no test, no bluebonnet

My father in law passed away last night so my husband and I made a last minute trip to Dallas. Needless to say I'm not going to be back in time for my test. I guess I will have to take it some other time.
Also, my bluebonnet paperwork is still missing, so I'm definately not skating. I guess that's a blessing, though because I'm probably not going to want to seriously practice much next week.

Maybe no bluebonnet :(

Well...somewhere there was a mixup and either my paperwork didn't get turned in, or my paperwork got lost. But either way, I'm not on the schedule for bluebonnet open and I am quite dissapointed because it looks like a pretty good lineup. My coach is working on it, though. So we'll see.

Testing

Well...it's official, I'm taking my Preliminary MITF and my pre-bronze freeskate in two weeks. The freeskate I'm not worried about because I could pass through the silver freeskate in my sleep. It's the MITF. I think I'm borderline right now, and I've still got two weeks which means I should be able to get it up to par by then, but I've been in a rut lately and haven't skated much in the past week. So I've got to get moving and start working. Especially because I've got a competition the week after my test and dumb me signed up to skate silver (even though technically I'm not allowed to I guess...but I figured they'd tell me no if it is a problem...that's probably a dumb assumption, though). So I'm probably going to get last...especially since my program is a bronze program. Oh well...Okay...I'm off to call my mom.

Videos!

Well, I've posted videos on youtube of my Skate Dallas freeskate, my synchro team performance from last weekend, and yes, even my artistic which I felt horrible about, but actually doesn't look that bad on video.
So head on over to youtube and check it out. My username is jal0203. I've added a link to the right side of the page.

Worst. Skate. Ever.

Well...I did that ISI competition yesterday, and it was by far, the worst skate ever for me. :) I couldn't focus on my routine, and I kept forgetting it and not improvising very well. And then...to top it all off, I fell on my loop! I have never fallen on my loop. :( So...needless to say, I got second out of 2, and I am quite embarrassed. I have skated this bad before, in my first competition when I freaked out on my compulsories. But never since.
Needless to say, I will not be posting a video as I'd like to forget this performance as soon as possible. I have my synchro competition today. I may post a video of that, but we'll see how it goes.

Testing

Well...it looks like I'll be testing Preliminary Moves and (if I pass that), pre-bronze freeskate on may 27th. Yikes! I'm not really ready for the moves (the freeskate is no biggie), but the good news is my sister said they don't look too bad. So if I commit to skating about everyday for the next two weeks...I think I should be okay.
In other news, I'm skating in the Region something ISI district championships tomorrow. I don't do ISI, so I'm just doing an artistic program (which I just finished and I love, by the way), but I also have my synchro team this weekend too, which is why I'm going at all. I'm not sure how we're going to do, I just hope no one falls. *Sigh*

Goals

I've been thinking alot about my progress and what I hope to acomplish with skating. So here's a list of my goals for this summer:
1. Pass pre-juvenile moves in the field
2. Land an axel (this one may be difficult considering I haven't even really started working on it).
3. be competitive at the silver level (even with my short program).

I hope to go to adult nationals next year as a silver skater. I really feel like I need an axel to be at all competitive for that. I would also like to test through at least juvenile moves before then. We'll see. I have alot of work cut out for me. I just need to figure out what I should do about my coaching situation.

Bad skate, bad day

I was supposed to skate with my sister this morning to finish my artistic routine that I have to perform this weekend. She didn't show up. I already feel like I'm not a big priority with her, so when something like this happens, it makes that even worse. I ended up getting off the ice at least 10 minutes early because I was having trouble keeping myself together. I did make up a little bit that I like, though. So hopefully when we get to work together, she'll like it too.
Then to top the morning off, I forgot my underwear. So I'm stuck wearing my tights underneath my pants all day (unless I can make a trip to the store during lunch). Now this is not only uncomfortable but hot as well. So hopefully the day will improve from here. I have to work until 8 (although I do get free dinner and overtime). And now I'm probably going to have to skate tomorrow morning as well. Oye. I'm also considering hiring another coach again. I feel like I need more coaching time to improve the way I want to, and other skaters have multiple coaches, so I'm thinking it might be time for me to as well.
Okay...time to start doing some actual work.