I can't believe you guys care about what I have to say!
Hey Everyone!
After the Pacific Coast Sectionals, Daphne asked me if I wanted to blog for Nationals. She said there was positive feedback from the Pacs blog, and I can't believe you guys care about what I have to say! That's super flattering! Thanks everyone!
These last two months have been a little more daunting than expected. Winning Pacs was amazing, but going back and training was a bit of a wake-up call. Lauren and I have been accustomed to being done with the season around Thanksgiving. One weekend in early December we were driving up to Ardmore to skate with Robbie Kane, and we both looked at each other in the car and thought, "Why are we skating right now? It's two weeks before Christmas, and we're skating. Why aren't we at home in our PJs eating ice cream?" These last several weeks have been a little lagging for us because we were mentally done after Sectionals, because that's when we were about done before! Haha maybe that's not much to most people, but it was a weird experience for us.
Greg Maddalone has been working with us to get us to push that little bit more, and hopefully it will pay off. Christine Binder came out during Christmas to visit her family and to come coach us and some of her other students. It was great having both Greg and Christine there to work with us and give us different points of view.
Training has been a lot of fun (to all of my fellow novice competitors - only a couple more run-throughs left of the Killian!), and competing is sure to be amazing (umm, big arena, hello?!), but I think I'm equally as excited to compete as I am to see all of my skating friends, most of whom I haven't seen since August at LP. Una Donegan and I have been counting down the days for a while now until we get to hang out (and eat Berry Berry - AS IF!).
Tongue-in-cheek, I think the hardest part about preparing for Nationals has been mentally getting ready for the 7 degree (the high!) weather in St. Paul. :[ I like to think I live in a place with relatively nice weather - the greater D.C. area - but it's been so dang cold here lately! I guess lower 20s aren't nearly as bad as 7 degrees! Every time I mention this to Greg, he insists I'll be fine in the Skywalks, but every time he says that, I point out the fact that while I love watching skating and most everything it entails, I won't be able to use the skywalk to get EVERYWHERE!
For people who read my Pacs blog, I'll let you know that I found a Jamba Juice about 20 minutes from my house, probably the most exciting discovery during these past two months! Lauren Corry, Lauren Ely, and I went down there one Sunday recently, and I have to say it was almost as good as the ones I had in California. This past one was a 9 out of 10, only because I wasn't watching the waves on the beach and feeling amazing in 80-degree weather. :] BUT St. Paul has a Jamba Juice, so if anybody is interested in going to Jamba with me, just give me a call and we'll go experience some bliss.
So I don't know how much more interesting I can make my blog right now. I guess I could put in some pictures of Britney, or talk about some drama with Britney and her children (poor Brit!), or talk about how Britney's new album stinks. But I don't know how long that would be interesting for! Hahaha I bet people are going to be all over me for that!
WELL happy training for everybody until they get into St. Paul, and even after that, happy training out there! I can't wait to experience my first Nats, and I'm sure that it's going to be beyond amazing (well, Jamba is nearby - DUH it will amazing). See everyone soon!
After the Pacific Coast Sectionals, Daphne asked me if I wanted to blog for Nationals. She said there was positive feedback from the Pacs blog, and I can't believe you guys care about what I have to say! That's super flattering! Thanks everyone!
These last two months have been a little more daunting than expected. Winning Pacs was amazing, but going back and training was a bit of a wake-up call. Lauren and I have been accustomed to being done with the season around Thanksgiving. One weekend in early December we were driving up to Ardmore to skate with Robbie Kane, and we both looked at each other in the car and thought, "Why are we skating right now? It's two weeks before Christmas, and we're skating. Why aren't we at home in our PJs eating ice cream?" These last several weeks have been a little lagging for us because we were mentally done after Sectionals, because that's when we were about done before! Haha maybe that's not much to most people, but it was a weird experience for us.
Greg Maddalone has been working with us to get us to push that little bit more, and hopefully it will pay off. Christine Binder came out during Christmas to visit her family and to come coach us and some of her other students. It was great having both Greg and Christine there to work with us and give us different points of view.
Training has been a lot of fun (to all of my fellow novice competitors - only a couple more run-throughs left of the Killian!), and competing is sure to be amazing (umm, big arena, hello?!), but I think I'm equally as excited to compete as I am to see all of my skating friends, most of whom I haven't seen since August at LP. Una Donegan and I have been counting down the days for a while now until we get to hang out (and eat Berry Berry - AS IF!).
Tongue-in-cheek, I think the hardest part about preparing for Nationals has been mentally getting ready for the 7 degree (the high!) weather in St. Paul. :[ I like to think I live in a place with relatively nice weather - the greater D.C. area - but it's been so dang cold here lately! I guess lower 20s aren't nearly as bad as 7 degrees! Every time I mention this to Greg, he insists I'll be fine in the Skywalks, but every time he says that, I point out the fact that while I love watching skating and most everything it entails, I won't be able to use the skywalk to get EVERYWHERE!
For people who read my Pacs blog, I'll let you know that I found a Jamba Juice about 20 minutes from my house, probably the most exciting discovery during these past two months! Lauren Corry, Lauren Ely, and I went down there one Sunday recently, and I have to say it was almost as good as the ones I had in California. This past one was a 9 out of 10, only because I wasn't watching the waves on the beach and feeling amazing in 80-degree weather. :] BUT St. Paul has a Jamba Juice, so if anybody is interested in going to Jamba with me, just give me a call and we'll go experience some bliss.
So I don't know how much more interesting I can make my blog right now. I guess I could put in some pictures of Britney, or talk about some drama with Britney and her children (poor Brit!), or talk about how Britney's new album stinks. But I don't know how long that would be interesting for! Hahaha I bet people are going to be all over me for that!
WELL happy training for everybody until they get into St. Paul, and even after that, happy training out there! I can't wait to experience my first Nats, and I'm sure that it's going to be beyond amazing (well, Jamba is nearby - DUH it will amazing). See everyone soon!
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