1/23/03
Dear Diary,
Hey it's me, well pratice is defiantly looking up, but I still need to improve! I can't wait till the Squad's Alive meet, I really hope we competed against Pop and Lilly. I think competing with Pop will be exciting and very competitive because we both sent 4 gymnasts to the Texas Flyers meet, so it would be interesting to see who comes out on top. I want to compete against Lilly because that squad seems not to like the Tigers at all! I wouldn't care one way or the other if we competed againsts Opilly, I mean I think they are a great squad, but they don't seem to be out to get us like the Lilly squad members, and I just haven't socialized much with the Opilly squad, I'm sure though, that they'd be good competition. Anyways I can't wait till tomorrow, because that is when my date with Mike is! Wish me luck!
Anyways I g2g, Kayla

1/22/03
Dear Diary,
Well I did a pretty good workout today, even though at the very beginning while I was jogging and doing cruntches and leglifts, and frog leaps I was pretty tired, but after that I was more woken up and energized. I can't wait to pratice the yurchenko double twist vault, or in my case yurchenko 7.5 twist! Because one it'll be easier to land because it won't be a blind landing and two it'll be more difficulty, and I need more difficulty to get a dencent score on vault. Almost all of my teammates have at least 1 10.00 vault, and so far I only have a 9.8 and a 9.6(I think)a yurchenko double twist is 9.8 so then I'll drop the 1.5 twisting yurchenko so I'll have 2 9.8 start value vaults.
So that's good, well I better go 2 school Write l8ter,
-Kayla-

1/21/03
Dear Diary,
Well I had lots of fun at the Linkin Park concert, man was it a blast! We were dancing and everything, but it was hard to decide what to wear considering it was snowing, but I still wanted to wear something cool, but lets just say I wasn't in my usual concert wear. I got to know all of my topo teammates better, but it was hard to talk because the music was blaring. THe guys were great, and I nearly got stomped on trying to get an autograph! Well my workout went unusually well today. I know Coach Dan says I need confidence and I don't have confidence in myself, but it's hard to feel really confident when you know you basically placed last ate the Texas Meet. Anywho guess what, Mike wants me to go to the movies sometime with him. He wants me to see a really scary movie, I don't know if I want to see one of those, last time I saw a scary movie I spit out my popcorn from screaming, at least it'll give me an excuse to cuddle up with him.
Anyways I've gotta run write! more later,
Kayla :)

1/20/03
Dear Diary,
Well 10th place is at the way bottom, but what did I expect? I expected to get last place! Now it's back to training for me, atleast now I know what I need to work on!!! Which is a lot of things lol! Anyways I can't wait till school today, we have the whole science period to work on our projects, I've been kinda vauge diary, so I guess I'll tell you what my project is. We are supposed to make a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse and tell the differences, how they both occur, etc. It's not the most fun project, no I'd rather do a project that involves chemicals, but it's not bad either, especially if you've got my partner! Anyways I don't know how I got off the Texas subject so I'll start where I left off. Well even though I finished way low, I bet the Pop Squad coach liked it that way, he was like the last person who is going is a Tigerette! And I was just like, what's a tigerette? I perfer Tigeriffic! But I guess I didn't perform Tigeriffically, oh well there is always other meets! And another note about my science partner Mike said that if we didn't get it the moon done today we should go over to his place and work on it!!!! I'm so happy!!!!!
Anyways I'd better go,
Kayla

1/19/03

Dear Diary,
Well overall I think the meet went okay in general for the first away meet. I didn't do that good, but what can I expect? I know there will be many more meets and as time goes by I'll improve. Today is the last day and we are just having the last part of the competiton in the morning so we can leave at 1:00 right after lunch, I hope I don't get plane sick!!!! But then again at least we don't have to eat airplane food. We are supposed to land at 6:00 p.m. Then we go back to Topo and eat dinner, so there again, we are saved from eatting the awful airplane food thank goodness! I had to eat that gross stuff they call airplane food on the way to Texas and it was not home cookin let me tell you! Anyways even though I enjoyed Texas a lot I am looking forward to seeing everyone else at Topo again! I miss them a lot and also hearing from my family! Anyways I g2g to the competiton arena for the last part of the competiton bye!
Kayla

1/18/03

Dear Diary,
I know I didn't do great yesterday, but I'm defiantly looking to improve on my problem areas. I will not be going to the next meet only top 5 and the gymnasts who didn't go to the Texas Flyers meet, that is okay with me, because I think everyone deserves a chance. Alyssa is going to the next meet and I hope she does great and has a blast! I'll probably stay here and work on my science project with my science partner! ha ha! Even though yesteray didn't go so well, I had a blast with all of my teammates! However we didn't socialize with the Texas girls much. The cool part is I get to miss school on Monday to rest from the competiton when we get back to Topo. I'm not sure if Topo will bring home the title, because right now it's a close battle, but I'll help in anyway I can! This is so neat! G2g,
Kayla

1/17/03

Dear Diary,
I'm so excited! Yahoo! lol Tonight is the prelims for the Texas Flyers invitational! I don't expect to come out on top, but I am shooting for a reasonable goal, on vault I defiantly feel I could hit both of the vaults I have planned, partly because I've been doing them for a long time and partly because they are so easy. On bars, I just don't want to have any major breaks. On beam I'm going to try not to fall or get to scared to go for my tumbling series, and for floor I just want to go for my tumbling run the full twisting double layout, it doesn't have to be perfect or even neccesarliy clean, but I defiantly don't want to hold back or get injured, I know that holding back can also lead to injury, so I've made up my mind to just go for it! About yesterday... with Mike, it was lots of fun of course and I'll admit we did a lot more talking then actually working on our project, but I got to know him better right?! Anyways dad would be SO mad if he found out I was sorta having study dates for a project with this guy! Or with any guy for that matter! But honestly Mike is such a sweetie! Anyways he wants to come over again this Friday! OR he wants to meet at the Library or have me come over and work on the project at his house. I can't wait, dad isn't here to stop me, but don't worry I'm not getting to carried away, and I'm still foccused on gymnastics my 1st love, but there is always time for boys isn't there? Anyways g2g from one very excited gymnast!
Kayla :}

1/16/03

Dear Diary,
Well I'm still in 13th for the rankings. I was really hoping to improve, but I guess I should be glad that I didn't drop any either. Well I forgot about my partner in science today, I forgot that we had agreed to work on our project on Friday! So I told him I'd be glad to work on it tonight from 6:30 till 8:00, but then he should probably head home, because well I need my sleep for the meet tomorrow! So he said okay sure, and so I can't wait till Mike comes! Hopefully he'll eat dinner before he comes over though. I want to introduce him to my roomie Marie and all of my other friends as well. I know Alyssa would approve lol. Anyways g2g,
Kayla!
P.S. Tomorrow's the BIG DAY!!!!

1/15/03

Dear Diary,
I made it! OH YEAH! I'm so completely happy! lol I can't believe I made it to the Texas Flyers meet! I know I'll have tons of fun and hopefully the Tigers can come up with a cheer by then! And team colors, I don't know about playing a prank on Coach Dan, I mean if he made Crystal cry then how do you suppose he'll act when he finds out that we his tigers played a prank on him. It does seem like lots of fun, but I guess I'll just have to wait and see if we actually go through with it or what the prank actually is before I'll join in, I don't think it could be anything harmful though. I really want the tigers to come home victorious, but I also want everyone at Topo to come home happy and stuff, like I don't want any fighting. Anyways about school well all of my other classes except science because of you know who!!! lol we got the whole class period to map out our project and figure out what to do. My partner and I both had no idea how we were going to do this, but we finally figured out something that will hopefully work. Well I g2g to school!
-Kayla

1/14/03

Dear Diary,
Well tonight I find out if I made it to the Texas Flyers meet, I really hope I do, but if I don't then there will be other meets, and I can still go watch. I'm also thinking if I don't make it, then I can throw a party for my fellow teammates who do go to the Texas Flyers meet. Morgan is really nice, I don't know what she said, to make Maddie leave or even if she did make Maddie leave, but I got the impression that she did, but even so I think Morgan is really nice and really cool. In school news, I got my report card for the 2nd quarter and all a's and b's and 1 c. I can't wait till Friday, because that's the day my crush is comming over to get started on our science project, even if I hate science I'm glad to do anything to get me closer to him lol. Anyways I gotta go,
Kayla

1/13/03

Dear Diary,
Well it's me again and I hate Floor!!! Even though it used to be my best event it looks as though it's about as bad as my bars! But they are completely different problems, on bars it's my horrible form and handstand position, and on Floor it's my mental block! I just got over my mental block on beam not to long ago and here is another mental block on the least stressful event! I can't believe this! My private lesson helped my bars some, but it's just going to take constant work I can tell. In other news Maddie left, and I feel kind of bad because I never even got to know her. I wish her well!!! In school news, there is a big science project and guess who I'm teamed up with? Yup my crush! Eeee!!!! I can't wait to get started, even though it might stress and strain me out a bit because this is a big project and I don't know where I'll find the time to work on it!!!!! Well that's about all the news I have 4 now laterz,
Kayla C.

1-12-03

Dear Diary,
I really hope I make it to the Texas Flyers competiton only the top 12 get to go and right now I'm currently ranked 13th, so I have a good oppurtunity, but I must keep training! Training today was not the greatest, especially on bars, where my form is poor, handstands are terrible, and release moves flat. Although I did stick my dismount lol. I need to do more flexability conditioning too. Beam was not to good becasuse of my dreaded tumbling series, and vault the event I used to struggle on is comming along nicely, even though, I don't have much difficulty. Floor is just a matter of getting my confidence up too. Today I'm going to work on my bar routine, since I got a lot to work on in that area, so I'd better go TTYL
-Kayla-

1/11/03

Dear Diary,
Guess what I'm on the tiger squad with Alyssa and a bunch of other talented gymnasts! I just know we will do great. Guess what yesterday I talked to Brooke Star, she's really nice, but I'm sorry she's not on the Tiger Squad, but her sister Crystal is! So that is good. Training went okay, but not as well as it has been going the last couple of days. Ashley is really nice too, but I'm not sure if she's on the Tiger Squad..... anyways the coach of the Tiger Squad was really tough in conditioning today. But I suppose that is good, if it will make me a better gymnast. He's nice enough, I just haven't gotten used to him quite yet, but I'm sure as time goes by I'll be warmed up to him and used to his coaching style. That's all 4 now g2g,
Kayla

1/10/03

Dear Diary,
Hey well the week has seemed to fly by! Workouts are going much better and I really feel as though I'm improving. We are going to be getting our sqauds tonight and I can't wait! I hope I'm on the same squad as Alyssa, Ashley and Sammie, but really it doesnt' matter because I know that whatever squad I'm on, will be great! I sent Ashley mail today and she seems really nice. In other news I'll probably go to the Linkin Park concert with Alyssa, Sammie and Ashley and whoever else. It should be great fun considering that I've burned some of their songs on my personal cd! Now that the 1st intersquad is over with I can really look forward to the 1st away meet, which will be exciting and something to work towards, who knows with the luck I've been having in gymn hopefully I won't do to bad! G2g,
Kayla :}

January 9

Dear Diary,
Well guess what I placed 8th in the intersquad! I'm pretty happy with my results, I didn't expect to place in the top, but I was hoping for a top 10 finish and it happened. My friends made me nervous, but at the same tiem they were my biggest supporters cheering me on and everything so it felt really good when I did a good routine to have them clapping and when I did a not so good routine they would shout encouragement! I really wanted them to meet my Topo teammates, but the meet ended kinda late, and after helping put the equiment away they had to leave because of course the next day was a school day. I'm happy that nobody got injured while at the intersquad, a lot of us were nervous I could tell, but also lots of the veterns were just out to have fun. Well that's my summary of the meet g2g,
Kayla

January 8

Dear Diary,
I'm a little mad because my family can't come to my intersquad! Dad's busy with work and everything and all my other siblings are busy with school and other sports, I know dad didn't promise to come but I was really hoping he would because this is my 1st intersqud at Topo! I am however excited about the intersquad! It will take place in just a few hours! Yea I can't wait and I'm nervous just thinking about it! I know I'll have fun, but I still want to do well! And I can't make any predictions on how I think I'll do or anything like that because I was sick yesterday with the winter bug that is going around and normally I would have trained but I didn't want anyone else to get sick during the intersquad or anything because that would be terrible! IRL I had a bunch of homework and also sports to go to. Don't worry I won't make a habbit about missing pratice! I trained today because I figured I could use all the pratice I could possibly get, I'm feeling a lot better, so hopefully I'll be up to par. I wonder what was going on yesterday at gymn or just anywhere at Topo, because I camped out in my dorm and slept the day away. In other news I've been keeping in touch with Alana and I'm really looking forward to seeing her perform I know she'll do just awesome! Oh I almost forgot to tell you diary that the greatest news, my really good guy friend and some of my oither friends are going to come to the intersquad. I can't wait for them to see me compete, but that just gives me another reason to pray that I don't make a fool out of myself. So even if my dad can't come I'm excited about my friends coming. I hope I have a chance to introduce them to my Topo teammates. Well I better close up, because I still have a mountain load of homework from being sick and missing school yesterday! g2g,
Kay

January 6

Dear Diary, Well good news! I moved up to 7th in the rankings! Yea I'm so happy! I can't wait till the intersquad! And guess what I'm rooming with Marie now! Hey Roomie! School was good today didn't get more than an hour's homework it looks like. GYmn went okay I think my floor routine will be ready by the intersquad. Other good news Brooke and Crystal Star are here now! I trained briefly with them at Kimball Park. They are really nice. Alyssa is still high in the rankings too at 6th! Well I guess I'd better go and get started on that homework! Don't want to start off the year behind lol! g2g,
Kayla!

January 5

Dear Diary,
I'm ranked 10th in the gym. So I'm in the middle. I didn't expect to rank up towards the top, I really didn't know where'd I rank becuase at Kimball Park there were only a few gymnasts at a time there and Alyssa and I were always 1st or 2nd. I'm happy for her that she's ranked 6th! She's a really hard worker! I think now my goal is to just be ranked higher, 9th 8th 5th...... anwhere higer than 10th! Well instead of babbling on in my diary I'd better get my but to gym before the coach makes me run extra laps for being late! I wish I knew something about my roomie! But she wasn't in the rankings. I dunno anyways I can't wait to see Alana dance in a recital it should be fun! g2g,
Kayla

January 4

Dear Diary,
Well I had a prettly good workout, not my best but at least I can say I'm improving! I'm so happy Alyssa is at Topopolilly! And I can honestly say that I'm happy to be back and in the swing of things. In some ways I think my injury helped me me because without the injury I probably would have burnt out. But now I can say that being back in gym nearly everyday is great and I love it! In other news I found out that my roommate is Shannon Rowling! Hi Shannon Hope we have lots of fun being roomies. I really hope Shannon won't wake up in the middle of the night to find me sleep walking, which I sometimes tend to do. Today coach wants all of us to get to know each other today! I am looking forward to getting to know all the new members of Topo! School is going great too at the moment. On Monday we start classes again. With all my troubles last year in school with having to go to summer school and being behind because of gymnastics my dad and I looked around for a solution and I think we might have found one. Over the summer dad went to a school board meeting and now in the middle school and high school that I attend there is an accelerated program so that I can learn in less time and have more time for gymnastics! Of course I love this plan I go to school from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm then at 2:00-6:00 is gymnastics pratice. In other news I went on my very first group date! I feel like I am floating! Some of the girls in my class and some of the guys all went out at the local pizza joint. It was wonderful. I snuck out at around 8:00 unnoticed then came home afater curfew at 10:30 if Grandma Benni found out or coach found out I'd have to run laps the entire pratice session probably! LOL! I'm starting to be a little more outgoing and daring thanks to Alyssa!
Well I g2g write more later,
Kayla :}

January 2

Dear Diary,
Well my workout went well, but I'm still frustrated that I cannot get my beam tumbling series! I really am in need of a confidence booster right now on floor and beam. Yesterday dad called to see how I was settling in, and he really lifted my spirits after I told him about my workout. I looked at the competition calandar and it looks like Topo will have an intersquad meet on the 8th! Hopefully than we'll all be assigned to a training squad. I think with the returing gymnasts and new gymnasts there won't be a best squad and every squad will have to work hard to earn the top spot in the gym and I'm sure coach will assign the squads evenly among the expirenced gymnasts and the not so expirenced gymnasts like myself! But if coach did have another Top squad it would be something to work up towards and I'd defiantly stay motovaited! Anyway Topo's first away meet is in Texas and I'm really excited because I've never been there! It's going to be on Sunday whcih will give me a few weeks to work on my skills, and it just depends on how training is going at the time whether or not i water down my routines, but I hope not!
Anyways I g2g,
-Kay-

January 1

Dear Diary,
I just did my first full workout today in many months! My workout was defiantly not great, but my vault was good and I made it through my bar routine. Conditioing went well too, but I do have a little mental block on the beam with my tumbling series bhs back layout back full. Well today I just left the back full and did bhs back layout back layout. I've had mental blocks before and I just have to build up my confidence to get over the mental block. I think Topo looks great now that it has opened after the break. I'm really looking forward to competing which I think we will do in January or Febuary even though I now I might have to water down my routines, competiting has always been my favorite part of being a gymnast. I'm kinda tired so I think I'll take a mid morning nap or expolore Topo a little more till next time,
-Kayla-