Rainy Day Blues

Okay so I'm not really THAT upset about swim practice being cancelled this morning, but it doesn't make me super- happy about the butt- load of rain Boston has been having. IT'S JULY!

Anyways,
So I had my first real swim meet of the season yesterday (yes in the cold rain, outdoors). I am very happy about how it went. I was on a relay, and swam the breaststroke, and the freestyle. I am also very happy to report I won all of my individual events, but came in last in the relay.

Today my cousin, his girlfriend, and his daughter (Pouty Lips Jr. for those of you who read Pouty Baby’s Nonsense) are coming over and I am super excited because I haven’t seen them in FOREVER.

In Other News:
- Boatmen Geller is having a Tent Sale Here
- I am in the 4th of July Parade! =] (ok that's not really new but it never gets old either)

Sincerely,
D

SHOF, Henri Bendel, Lilly, and our new secret company... unveiled

Picture Mall of America... okay, take away the water park and the aquarium... and the huge food court. You are left with hundreds of stores. Just in case you have never been to Aventura Mall this is what it is like. Aventura Mall contains possibly the biggest Forever 21, and all of the great stores you can probably guess. Anyways, at the Lilly store I finally got the Lilly crowns I have been chasing after plus two decks of cards, and a pink and green turtle robe. Also at Aventura there is the famous Henri Bendel store.

Okay, so SHOF- the Swimming Hall of Fame. If you remembered I told you that some of my friends were nationally ranked swimmers. Turns out today was the Sectionals at the SHOF, where swimmers who make the cutoff times get to race for national ranks. But here is the exciting part, in the museum part of the SHOF, my cousin was listed as a masters champion, in the International swimming hall of fame.

About the secret company, I will talk [or rather write] about it tomorrow, but if you absolutely must know now, you can find out what it is at teamgrill.com

Sincerely,

D

Swim Championships

First Off, thank you Pouty for calling right before my race [sorry I couldn't talk I was in the bullpen]

Anyways, to be quite honest after a while of swimming I think I started taking third place for granted [in certain races]. So you can probably guess [drum roll please...] yesterday in the breaststroke I got third place! It's not official yet but that's what the electronic timers told me. Haha, I would like to thank the doctor that told me I would never swim again because without him making me indignant, I probably would have had less motivation :].

Also, our Medley Relay got fifth place [I was on a team of eleven and twelve year olds facing 15 and 16 year olds]. And... I also got tenth in the freestyle against 100 people :].

In Other News:

-In one week Winter Term will be over and I can start wearing Lilly Pultitzer skirts to school again [and madras]

-Also In One Week I will be headed down to Florida [I'm still trying to work out the Palm Beach Trip]

Sincerely,

D

Swim Championships are coming fast

I have officially decided a.) this month I WILL complete NaBloPoMo [lol], Anyways, tonight's swim Practice went really well, and we had a little race. There is a guy on the team that my coach seems to think I compete against. [well maybe a little bit, but that is a whole other story] So anyways he decided he would have the three other kids in my age group race me. Also, all of the 10 and unders were watching putting a lot of pressure on me to impress them :].

At first I was like "No Way," but he told me to pretty much toughen up and get on the block.

The flip turn killed. We were all basically turned up until the 25 yard mark, and then at the flip turn it hit me, why can't I just put all of my energy into this one lap and move as fast as I could possibly stand.

So to make a long story short, I won by two tenths of a second [and impressed the little kids], but here is the other thing, I cut another whole second off of my time. That is two seconds in one week!!

In Other [Swimming] News:
-I found out one of my friends is ranked tenth NATIONALLY in swimming :]
-I found out that one of my other friends that I also used to swim with is only three seconds slower than Dara Torres :0

Sincerely,
Deborah

Weirdest Swim Meet Ever

Wow okay first of all championships are in one week and I am freaking out like crazy. Second of all I managed to cut down my time to some where in the 28 seconds [point something I couldn't understand the timers] but a whole second :]

About that freestyle race, [it was so weird]. I'll do a play- by- play:

1.) I was in the bullpen after getting my card and waiting on the bench with these girls who were .3 seconds faster than me [I was freaking out about that one]

2.) I got up to the blocks and everybody started freaking out even though I was in the right heat and event

3.) My coach who was also the announcer was like "Deborah come over here"

4.) He told me I missed my event even though my event was just about to dive off the blocks

5.) My mom started freaking out

6.) I then got my own personal Heat with my name and everything

It doesn't seem that weird when I read over, but let me tell you, when your coach is like "Okay Deborah will be doing a solo swim today, Deborah step onto the Block, Deborah take you mark...." it feels really weird with about 200 people watching you

Not to mention he was talking about me the whole 28 seconds I was swimming, and asked everybody to give me a round of applause, and nobody did [I was glad but it was also really awkward]

Whew,
Anyways In Other News:

-Jackie has a short story contest on her blog, it is a free- write but here is an idea, you could write an alternate ending to Twilight [just a thought coming from a judge :) ]
-Just when I thought spring was coming a huge snow storm came

Sincerely,
D

To answer your question...

Okay Pouty Baby Here are some answers:

-Yes I am swimming again, however I am permanently Disabled [but that doesn't stop me]
-My Speech is about Risk
-I just found out one hour ago that I made it to the Semi- finals
-NaBloPoMo is National Blog Posting Month, and I have attempted to complete it almost every month I have been blogging, and I could actually complete it, after my next post [which will be about Grey's Anatomy] I will only be one behind.

In Other News
-The Valentine's Day Dance is Tonight [but I might have Strep throat]
-I am trying to complete the last set of races on Mario Kart, One circuit away from gold medals on every level!!!!!

Sincerely,
D

By Giving my speech and other exciting things

Okay so I guess some people would like to know what happened at the swim meet. I refrained from spilling because quite frankly, I do not want to brag, but here is the story.

I was in a medley relay and the other team was doing very well, and they were hard to beat. They were two- thirds of a way down the pool, when I dived off the block. "Okay I thought, if I nail my dive, pullout, and flip- turn, I could probably catch us up a little bit" I managed to catch her, so the race became tied half- way through. We then fell behind again. However the freestyler was determined to win, she gave it all she got and we won the race. Even the coach for the other team gave us a high- five :]. And then later on in the meet I was two- one- hundredths of a second away from making a pool record, but the important thing was that I got a personal Best.

I gave my speech at school today, (the one that decides if I get in the semi- finals) and unfortunately I had a fever of 101. But when I got to the podium to give my speech, I suddenly didn't feel sick, and I felt perfectly fine. [It was only temporary but still,]

Anyways in other news:

-The Valentine's Day Dance is tomorrow [I hope I can go]

-There is a new Grey's Anatomy on tonight [Dr. Shepard HAS to propose to Meredith]

-I will write another post very soon because i might actually be able to do NaBloPoMo {gasp}

Sincerely,

Deborah

The Cardnials lost, and I kicked N's butt at Guitar Hero, so things equal out

Ok well the title pretty much says it all about the superbowl, I'm too depressed to go into detail but yea...

Anyways onto brighter and happier things:
I had a swim meet and broke the team record (I got a 29.8 for the 50 yard freestyle) I do need to cut the time by about 2 seconds, but It's a PB (personal Best!!)

I had my first sleepover with N in 5 years it was amazing (she's posting about it also on her blog)

Gossip Girl was on last night:
Blair is still expelled!!
Carr and Dan!?!



Deb

President's Challenge

I signed up for the President's Challenge [wish me luck]. I Hope it makes me more fit!

Sincerely,

D

Completely Useless Information That I Love

I was reading The Usless Book Of Information and thought I'd publish my favorite Facts:

When the Wizard of Oz came out critics said it was uncreative and stupid

Louisa May Alcott hated children

If you are afraid of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth, you have arachibutyrophobia

The University of Alaska is spread across four time zones

Central Park is almost twice as large as Monaco

Three Mile Island is 2.5 miles

Michael Jordan makes more money each year from Nike than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined

The fastest swimmers swimming Freestyle can swim at about four miles per hour. Fish, have been recorded swimming at 68 miles per hour

A rat can last longer without water than a camel

Kangaroo Rats never drink water

In the United States there are about 15,000 people over the age of 100

Even with Rudolf in front, there are 40,320 ways to arrange Santa’s reindeer

Sincerely,

D

Gossip Girl and the Inauguration

Okay,
President Obama's speech was very good today I was impressed.

Anyways,

Gossip Girl Last Night,


-I loved Blair's coat(s)

-Wow, can anybody believe that just because Blair might not of gotten into Yale just because of one B

-Aww I loved how Serena gave up her spot for Blair at Yale

-I hate how Blair ruined that spot by being well.... herself ;]

-Yay! Chuck and Lily joined forces and what do you know, Jack Bass is gone (thank goodness)


In Other News:

- Swim Practice was very intense today, we have a meet on Saturday against a really good team though (so I guess it will pay off)

- I finished the portion (aka 12 chapters) on Stephenie Meyer's website of Midnight Sun (I cannot believe that she just gave up, it was so good too)

Sincerely,
D

Cha Ching!! not to brag or anything but....

OKAY I HAVE BIG NEWS!

After 4 months of physical therapy, two years of pain and 304 (or something like that) days of waiting I had my first swim meet in a whole year

My friend A was there to support me which made me happy

(and made me have have motivation to impress her lol)

I not only impressed her, but (please do not think that I am bragging, just excited) I got first :)

In other news:

-My morning cereal now has Michael Phelps on the front

-My friend J (Julia not Jackie) got a blog

the link is http://goingtogocrazy.blogspot.com/

Sincerely,

D

PS thnk you to http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200808/r280415_1189575.jpg for the picture