Yay.

Ok. I haven't posted in FOREVER. so, here goes nothing.

First of all happy Halloween!!! It has to be one of my favorite holidays, mainly because of a little thing my team likes to call... the strip 1000.

Every Halloween, we like to go a little crazy... So you start out by putting on 10 items of clothing. (+your suit) It could be anything. A scarf, socks, pants, gloves, belts, wigs, you name it. As long as you are willing to get it a little bit soaked.

So when this proses is done,( you know because you have about one-two inches of cloth on you) you dive into the water. now, if you've ever jumped into water with just the normal amount of cloths, its pretty uncomfortable. now just times that by about 10 and that's what jumping in feels like. you hit the water, and everything seems to inflate. ( it kind of feels like your that puffy guy on that tire commercial) you then attempt to swim a 100. NOT as easy as it looks. then, upon arriving at the wall, you strip your self of one of the items of clothing. you repeat this proses until there is noting left... except your suit. Its my favorite day of the year, and it never gets old.

Wave Pool

So, today one of the highschool teams that we share the pool with had a meet, so we couldn't use our regular lanes. And, our coach decided not to make the silver and cubs squeeze over to fit us in, so we swam in the shallow water. It sucked cuz it was about the same length but a whole lot harder to swim in! It felt like a wave pool, all of the water was rushing at me but coming in different directions and we had an imaginary wall on one side! But, it was a lot of fun because a bunch of the highschoolers tried to cool down in there and our coach told us to run them over. TRUST ME, WE DID!!!! It was so fun! I hit 3 people, 2 while swimming fly and 1 while swimming free. We had some pretty epic collisions!!! oh man, it was da bomb. Then Lafonda and I lapped everyone atleast once on the kick set! Oh yeah, and today was ALL kick or IM, it was a day designed for me!!!!!! :]]

-Coffee

Life Lessons Learned From Swimming

Since I started swimming I have found that swimming isn't just a hobby or a sport but a lifestyle. By that I mean that swimming has taught me a lot, and changed the way that I live. Also, I mean that it controls my life by the amount of time and effort it takes. Here are some pretty amazing life lessons and values I have learned from swimming:

#1: HARD WORK FEELS AMAZING AND PAYS OFF- it's so true. To me, there is nothing better than a hard swim practice where I am putting forward my best effort. Also, it really pays off at swim meets when you kick butt.

#2: DEDICATION- it sorta takes a lot of dedication and devotion to get up early and go to swim every morning, and to keep coming back after almost throwing up on the pool deck.

#3: SELF MOTIVATION- it would be almost impossible for my mom to get me to practice if I didn't want to go. Also, it would be hard for my coach to make me faster if I didn't want to be faster or if I didn't want to swim at all.

#4: RESPECT- I have learned to respect my coach, my teammates, and most of all myself.

#5: ORGANIZATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT- you might be asking yourself "How did swimming teach her this?" But it did, because it requires me to be on top of my school work, swim time, dryland, etc. It takes up so much of my time that I much choose what is really important to me such as good grades, practice, dryland, friends, homework, etc. 

Also, I have learned basic things such as teamwork, friendship, hardwork, etc.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE I COULD WRITE ABOUT, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET BORED READING THIS, AND THE LIST COULD GO ON FOREVER AND EVER!!!!!!! 

-Coffee

Something Hates Me....

I absolutely HATE my life. Something in this world hates me... alot. It would figure that the first real meet after I aged up I would finally make the state cut.... for my past age group. Dude. I HATE THAT!!!!

Anywho, so I dropped two seconds in my hundred fly, and one second in my 200 back, and stayed the same in my 200 free. Unfortunately I gained a little bit under a second on my fifty free. I don't even remember how I did on my other races. At least I had fun with my friends that I don't usually swim with anymore.

the best day of expresso's life.. untill November...

Ok, ok, ok. I haven't posted in a while, so.....

First things first. Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Justin Bieber is over rated? Sorry, thats just me, but seriously.

So Swimming is awesome! Yesterday I had a mini meet. (you know, one of those meets your team has where they just split the team in half and go one on one?) Well. I've had this problem for about a year and a half where I cant break 1:24 on my 100 breast. IT REALLY BUGGED ME. Any ways. So as of yesterday, the curse is broken!!! I dropped about 2 seconds.... basically the best day of my life.

But lets not forget that wonderful day in November... particularly the 24th. I've probably already mentioned it, but that would be the glorious day that Adam Lambert's new album comes out... For myself, that date is more highly anticipated then the day New Moon comes out. Actually, compared to Adam, I couldn't care less about New Moon. I do love those books, but for right now, Adam comes first. Any who... so as of tomorrow, there are 40 days until my life is complete. End of Discussion. :)

~Expresso

PS. He he he... did anyone read Garrett Weber-Gale's article this month? He is now cooking Italian.... yummm...

Practice Meet for Another Highschool, and Learning a Lesson about not Eating

w00t w00t!!! So today is a meet for the other highschool that swims with mine. I'm super pumped to go to practice and watch my friends swim their races. I don't even remember what they are swimming, but the losing team in the meet (they split the team in two to compete against each other) has to cook dinner for the winning side. I have no idea which one I want to win.... I'll just cheer for both and laugh at the team that loses.

Yesterday the last set of the day was 150 free, (I don't remember what on), 4 25's back on 25, 100 free, 4 25's back on 25, then a 50 on 35. We swam it four times and I just about died. If I had eaten lunch yesterday then I wouldn't have. My arms dragged and I could barely kick.... it was way embarrassing. That is the last time I skip a meal cause I'm not hungry. Learning something new everyday is starting to hurt....

-Latte!

OUCH!

So, here's how today went... I got to the pool an hour early, like always. I had to go save my basketball shorts and swim shirt from the lost and found, by the time I got them back, Jedi was there. Jedi and I just did the usual, hung out and made fun of racquetball players and yelled stupid crap at them. When it was time for us to swim, I was standing about a foot away from the pool with my side to the pool when Jedi pushed me in, only one of my legs entered at first and I got a big bruise/scratch thing on my leg. It stung A LOT all of practice, and practice was so difficult. But I think my freestyle is getting better (not that it's good at all). I don't think the sets were insanely hard but I don't think I had enough time to recover from yestereday's torture set, and they were very difficult. Now, my leg has 8 bandaids on it and is wrapped (cuz the more pressure I put on it the less it hurts). I am pumped for practice tomorrow, but first I must make it through homework and studying tonight, and school and my science test tomorrow! Bleh.


-Coffee

Meets Going on Soon and Halloween!!!!!

Well practice today was not my best. X{ I just about died. Realistically it wasn't that hard, but I felt so tired. So my highschool's first swim meet is on the 21st of October, and the club I'm in will be going to a meet on the 16th and 17th. I hope I get put in great races.... I still haven't decided if I am more of a long distance swimmer or a sprinter... Probably kinda middle of the road, but I wish I were one or the other.

Apparently I also have a highschool meet on Halloween!!! How legit is that??? I have no idea what to be.... probably just a mermaid or something like that, but I am gonna have to be able to have curly/wavy hair cuz that is how my hair is naturally after swimming or just getting wet. I cannot wait and I just know that Expresso is very jealous. HA HA to you expresso!!!!!!

OUCH.

Swim practice was death. Jedi and I were pretty much the only ones making the times. I died. The hundred frees were the worst part. I pretty much go beaten up today, Jedi dove on top of me (don't ask how that happens), and this one cubs kid decided he was going to push me in A LOT. But, when the whole gold squad backed me up, he just decided to drag me into the pool with him! 

I feel amazing now though! It was so worth it. I might be sore tomorrow though! 

PS. My realization of the day... I have only stopped once this WHOLE season, and it was when I forgot my goggles in my mom's car and had to wear sweds, even then I only missed a 25. Also, I have only missed ONE day this whole season, and I didn't even want to miss that day. Wow, I am kinda proud of myself.

-Coffee

WHO POSTED THE FAVORITE STROKE POLL???

Seriously, who posted that? Because I think that IM (individual medley) should definitely be an option. I would of voted it. 

-Coffee