This has been a crazy season (as a spectator to my dd) and it's still not over. Dd was repeating her 2nd year of L8, last year, when she broke her foot in Jan 2010 and ended up being out for 4 months. She came back strong and competed L9 this season. It has been one heck of a crazy ups & downs roller coaster. Every meet was met with a fall on one event or another. She had to get her BHS-BLO series on beam and basically fell on it every meet. She got the L9 bar routine, but was very inconsistent. If she hit her bars, she'd usually finish in the top 2, if she fell, well obviously she wouldn't finish that high. Floor was crazy this year too. DD is not a twister and her she was throwing her back 1.5. She also did the half-punch pike pass, which always scares me because that's how she broke her foot last year. I was praying she would just make it through the season without an injury! At States, she once again fell on her series on beam, but ended up 5th AA and even more important, qualifying to Regionals!
I was soooo nervous at Regionals, for her. I wanted her to do well and just have all of her hard work pay off. I had made lemonade out of lemons at too many meets this year - and let me tell you, it's exhausting to try to stay so upbeat and positive when your child is down in the dumps! At Regionals, dd finally went 4 for 4 - she finally stayed on beam, a first for the entire season. She ended up finishing in 2nd place and is now off to Easterns tomorrow. She is nursing an injury, so I hope that all goes well. I just hope she does the best she can do for that given day! I also would like her to enjoy the experience and have fun.