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Alright.. so i have been lied to! my name isn't Expresso, it's actually spelled espresso? hecka no. I refuse. it is eXXXXXpresso. end of story.
"Tis a narrow minded man who thinks there is only one way to spell a word." -Mark Twain

by the way that is the best quote ever. So what shall i talk about today? Well as Latte mentioned, i was on a little thing called trek. that means that for about four days, i was pulling a handcart, getting really dirty, and waking up with frost on my sleeping bag. oh so much fun!!!..... actually it really was. i recommend it to anyone who has that opportunity.
So this might have already been mentioned, but at the last swim meet i attended, i did something kinda miraculous. So prior to my 400 IM, my mother said that if i dropped five seconds i would get an iTunes gift card. and then she told me that if i dropped 15 seconds, she would buy me a guitar. (i have been wanting one for a while now) so I swimm this thing in the morning preliminaries. I drop five seconds.
So i was pretty happy that the iTunes thing was in the bag... but then came the finals in the afternoon.
Me and Coffee both dropped 15 freaking seconds. I gave that a pretty loud AMEN. so there you have it. i get a guitar. my mother was pretty sure i wouldn't get it. MUAHAHAHHAHA oh silly mother. :)

~eXpresso

200 FLY?!?!?

Well, thank you to Latte. You did absolutely amazazing this weekend too! Both of us swam the 200 fly- we both finished. :]] I actually made the state cut. Now I have every state time that isn't freestyle (the only free I have to swim at state is in the 2IM and 4IM and possibly the relays). Latte has one beautiful butterfly and will probably kick my butt next time. I am so excited to have our Jedi Kungfu Monkey 2 back from Europe! And if you're reading this... I MISSED YOU! And I'm wearing the necklace you brought me back! Jedi is gone right now for some swimming and track thing. But he texted me and told me that he wore a team shirt on both Thursday and Friday to support us. I am so so so so ready for JO's!!! Also, our team is probably going to be having a t-shirt contest (says my mother). Any swimmers can design a t-shirt and then we are going to pick a couple new team shirts! The meet last weekend was pretty much a blast- other than broken bones and blood and me almost fainting. But other than that Espresso (spelled it right!) dropped 15 seconds on her 4IM and i dropped 13 to go a 6:08 (long course season). I must get my next age group state times before I age up! That's too soon but not before state. Congrats to the guy with a man crush on Jedi on a new state time in the 50 free! Little Miss I Got an Ugly Suit From a Grab Bag But Won't Stop Wearing It is in charge of the next team party. I'll help you plan it if you would like! We should probably do a chick flick and not tell the guys. Or a scary movie. SOON!

~COfFEe

Coffee is My Hero.

     WOWOOWoWow!! So Coffee maxed out on her state times with no freestyle.... Has that ever been done before? jk. It probably has. She is such an amazing swimmer. and so is Expresso. (p.s. i just realized that we made a major spelling mistake with her name! bahaha i guess we cannot spell either! It's correct spelling is Espresso. :D) When Espresso gets back I'm going to give her the biggest hug ever. :'( She's been away for a little while doing some trek thing. I don't really get it but I'm sure she could explain.
     Cappuccino is HOME! I'm so glad. Pretty much all of us are happy about that. But of course Jedi has been missing alot lately so it's like we get one back and the other disappears! ugh. oh well :) hm... so... um... Miss Grab-Bag-Suit-That-Is-Really-Ugly-but-I-Won't-Stop-Wearing-It needs to take her turn hosting our team swim party! For sure!
     I still haven't made any state times. gr.
                               THE END.
-Latte

About Time.

I know, I know... I haven't written in a long time. So here we go. Update on my swimming: I now have 7 state qualifying times (I don't know which ones are new since the last time I wrote) but I have qualified in every event avaible to me except any of the freestyles (DUH.) and the 200 fly. I am signed up for the 200 fly not at the next meet but the one after that. bleh. But it would be pretty cool to max out at state with no freestyle events, wouldn't it?
The meet last weekend was absolutely amazing. I learned a lot of things (like expresso):

1) NEVER base your life around sports... no matter how much you want to.

2) Willy Wonka was in the Candy Forest when he pushed a man down the chocolate fountain because he wanted power like Obama.

3)I have a personal bank account

4)Never go to a swim meet without the book "7 Habits of Highly Affective Teens"

5)Latte is one amazing butterflyer where i can barely qualify at a 1:20.

6)I am NOT a freestyler

7)On the 400 meter free I get more and more pumped up by 50's!

8)Latte would rather have Cappicino than me. :(

I don't know what else I could have learned but you never know at swim meets. I am so so so excited for JO's. Even though i know its at the end of July. I have been dead by then end of the day everyday this summer. And never again will I lead the lane while Latte is in the pool. :P

~COFFEE!

Swim meet

Today and yesterday we had a swim meet. Me and Coffee had the exact same schedule, which included A LOT of freestyle.
Now I am not one who likes the longer distances at the moment. however Coffee? For a person who has hated freestyle her whole life (it seems) the fact that she loves the 400 free, is pretty darn amazing....ly weird.
I also learned a few things at this meet.
1- no matter how much you stretch, warm up, and strategise, you will never be fully ready for the 400 free.
2- Your life is like a bank account. you can deposit good things, or you can withdraw with bad things.
3-Your body is a Buddhist temple.
4- Willy Wanka was frolicing in his chocolate forest when he pushed a man down his chocolate waterfall so he could get power like Obama.
5- DO NOT center your life on sports.
6- REALLY REALLY fast people might be very nice, but they probably haven't read a book called 'Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens'. and i suggest that everyone read it because its hilarious.
well, that was basically the meet.

~Expresso

SUMMAH

HEY! So pretty much it is summer. Yup. We survived the winter season! Unfortunately, there was no spring... but c'est la vie (that's the life, just for you expresso).  It is getting nice and warm outside! Thank gosh! Oh and I have a job. Ya, I am a lifeguard. The swimming pool is my official home now.

Today and tomorrow are a swim meet! Gosh, I am pumped! It's just too bad that I have to work tonight so I can't go to the meet today. :P oh well. Tomorrow shall be fun. I think I am swimming the 100 fly, 100 free... and I don't remember what else. Woo hoo!  Ah but I'm sure that Expresso and Coffee would agree with me when I say that we miss my ALS!!!! aka Jedi Kungfu Ninja Samurai Monkey Master. I don't remember what else we called her on here. She is in Italy with her brother, Mahogany, and with her friend and Mahogany's friend, Finnley.  They are having a blast. Apparently today or yesterday (whatever it is there right now) they are going on a segway tour. grr... Luckys.