Swim Chick - Everything That's Been Going On

Dec. 3, 2008 - Everything That's Been Going On

Okay, I know I apologize like every entry for not writing for weeks. Well, I'm going to do it again! I'm so sorry! I haven't written in like forever. At Thanksgiving, my aunt reminded me and so now I feel bad for not writing. So, I have a ton of things to talk about.

So, swimming. Swimming has been great! Practice has been hard and tiring as always, but I still love it. So, at 6:00, every day of the week, we have dryland from 6:00- 6:30. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we do stretch cords and pull-ups. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we do medicine balls and stretch cords except we do diffrent kind of stretches with the strecth cords. I despise pull-ups!!! Arnie, my coach, lets us have a partner that holds your legs up off the ground and helps lift you up, but it is still hard! Then we have to do butt lifts which is just really hanging on to the pull-up bar and curling your self up into a ball 5 times for 4 sets. I don't like it. Well, I like butt lifts, but not pull-ups. They're too hard!!! Then the swimming part of practice starts and we swim for an hour and a half. We have a rotation that we do- we switch from distance, to sprint, and then distance again each day. I love distance days. Everyone thinks I'm weird. I just love distance! I think its easier then sprinting. So, I'm usually dying after practice because we usually swim......uhhhhhh, I can't think of how many yards. I'll ask Arnie what our average amount of yards that we swim are.

Next Saturday, I have a meet that just I am going to. It's a 7th-8th grade meet and I'm swimming 50 breaststroke and, of course, 200 freestyle. Here are my best times:

50 Breaststroke- 40.86 ( I want under 40 seconds. Come on! I'm 12 years old! I can do it! I know 10 year olds faster then that)

200 Freestyle- 2:24.36

Yeah! That's my new 200 free time. At my next meet I want 2:22. That's what I'm shooting for. Zones in USA is apparently 2:08 (UGH!!!!) so I have to work super hard now to get zones.

I also have a meet on Sunday that both me and my brother are going to. I'm swimming 50 breast, 200 free, and 100 free at that meet. My 100 free time is 1:06, something. Ummmmm, I think I'll shoot for a 1:05. Sound good?

School is going well too. We're learning French this year in 7th grade which I'm so excited about. Bonjour. Je'mapelle Camille. Commen' tapelle tu? I think I spelled the last part wrong. Oh,well. I just said Hello. My name is Camille (not my real name just this French name I picked). WHat is your name? That's one of the first things I learned. I also know numbers up to twenty, how to say father, mother, sister, brother, I'm working on learning a new song in French, and a ton of other things. I love French! The last two years we were learning LAtin which I didn't like at all (shhhhh! Don't tell me mom that!), but I like French so much more. This is my last year being homeschooled. My mom and brother act like I'm deserting them (haha!), but I'm not. I'm so excited about going to public school! I know a lot of people at the school I'm going to which is a plus, also. So, I'll already have friends!

I'm going to be in a Christmas play at my church. Against my own will. It's okay,though. My brother and I are the main characters so I'm kinda nervous. But like barely. It's just a really short play for my church. It'll last like 10 minutes, maybe. Maybe 15. I don't know. Anyway, it's on December 21, so wish me luck!

So, we went to Kentucky for Thanksgiving again this year. I was happy to see my cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents. The food was delicous! My favorite was the pumpkin cake and also the peanut butter fudge that my aunt made. So good!

Okay, this is a very long entry. I promise that from now on I will write at least once a week! I promise! Write again next week! Bye

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