Packing

One of my least favorite activities ever is packing, or overpacking rather.  So after driving back to Delaware from my parents house this morning, coaching learn to skate, running five million errands, and going to the mall; I finally got to packing.  I have eight pairs of shoes, and I am there for like five days.  That doesn't even make sense, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. As long as I don't forget the most important things for my feet...my skates!  I'll let my suitcase sit for tonight and I will re-assess the situation tomorrow.  Last year when I went to Nationals with Kyle I had to take shoes out of my suitcase and put them in his, because it was overweight for the plane.  I didn't get those shoes back for a year, but  I already told him to leave some room in his bag for this year. Ok well two more days of training and then we will finally be leaving for Nationals Tuesday afternoon.  Fingers crossed we don't get stranded in the snow here in Delaware, but I'm positive our flight is leaving before the storm.  I am so ready to be there and compete already.  It's weird that a lot of my friends I train with are there already and practicing and we are still at home.  But soon enough! I looked at some old skating photos while I was at my parents house, and it occurred to me how much has changed.  However, if I had listened to all the people who told me not to take the risks I took, I would never be where I am now.  I may have closed a few doors and ran around in the dark for a while...but I think I finally found the door that lead me down a great path.  It just shows that you should never just be content with your life.  If you're just content, then take the risk to throw away "content" and seek for something more.  It's scary when people don't support you in your decisions or don't believe in you, but if it's something you really want, you have to go for it and make it happen.  Everyone wants to be the person who believes in themselves. I want to wish the best of luck to my friends competing Junior ice dance: Danielle Gamelin and Alex Gamelin, Anastasia Cannuscio and Colin McManus! They worked so hard this year and are going to be amazing. Trust me ;)