In just 2 days the swimming season is over. Right now we are in the final phase of taper, in which we train much less and just get ready for the final meet. I like it much better than regular season, because I don’t get soar muscles all the time and we get out of practice much earlier. Another thing of preparation is shaving. Girls love it and boys hate it. Before the Conference meet all swimmers have to shave their legs, arms and upper body. It helps one to feel the water better and so to swim better. I just did it. Right now it feels super weird and I´m sad, because several years of growing are gone now :/.

Anyway our last practice was super easy and we only swam about 1400yards. As well our second trimester is almost over. The final exams are next week thursday and friday. A little update on Basketball and other sports. State destroyed Michigan a few days ago with over 25 points lead. Unfortunately Spartans just lost by 4 points against number one Indiana. Hockey is still going and almost every night there is a interesting game going on. Unfortunately there are no new pictures in the album, but I hope, there will be some good ones from the Conference meet. The winter is still here with 8inches of snow and we just had an day off, because of icy roads. And there is another storm coming from the south, with snow and icy roads.

It has been quite a long time, since I wrote the last entry. Swimming apperently takes up a lot of time. The weather is still unstable and changes between 40 degrees and 15 and clear and snowing. Just the typical Michigan weather. Swimming is going great. Our last four meets weren´t always easy and we lost another one against Zeeland High. Parks was putting pressure on us yesterday, because we swam against Hudsonville. They are team number two in Conference and have some really good swimmers. Over all we won, but it was much tighter, than our usual results. Anyway, we have our last meet before the big Conference and we start tapering next week. Tapering is a short period of time before the last and big meet, in which we train less harder and get more rest. After this one can swim much faster. It´s a common technique to boost the results at the end of the season.

Another big thing was our last home meet three weeks ago. It is called senior night, because all seniors on the team get honored. We got pizza, cake and a lot of candy after it. It was an awesome night! School is doing great too. No failed classes and no complains from my teachers. Last week I had an orientation from YFU. It was about our goals and how we can still change things and it was really interesting. At night we went to a Grand Rapids Griffins Hockey game. It was the same great atmosphere as in Hamburg about 2 years ago. There is now finally the NHL playing and College Basketball. A lot of TV time is occupied by sport. I love it! 🙂 There is still nothing big going on in politics and the news are unfortunately still only local crimes and the newest forecasts. I try to find new topics to talk about, but I´m kind of stuck. Suggestions are welcome 😉 .