Christmas Training!

Hey all! So I am now sitting in a house that is right next to a beach with a bunch of girls relaxing....:) this is the life. The few days that it took to get here though have sure been tiring. We have our Christmas training this year in Oxnard California, where we drive for about 45 minutes or so to the pool at California Lutheran. They have a great pool that is shaped in an "L" shape so that they can fit more lanes in. In a few days, the Cal Lutheran team will be joining us in our practices. We started off our practices pretty hard, and they probably won't get any easier, but I was still suprised that I was able to survive them despite how little I was able to actually get into a pool over break...which was basically never. :) hehe. SO, when I arrived at the airport to get picked up by the coaches, I found out that they needed me and a couple other seniors to drive the team around. We were supposed to get mini-vans, but when we went to the rental place, they said that they were all out of vans! So, after an hour or two of going back and forth between car rental lots, we finally got a deal where we could choose any car that was on the lot to drive the people on our team! I chose the Tour 300. It looked kinda like a Bentley, so I was pretty stoked. :) haha. So far through this trip its been really sunny, which is totally exciting considering last year here at this time it was cloudy, windy, rainy, and cold, so this is a wonderful suprise that I am totally taking advantage of. I finally finished the book "Twilight" which I was glad to know didn't disappoint me, eventhough I had already seen the movie twice. :) It definitely helped to get the whole story and some more background info on the Characters....I'm gonna try to dig into "New Moon" soon. :) Tonight I made my house a dinner of tacos and corn, which everyone said were good, so I was excited. :) I need a lot of affirmation on my cooking skills...I'm still working on them. :) So also tonight, everybody is meeting at my house to play games, so that should be a lot of fun. I gotta run, but pray for me that my shoulders won't fall off with the usual soreness that always increases to a painful level at this time in the season. Thanks and I love you all!