straight to bed and Mom and I slept from 5ish to a little after 9...that was a nice nap haha :)  Now Kelley's home and we may or may not watch a movie...?  Double mini tomorrow!! 

June 21, 2012

First day of nationals!!!  Nationals were in Madison, Wisconsin this year so we decided to not stay in a hotel and just drive back and forth for the three days that I have to compete.  Today I had synchro trampoline!!  It was at 12:30 so we left the house at 8:30ish and ended up getting there kind of super early.  We only competed against one other team and we ended up getting first.  Here we are being synchronized:

We're so awesome.  I was literally shaking for minutes after we were done because trampoline makes me so nervous!!  But we ended up doing pretty great in my opinion!!  Our synch score ended up being 8.6 out of 10!!!!  I'm pretty happy with that!!  Our overall score was 49.6!  We got first.  The POD is us in first except my partner had to compete on floor at the time we were receiving the award so she couldn't be there so I was all by my lonesome.  Here is me with the trophy:

Yay!  This was my only nationals first place trophy haha :)  After competition, Mom, Kelley, and I went out to lunch at Chipotle and then we went into bookstores and then headed home.  When we got home, Kelley, Jill, and I went 45 minutes away to a Salvation Army and Goodwill in a town and got LOADS of books!  The Salvation Army seriously had a huge wall just stacked with books.  Jill and I had to tear Kelley away from them because we were there for almost 2 hours and we were done with looking through all the books!  Here they are being weirdos with the cart full of books:

After that, we went home and then I ate soup and then went to bed to get ready for my second day of competition!