One of the most shocking things about winter break is it
makes you realize how close you are to all the friends you have made in
college. Every year, I leave home in
early January to participate in winter training with the swim team. And this year, when I got off the plane and
my teammates started trickling in from afar, I started to appreciate how much
of a family we truly were and how happy I was to see them all again. These are
the people that I spend a majority of my time with, and to paraphrase one of
our captains, Hannah Frank, there isn’t a group of people that I would rather
spend it with.
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| This is a picture of the family, we each have our own personalities and bring something different to the table, and it is awesome! (Photo Credit: Alexa Morris) |
When you leave home for the first time, there is a level of
excitement and apprehension about what will happen to you in this new
life. Now, when I leave home to come
back to school there is a level of anticipation of seeing my second family and
being able to catch up with them again.
Maybe I am getting a little sentimental because our season is going to
close in less than 2 weeks, but this has truly been an amazing season so far
and I can’t wait to see how it ends and experience it again next year!
In other (related) news, since the official end of winter
break, school has started up again and we have celebrated the Senior Swim Meet,
or the last dual meet that our seniors will compete in at our home pool. This meet came towards the end of an awesome
season and I think that this team is the best one I have participated on at
L&C so far. Here are some pictures
from the meet:
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| As a team we make posters for our graduating seniors for our final home meet of the season. (Photo Credit: Alexa Morris) |
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| Our lovely seniors of the class of 2013! Left to Right: Josh, Evan, Caz, Gail, Rachel, and Hannah (Photo Credit: Alexa Morris) |