SPOOOK!

Sorry I haven't blogged lately. Really busy! By the way, I'm 12! Yep, I turned 12 last Saturday, the 17th!! Anyway, today was the last day of our annual meet, SPOOK! I got 100% best times, I am so happy! I had the best meet ever! Did I mention I had a blast? Well, I did! Guess what I was entered as in the meet? SPLASH! It was pretty funny. Anyway, I videotaped my friends' races, and chilled out with my other friends! Yesterday was probably the funniest day of my life! I swam, let's see, 11 events (9 if you don't count the relays). I swam the mile yesterday, and dropped two minutes! I'm going for the senior cut by the end of the year. I also got to see some of my best friends from other teams! Yes, if that is shocking to you, I DO have friends from other teams. Haha. I'm very tired though. It's been a long weekend. Right now, I'm watching AFV (America's Funniest Videos). It's pretty hilarious. Can you believe it? Halloween is almost here! I am going to be someone who was in a car crash, with my two of my four best friends! We are going shopping on Thursday to finish up the costumes. I'm so excited! Whoa, gotta go! I just realized how hungry I am! Thanks for reading!

-Splash

Done with cross country, and swimming=intense

Sectionals for XC (Cross country) was on Saturday. I got my second fastest time, in the freezing cold!! It was really fun. I wanna say good job to my school, and all the XC runners! And also good job to my friend Jared, because he almost made it to state! Great job everyone! I had a blast in the season, and I'm glad I did it.

Today I had a test at swim practice, and it was pretty tough. I think I did pretty good though. Anywayy, for Jared (who I know is reading this), I am not corny! :D. Haha, but I love gold! Even though the boys can be a little, well, let's say weird, I enjoy it. This morning we had morning practice too, and it wasn't REAL hard, but it was kinda hard. Today was pretty hard because of the test, but other than that it was good. The test, lemme tell ya, was really hard! I got dizzy in the middle, but I was hungry. Haha, I'm always hungry, so like it makes a difference! Ugh, back to school tomorrow after a nice 4 day weekend. Oh well, I'll get over it. At least it's a short week!!Well, gotta go! Thanks for reading!

-Splash

My first test!

Alright so when you read this title, you probably thought I was talking about a school test. Well no, I've already had about a billion of those. I'm talking about my first test, in swimming! We had to swim for 30 minutes straight (T30) and see how many yards we could get in. Let me tell you, it's not as easy as it sounds. I got 2400, and the person who got the most, (Matt) got 3050! It's REALLY hard and tiring. I took it out nice and quick, then kept a long pace, and then sped up on the last 5 minutes. I was wiped after that! I slept good that night, lemme tell you. Today was pretty tiring too. 7000 yards total! The chlorine was really strong today, so everyone was coughing like mad! My throat was burning, but I worked through it. After practice I chugged like my whole Propel. Our practices have been really hard, which isn't surprising I mean this is gold right? Oh and did you hear? The olympics isn't in Chicago! Some of you may be bummed, but I sure am happy. My chance at making it to the olympics would be in 2016, and I didn't want it to be in Chicago! I've been there a billion times! I wanted it to be somewhere exotic, and guess what? My dream came true! Brazil! How amazing is that? Oh wow, I just looking at the time and it's almost 10:00. Gotta go to bed! Thanks for reading!

-Splashton

GOLD!

Man I keep dying! Well not in practice but after. I'm like so exhausted! It's really fun though. I have friends in that group, and I think I'm always laughing. We had to fill out this 3 page goal sheet though. It wasn't too hard, but I've been so used to other goal sheets. For the younger groups, It's the same old questions every year.

Name:___. Age:___. Birthday:___. Group:___. Team:___. Will you attend every practice and be on time?:___. What are your goals for this year?:___

Yeah well for Gold, it's so different! Our coach typed it all up and asks you how you will get better, how you act during the different kind of sets (Kick, Pull, Swim, Sprints, Dives, Turns, Tests). It's pretty amazing how everything changes from silver to gold! I really love it though. It's really fun, and it's really helping me! Well I gotta go! Thanks for reading!

Splashton

Swimming and Running

Okay so now that swimming started and I moved up, I am so busy! Here's my schedule:

Monday- 5:30-7:30 Swim Practice

Tuesday- 3:20-4:15 Cross Country. 4:15-5:10 Homework/Dinner. 5:30-7:30 Swim Practice. (Come home and chill or finish homework.)

Wednesday- (Same as ^^ there)

Thursday- (Same as ^^ there)

Friday- Nothing!

Saturday- Morning swim practice, evening run.

Sunday- Swim practice 6:30-8:30

REPEAT.

Pretty booked, eh? Well when cross country ends, it'll be a little less tight. But until then, I can only do stuff on Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday afternoon! Okay now back to what I REALLY want to talk about. Today at cross country we ran 3 miles, I came home, did some homework, then went off to swim practice to swim 5,400 yards. It was pretty exhausting! I'm worn out! Luckily, I didn't have much to do other than a poster tonight. On Tuesdays we have library so I finished all my homework in there. Hopefully there will be some spare time tomorrow so I can work on my homework at school! Well, I gotta go get ready for bed. Thank's for reading!!

Splashton

Cross Country meet!

Oh wow! Last night was so much fun! Our course was odd. We ran through this tall grass for our first lap, then once we passed the shelter at the park, we went by the river on our second lap. There was so much sand it was so hard to run through! But the good news is... I GOT A BEST TIME! My new time is 14:55 and I placed fourth at the meet! I am so happy! This time, I really did feel like I was going to puke. I burped and was like, "Oh crap, I'm gonna hurl now." Luckily I didn't, but it was a close call. I am really happy about my time. The course was actually kind of difficult. But it was fun. Oh and I've been being a real brat lately and I have no idea what's up. So I'm really sorry dad. I guess there's something wrong with me.

Whatever back to the subject. I have to run today, since I won't be able to make it to cross country tomorrow. I have swim practice. Speaking of swim practice... IT STARTED UP AGAIN! Finally! I had dryland last Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Then I had real practice the next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. And now, the real schedule starts. Every day except Friday! That's a lot of swimming but who cares! I love it! Well gotta go! Thanks for reading!

-Splashton

6th grade and Cross country!

Wow. Have I been busy or what? Sixth grade is actually kinda hard. I had some projects for different classes, a few tests, and a ton of homework! That's why I haven't had a chance to blog. Swimming finally started up again! I'm so happy!! Anyway, today is my second cross country meet! My first one I placed 11 out of 63! My time was 15:38. I was really happy with my performance. Oh and some more things! I have to hurry and finish up, because I have to get ready for cross country tonight, and make it to school! Gaa! Alright I promise, after I finish my homework tonight I will blog about my cross country meet! I really gotta get going!

SHOUT OUT: To my parents, for taking me everywhere. I really appreciate it, I know it's exhausting. I love you!

Thanks for reading!!

-Splash

First Cross Country Meet

OMG! Today was my first Cross Country meet. There were 64 girls in it, and I got 11th! Final time of 15:39. I think that is really good! No one had run this course ever, not even last year, because the park we were supposed to run at is under construction, so we moved to a different park. This one was really nice, because it was mostly flat, no hills, just a few holes and sticks. It was really fun. I love cross country because I love long distance, I enjoy having the quitness when you aren't around the crowd, and the competition. It's amazing. After the race I thought I was gonna puke. I was holding my knees and thinking,

"Oh Dear Lord Please don't let me puke. I'm not in the mood to puke. Oh man I think I am gonna be sick. Thanks."

But luckily, I didn't get sick! I was dying of thirst though. And I also couldn't feel my legs. I thought I was going to fall over. It was a really fun day today though. Well I gotta get going! School is getting pretty tough, but also, I'm getting used to it. Just some large homework assignments. See you later! Thanks for reading!

-Splash

Cross Country again!

I had cross country again tonight! It was fun. We did 6 laps on Indian Runs (Hard to explain, but that equals 3 miles.) Then we did a lap for time, I dropped 6 seconds from my best! We also did a lap for warmup, leg outs, arm circles, and wall sits. Trust me, I am SORE! I have school tomorrow, and I have to walk around, so this will be fun ;). Anyway, I wasn't very tired tonight. I think I am getting a lot better. Today I also had a pool party :). It was a BLAST! It was my friend's, his name is Hunter. I took 4 videos, and 100 pictures. The friends I have... wow I'm so proud of them :). JK! Hahahaha. Anyway, I'm glad I got to go, it was really fun, even if the boys did attack us with basketballs and stuff! At least we had shields. Haha. I got him 15 dollars. My friend got him a tiara and earrings. (The clip on kind.) It was funny! He wore them too! We also jammed out to music. Well I've got school tomorrow, so I gotta get to bed. Anyway, thanks for reading and have a good school day!

-Splashton

Summertime is over, but I'm a sixth grader!

So probably most people are sad that summertime is over.  But some people might be really excited for school! I am half and half. I miss summer, but sixth grade is amazing. And hard. It's confusing because we are switching classes and carrying all these books around. At least my arms will get stronger! The other hard thing about sixth grade is that our lunch period has changed. Instead of eating lunch at 11:35, we eat at 12:00. And from 11:07 to 11:53 we are in Religion class which is right near the lunch room, so it's like being tortured because you can smell the delicious food. My friend and I actually plugged our nose because it made us so hungry. Some things I love though, are the lockers, and I do enjoy switching classes. The lockers are awesome though. I was worried I wouldn't get a friend for a locker partner, but luckily I got one of my best friends, Rachel!! We are going shopping on Saturday for locker accessories. It's going to be so much fun! Well I'm watching some TV so I think I'm going to get back to watching it. Thanks for reading and enjoy school!

-Splashton

Sketchers

So I've noticed Sketchers copies like any brand of shoe. Ed Hardy, Sanuck, Air Jordan. It's really annoying and a rip-off.  I own a pair of Ed Hardy shoes and the ones Sketchers has are not even close to cool. The REAL Ed Hardys are extremely cool. You know the Sanucks aren't as comfy, or as cool either. I own a pair of Sanucks also, and there is no way that Sketchers can top these shoes. I don't own a pair of Air Jordans, but I can tell they aren't as cool looking. Wouldn't you rather have the real thing, and not some crappy copy? I would. I mean really Sketchers, I like your school shoes and all, but stop trying to copy name brands. It's REALLY annoying. Oh and this is kinda off subject but I want to apologize to my dad. I've been kinda bratty lately, and I don't know what's up. So, I'm sorry. Anyway, back to the subject. Sketchers has some kinda cool tennis shoes, and some really comfy and cool school shoes, but these copies, this is just wrong. This is over the line. The copies are really quite ugly, and it's very uncool to copy. Sanucks are one of the best shoes ever, and I would recommend them. Ed Hardys are really awesome, but only if you're into that punk/rock style. And Air Jordans are really cool if you are a hardcore basketball player. So I would recommend not buying the copies from Sketchers, because if you want to be in style, buying the copies would definitely make you unfashionable. Anyway, thanks for reading!

-Splashton

JO's results... kinda late?

Sorry about not giving you my JO's results! I just realized that when I looked at my recent posts! Well I didn't do too hot, but oh well there was a reason to that. I won't mention it though. I was right on my best time in the 200 free, gained 6 seconds in the IM, and gained 8 seconds in the 400 free. Oh well. Hehe there was kind of a HUGE problem on Thursday night at the hotel. My dad realized that I left my swim bag... at home. So we had to call my friend's mom who was coming up the next day for the meet, so she could meet my Grandpa, so she could get in and get my swim bag. It was quite the night. But on Saturday we went to Six Flags! It was freaking amazing!! I had a blast! The Tornado and the wave pool were my favorite water things. And then my fave roller coaster was The American Eagle. Well I'm gonna get going. Thanks for reading!

-Splash

New haircut!!

I got a new haircut!! It's so amazingly cute! I had long red hair down past my shoulders and now its forward diagonal and almost to my shoulders. Oh and I have swoopy bangs! It's soo cute. Okay if you know my cell, text me and I will email you a pic because my phone is stupid and won't let me receive or send out pictures at the moment. If you don't, well sorry! :). Anyway, swimming is done for the month, but we start back up in September. My last meet was on Thursday, and it was open water for zones. It was so much fun! A lot of people didn't go because of the algae, but there wasn't any except on the swamp part, but we weren't anywhere close to that when we were swimming. I had a blast with my friends from other teams though. Haha the friends I have :). Anyway, I am kinda excited for school and kinda not. I mean, I'm going into the sixth grade, and I am excited to switch classes, have salad bar, and have lockers. But the worst part about that is... HOMEWORK. Makes me wanna cry right now and I'm not even in school! Haha. Well I'm gonna go, and apologies for not blogging in such a while. I've been a busy bee. I will blog more often, I promise :]. Thanks for reading!

Splash

Cross Country

So on Sunday night, I had cross country practice! My brother, even though he is a year younger then what you have to be to run cross country, ran with us! He is really good. The practice was hard. At the end of the practice, we had to run for time, and it was about an 800 or so, and I dropped 6 seconds from my time from last week! I was so happy! Cross Country is so much fun! It's really long too haha. I run every Sunday night for now, but it will be like every other day when school starts, which is really soon!! :(. Anyway, this is a really fun sport. I guess I really like running. Swimming is my life though. These are my favorite sports:

1. SWIMMING!!!

2. Track

3. Cross Country

See? I like running a lot, but swimming is my thing. Oh and did I forget to tell you? JO'S IS THIS WEEKEND! I'm leaving tomorrow :). Oh and on Saturday, we are going to... SIX FLAGS! After I swim of course! Well I gotta go, early JO practice tomorrow morning. Practicing relay starts and such. Thanks for reading!

-Splash