It’s hard to figure out how I got through last week.  It turned out to be a whirlwind of a week which was sadly the main reason I wasn’t able to update my site as much!  To be honest, all the days felt like they got meshed together due to how busy I was. Luckily, I am caught up (for the most part) and things are more or less back to normal

The reason for all the craziness was because I had a short week.  The week before, I spent a few days at the Olympic Training Center for another national team camp.  The camp turned out to be a great one even though only half of the national team members were present.  There were a number of athletes representing the US at an international event in Germany, while some were resting at home or competing at collegiate meets.  With some major competitions coming up fairly soon most of us were starting to put routines together again.  The transition time from working skills and sequences, to putting together routines again can be a bit of a tough time.  However, there is no way around it and it’s just one of those things that you just have push through.

What made the camp even better was we had a special guest.  Edouard Iarov was there to help us.  For those of you that are unfamiliar, Edouard was the coach of the legendary  Valery Liukin, (former World and Olympic Champion).  He used to be a coach in Canada but apparently he is coaching in the US now.

The day after I got back from camp, I judged the Northern California State Championships for boys.  It was an all day, super long, marathon of a meet but as always it was great seeing the boys put their skills on the floor.  Unfortunately I won’t be able to judge Regionals this year but best of luck to all the boys as I know they’ve all been working hard all season long.  With States over, I am done with judging for the rest of the year.  While it’s a bit of a bummer, I’m also kind of happy that I get the time to relax and do what I need to do over the weekends.

In the hot seat. Judging pommels!

Now that the busy week is over, I am pretty much caught up on everything.  Can’t tell you how happy this makes me feel.  I definitely appreciate the small things in life!