Girl Talk is coming to Brown in April ( Read more... )

DROPPED A MINUTE AND A HALF OFF MY 1650 YARD FREESTYLE. WHATTTTTTTTTT?!  Finished in a 20:58.22.

and we placed 9th overall.  You go UM-ASS!

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So amazingly Cathy let me come back to my room for a few hours to take a "nap" but since my alarm is at the hotel down the road, I'm posting on livejournal.  I swam the 400 IM next to Jill.  My time wasn't a best, but I was 29th overall.  Not too shabby for only swimming that event 4 times in my life.  My 1000 was a 12:25, a new best time by 2 ( Read more... )

I keep singing the songs on that cd over and over again in my head, but  don't have the heart to actually listen to it.  Instead, the words in my head are clashing with the melodies of different songs coming out of my laptop.  I just want to talk to her... that's all I want.  Just thinking that this time last year was the last time we hung out ( Read more... )

The longest, hardest, saddest week of my life is coming up, and I already can't handle it.  I've been spreading myself so thin across activities, work and swim, and this week is just going to test my emotional and physical strength.  I wish I could just fast forward one week to the 19th and forget this week ever happened.  I miss Shannon so much, ( Read more... )

Brady you blew it.

Senior meet today.  I get to say goodbye to Jill who I've swam with since I was 8, from Dragon's to a high school captain, to going against her in dual meets of CSC v. UMD. Now this is it, it's my last chance to race her.  And as much as I'm so excited to see her, I'm going to be sad when it's all over.  And I can't forget my seniors, who I've ( Read more... )

I nearly had a breakdown this morning. I almost cried in the locker room after practice.  I don't understand myself, it really wasn't that big of a deal.  But Cathy like tries to play it off like we could possibly get to lunch before it closes if we get out with fifteen minutes to spare.  But it takes at least 20 minutes rushing to get over to ( Read more... )

Costa Rica was amazing in more ways than one.  The mountains are beautiful, but the city has a lot of poverty.  Tourism is huge.  It makes me appreciate what I have, and makes our "poor people" look rich.  The swimming wasn't even that bad either.  I felt like the trip flew by, but I had been there for a month as well.  It's nice to be back here.  ( Read more... )

Less than 8 hours until I get on a plane for Costa Rica and I'm jittery.  I'm back at school, but a scare with my room keys leaves me nervous.  Did I remember everything? I'm all by myself here, and it's eerie in this room without roommates. How will I do this for three weeks?  No turning back now I guess ( Read more... )