2 Weeks and Counting

Okay well I'm kinda on my last stretch of my stay here in vancouver. I have started taper for Club Nats and I am hopefully going to start healing my body up. I am hurting so much all the time. I have today off though. Janusz decided a good way to kick off our taper is a day and a half off of swimming...but now with such short notice I don't know what to do. I have a couple options but I need time to plan. Oh well we'll see. I am excited about going to my meet and then going to see my family and spend time with them...I miss you guys so much.

Oh and now my fun girls trip. Last weekend I went with 2 girlfriends of mine to Kelowna for Canada Day. Caleigh drove from Merritt to pick me and Tai up. Tai is from Victoria and she took the ferry over and I took the sky train to Surrey where we all met. We had a beautiful reunion and I couldn't believe how much I missed those girls. After we all had our loving embrace we packed up and began to drive back to Merritt for Caleigh to coach at 3:30. The drive was so beautiful! Nothing like our straight road in Alberta! It was also raining quite a bit so the trip was tough but none-the-less fun. We joked and laughed the entire way just talking about past memories. I love them so much! When we arrived in Merritt we did a little drive around and checked out the locals. We then went to the pool where Caleigh coached and Tai and I took a little dip in the pool. It's funny going to a small town like Merritt....they know that you are an outsider and they stare a lot. We hung aorund until caleigh was almost done coaching and then Tai and I went across the street (a street Caleigh refused to walk and instead drove her car!) where we waited and ordered appys to hold us over. Okay so now we joined up with another coach Alex that works with Caleigh. On our drive to Kelowna Tai got to see her first Moose ever! She almost cried...her eyes welled up. It was so cute...she got to see 2 1/2 because the Mom's legs we only visable. Very cool experience. We also all had a great time in Caleigh's amazing Mazda 323..its a beast and so we named it Bertha. Okay so just a little bragging here...I think that us girls had the most memorable entry into a city...EVER! This guy decied to show us that he had no pants on and stcuk his feet out the window to reveal that they we down around his ankles...Welcome to Kelowna!! On Canada Day We decided that we would hit up the mall then go to the beach. We spent forever at the mall where we tried on so many clothes right in the middle of the store...what can I say? We are impatient...we were wearing our bikini's anyways! Gotta say though, we sure made an impression on the women there! Then we headed to the beach where there was so many things going on, markets, concerts, games, food, so mnay things. We hung out there and took a dive into the lake man was it cold. Then we went and saw a concert in the park and then we headed back for supper. Then we went to see the fireworks later which were nice...we also ran into a few Lethbridge Guys...some from the basketball team! We chatted and then they told us about this club that we should go to. We went hit up the dancing and then hitched a ride home from some girls...this time I was the hitchhiker Mom so no worries! We got to meet Caleigh's family the next...the whole family. We learned to tie cherry stems into knots...not as sexy as we thought, we went swimming more...plus "special swimming" and he of course hit on millions of guys this weekend. Overall I had the best weekend ever! Thank you girls! Okay this is way too long and its beautiful outside so ciao!