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I hope you all had as good of a Spring Break as I did! Many days of relaxation and rowing. My crew team had practice every day during my Easter vacation except for Sundays and Good Friday. My original plans were to go up to my cousin's house in mid-state Florida and row with her boyfriend, who used to be a major rowing coach, then shoot over to the other side of the state and spend the rest of the time with my Grandmother. Since I wasn't in a boat at the time, I decided I was going to go upstate and hone my skills with "one on one" coaching. However, a couple of days before the break I found out I was to row the following weekend in a regatta, so I had to stay home.

My week and a half off went like this: I got off of school on Holy Thursday and went back to school this past Monday. Holy Thursday I got up about five thirty and drove over to the beach where we were going to practice that week. I later found out that the canal we were rowing in was salt water and every time we took the boats out of the water we had to wash and wax them. Then, we went home at about twelve-thirty where I did nothing but eat and watch TV (what you're supposed to do on spring break). Good Friday I had off of Crew and my Mom took the day off with me and we spent our day together. Saturday, yet another practice but today we rowed for a couple hours than came in, washed the boats, then ran on the beach.

I then had a very Happy Easter and spending time with my family. Later that night we ate my favorite meal, Rack of Lamb. The next day, I went to practice then went over and spent the rest of the day at her office. Tuesday, I went to practice and upon my return Home I discovered the postman had delivered a package for me. I had ordered an A/V receiver so I could hook surround sound up to my TV and Xbox! I hooked it up and played my Xbox until my Mom got home. Wednesday was simple: practice then bed. Thursday, I went to practice where we rowed than de-rigged the boats to bring them upstate for the regatta, the only problem was we de-rigged and loaded the boats onto the trailer in a torrential rainstorm.

That weekend we drove up to where we had the regatta and had a great time, I won my first medal at my first regatta! After, our victory celebration was at a dinner show where we watched knights battle while having a medieval feast. That Sunday we drove home and it was back to school the next day. Boy did it go quick!!!