…until the opening ceremonies start!  Well, by the time you get this email, it will probably be less than that, but still!   I am so irritated right now.  Not only did one of the men’s gymnastics team members unplug the ethernet cord and I lost my whole email I was writing, Ed Liddie just […]

TIME: 1910hrs Day 5 down… 11 more to go. Today was quite a relaxing day for us. I woke up early for some reason this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. So I decided to go check my email and update my blog. Garry and Michael eventually migrated out to the lobby and joined […]

So today is day 4 of my stay here at the Olympics, and only 4 more days until I compete and only 3 more days until the opening ceremonies!!!    Yesterday and today have been overcast, and Ronda and I are trying to figure out if its clouds or pollution.  We smelled something funky in […]

TIME: 0743 Day 4 down… FINALLY! Yesterday started just like EVERY OTHER DAY! Breakfast, Internet and then Judo practice. Today at judo it was like yesterday. Isreal took the girls and worked out separately from the boys. Which I like… except for the fact that taking falls for the whole practice is a little boring. […]

TIME: 2124hrs BreakfastI woke up around 0630 and couldn’t get back to sleep. So I watched movies on my laptop for about an hour before deciding to go online. I was on the computer for about 40 minutes before heading down to breakfast with Michael, Marti, Kayla and Garry. Breakfast was delicious… there were omelette’s, […]

TIME: 2052hrs It’s been a long day! I finally made it to Beijing, China after about what felt like a ba–jillion hour trip. The day started out in San Jose, CA at 0700hrs. The bus left San Jose State University at 0715hrs for the San Francisco International Airport. It took about an hour bus ride […]

Thank you so much to everyone who has written me such nice emails!! I really like hearing from everyone and seeing how everyone is back home.   So I’ve been here in Beijing at the Olympic Village for 3 days now.  It hasn’t been that long, but we’ve already familiarized ourselves with the layout of […]

Hey Guys,   I got to Beijing yesterday afternoon.  Our flight was only 12 hours, and luckily I got to sit next to Ann so I wasn’t by myself.   We got to the village around 5pm and got taken to our apartments. Ronda, Val and I are sharing an apartment with 2 divers who are […]

Hi All   I am in San Jose now.  I leave tomorrow morning for Beijing.  We have a direct flight from SFO to Beijing.  It will be a long 14 hours but I’m sure it will fun.  We just got out of team processing where we received all our apparel and took team pictures, etc.  […]