January 5
I am sorry I didn't write for so long but I had the flu and I was to weak to even think about writing. I missed practice to because of it. That made me upset because when I couldn't practice then I can't do as well in the meets that I want to be in super bad! I think that I am feeling tons better now so I practiced today and I hope that I am totally better for tomorrow to!

January 1, 2003
I am super happy that I am back and that it is 2003! I am super happy because I love new years day and I am super happy that I am here for it! I did a ton of practicing and I had a private lesson already and I am super happy about that and I cannot wait until I see everyone!
Smiles,
Marie

July 30
I had a super great day at practice today! I worked super hard on my routines and they are super great! I worked tons in the gym and I am going to work tons more to for my private leson! I can't wait until I can compete again because it is so much fun! I hope that I will do better in the intersquad even though my team got a #1 again and I am super happy about that! I cannot wait until the next meet!

July 22
I worked super hard at the gym today and I got a first place in my group at the CVGI on the bars! I am super happy about that but it was a super low score so that makes me sad. I wish that I did better on it and I hope that I do super great at todays intersquad even though I have been lazy I am still working as hard as I can! I am even writing my journal today because I didn't forget and we got a new girl on our squad and her name is Elizabeth but I miss Jess tons because she was so nice.

July 16
I had a good day at practice today and I worked super hard on all my routines! Jessica is getting replaced for a little so I am sad about that but I am happy she is coming back in a month! That will be super great! Lindsey got hurt again so that is why she wasn't there. I got 14th in the Intersquad and I am super happy about that because I worked super hard for it! I think I wil do better this week!

July 6
I worked super hard at the Intersquad today and I hope I do super great in it! I am really exited about it and I think that Tiger will win again becuse of how hard we work at the practices! I can not wait to do another meet! I had a ton of fun at this one it was super great to be with all of the girls from Moscow and they are all super nice and I got to make friends with all of them it was super great! I hope that they do not forget us so we can write all of the time! I would like that a lot because then I can talk to some of the best gymnasts about my team and they can talk about there team. That would be super great! Me and Lindsey are still painting and we didn't do it for a little because she got hurt but she is all better now and I am super happy about that!

June 27
I had a super great workout today! I don't really understand the new rankings at all but I hope I will do good in them because I have been working harder so I think I should move up! I am really happy about that and I hope that I can get good scores because of it! My team won last time and I hope that we will win again! I hope that everyone else has worked super hard to and I think they have so that is good and we can be number 1 again and that will be a ton of fun and then maybe we can have a pizza party which will be super great!

June 26
I had a super great day today! All my routines went super great and I think we will do super great at the next intersquad just like the last won where we won it! I was so happy about that an dI can't wait until I get to compete again and I think I will do super great on it! I think that I will do a lot better then last time to and I caan't wait to see how I do!

June 20
I had a super great workout today. I worked super hard on everything and I think my whole routines are super great. I am very happy that I got ones that are 10 Start Vaues because I want to get really hi scores on all my routines and now I can! Do you want to see them?
Bars: hecht vault to HB - kip - cast handstand 1/1 - Geinger - Pak salto - stalder 1/1 - clear hip circle to handstand 1/2 - toe on shoot to HB - uprise 1/1 - Ricna - giant - tucked double double dismount
Beam: full twisting back handspring mount; back handspring to two feet + layout stepout + back handspring + layout to two feet; switch leap + wolf jump 1/1; 1 1/2 pirouette + tuck jump 1/1 + Onodi; roundoff + triple twist dismount
Floor: roundoff + flic + tucked full-in; roundoff + flic + arabian double front; Gogean + Popa; triple turn; roundoff + flic + 2 1/2 twist + punch front layout; cat leap 2/1; roundoff + flic + whip 1/1 + piked double back
We did not get to the vault yet this is all we did but I think that they are super great so I do not want to change them at all! I can't wait until I get to the vault and I hope that they are good and are 10 Start Values already because I am super good at them! I am just having a great day today!

June 19
I had a super great workout today. I am working super hard on all my routines and we just changed some so they will be out of a 10.0! I wonder what they were before now? I wonder if I could have done better then I did before now on them? That would be super great if I did great now because of my new routines! I would be super happy about that! My throat started to really hurt a lot in the workout so I didn't do all the things I could have if it wasn't but that is okay because it is getting better and I did workout a little! I worked expecially hard on all my new routines that are bars beam and floor. I do not have new vaults but maybe I will get some sometime because I don't know if they are a 10.0 to or not! I hope that they are so I don't have to learn new vaults!

June 14
I am feeling tons better now that my tonsils are out even though it still hurts a bunch and I can't really talk yet. They said it will maybe be 2 more weeks before it stops hurting and theat my voice will sound funny for months maybe! That is really bad but at least I cannot get tonsilittis anymore because I don't have any tonsils to get it in. Everybody is in Russia exept me and guess what Lara left! I am so sad about that because she was my friend and I will miss her tons. I cannot wait until everyone gets back it will be great. I still cannot really train a lot for a couple more weeks but I can still watch and stretch.

May 21
Today I had a good day I think. I worked super hard on all my routines so that was very good. I have been really sick so I couldn't workout for a while. That made me pretty sad because I love to workout so much! I am feeling tons better now so I can workout more! That is good I think. I also worked super hard on my private lessons. That was good because I really needed to work harder on all my routines exept bars and vault. I am happy that bars is still okay because it is the hardest for me!

May 16
Today I had a super great day to! I did so great in my workout! I think that all my skills are really going great! I also wrote to my whole family back home. I miss them tons and I wrote to my friends to! Christy said she is having fun but she misses me when she called this morning! It was super early because it was before school which is earlier here then it is there. I was still sleepy but that is okay. I also talked to my big brother Sal. I miss him so much! He was telling me all about how Lisa is doing and about mama and pop. I miss them tons and tons! They are the best parents in the whole world! I miss my house to but I am going to get pictures of it through email! I am so happy that I have email so I can talk whenever I want to everyone! That is a ton of fun I think!

May 15
It is the second day here! I am so happy that I am back. I liked PFPG a whole lot but I still love Topopolilly more! I can't wait until our first competition! It will be so much fun! I am on a new suad with new people! Lindsey, Alyssa, Eva, Marina and a new girl named Kirsten. She is super nice! They are all so nice and I am so happy that I am back here with them! Me and Lindsey are roommates again so that is super great! We will have so much fun together! I am so exited to decorate our dorm! We already talked a little about it! I miss my family a little because this new person named Tia misses hers and so I started thinking about mine. Lisa will have her surgery soon so that is good! I can't wait until tomorrow!

March 17
Happy Saint Patricks Day! I wore a new green leotard to the gym! That way I didn't get pinched at all! Church was good today. I had some fun listening but I think that my old church in New York was better. I worked out super hard on all my skills. I think I am getting a ton better at everything! I can't wait until I can get scored again. That way everyone can see how much better I have got. That will be good expecially for vault. I think that I am doing super grea on it because I am sticking all my landings and everything. It is super great!

March 11
Today I had a pretty sad day because it is the 6 month anniversary of 911. It made me so sad that day it happened that I practically cried for about a week. I only cried almost all day today because it is just so sad that so many people had to die. I wish that it never had to happen and that everything could be happy again. I called my brother Sal and he told me not to worry and to be happy about all the people who lived. I am very happy about them, but I am still really sad for those who died. I stayed home from school and I also talked to Mama about it because she was there. I am glad that my Mama understood so much about me not wanting to go to school and that she let me skip school. I had a pretty good day at the gym though. I am working super hard at all my skills. I thinkt hat they are getting a ton better. Well I am going to go now. I am going to a special church service tonight to pray for everyone like I did last night.

March 8
I am back! I am so happy that I am back! I waited forever to come back it seemed and now I am back! Yeaha! I just want to talk and talk! I had such a great day at gym today. I was working super hard on everything. I am pretty sad about how bad I did at the Classic. I can't believe I did that bad on everything! I tried so so hard on all my routine in training! I am just training about a million times harder now! I can't wait until I get to compete again! I think that I will do so much better now then before! I am so happy to be back but I am sad that Coach Lois is gone right now. It is weird to be at the gym without her when it is my first day back! I am glad that all the girls are here though! That made me really happy to see all them! They are all so nice!

February 22 #2
I wrote a letter to Mama today about the competition. I forgot to ask her about Lisa. I can't wait to find out exactly when her surgery is and if I can see it! I really want to to make sure she is okay! I hope that she can come and see our competition! I inveited her because I know how much she likes gymnastics and our team! I am hoping her parents say yes! I bet they will because they like gymnastics a lot to! That will be a lot of fun if they do! Then the next time she see's everyone maybe she can do some gymnastics to! That would be a lot of fun for her and for everyone I think! I also wrote to Meagan the girl from the hospital that was so nice! I hope that she is doing good. She told me about her new wig. I think it will be really pretty on her. I can't wait to see it on her! She said she would send pictures. I sent her some pictures and posters and games so she can have some fun! I hope that she likes them all! I can't wait to get a letter ba! ck from her! That will be a lot of fun being pen pals more with her.

February 22
Today I had a really good day at the gym. I am working super hard on all my routines so that they will be perfect. I saw Sarah Hughes win the gold last night. She did so great! I am so happy for her! She is from New York just like me! I really wanted Sasha Cohen to win but I also wanted Sarah Hughes to win! I am so happy she won! I am a little sad that the Russians are complaining so much. I don't think it's very nice of them to say there was cheating. I don't think that there was. I also think that the people who get to do the skeleton are so cool! I don't know how they can do it! I want to try it someday! It looks like a lot of fun even though it looks really dangerous to! I can't wait until I get to compete again! I think my ankle is doing tons better then before! I hope I will be ready in time for the competition! I really think that I will be! All of my routines have been going super great.

February 21
Today I had a super great day at the gym. I am really happy about how great it went. Id din't expect it to go this good but it did. So I am really happy about it. I also am really happy that we have a competition and my ankle is doing okay. I didn't want to be in it if it wasn't okay. It is though so I think I will. I am a little happy because it is a qualifier for the Worlds and I have been working so hard since before the injury. I really didn't want to be hurt for it so that I couldn't be in Worlds tryouts. I hope that the coach really likes my new routines. I have not heard anything from her about them. I think that is probably a good thing and means that she likes them. I will be happy about that. My friend Christines Nanna Bubbi died. She is her great grandma. It was her only great grandma she had left. She was really old though. But she was really nice to and so it was a little sad that she died. That is at the same time as I got hurt. That! is weird hah? Christine was very sad about it but I think she will probably try and be happy because she likes to be happy like me. That is probably why we are best friends is because we both love to be happy. Even if something is sad it is still more fun to be happy. That is what I think anyway even if other people don't think that way.

February 20
Today is my first day back. I came back early because I think that my ankle is doing a ton better and I am just really happy about that. It was so silly how I even hurt it that I am happy it healed so fast. There is a competition coming up I didn't even know about. I don't know if I will be ready for it yet. The coach is helpiung everyone out on there routines but mine are not up yet. I hope that they get up soon. I really want them to. I worked so hard on them so that they would be perfect. I had a really good day at the gym. My ankle is feeling really good. I am happy about all my routines. They all looked super great. Even with my ankle just healed they are still great. I talked to my family a lot when I was injured listed and I am happy that I got to talk to them. I missed everyone here a lot since I didn't get to work out with them. It is nice that there are a lot of people that are in the gym again. It was weird when there weren't so many. I ! think that it is more fun with more people. I hope that it is always like this. I have to write a lot of letters home. Even though I got to write a lot home when I was not here I still have a lot of people I didn't get to write to. Ic an't wait to write to them. That will be a lot of fun. I like to write letters. I am getting new pictures of me to be on my website. That will be nice. I am pretty happy about that because I think I look a little older then I did when I first came here. I wonder if anyone else can tell? I can tell they look older. There have been a lot of birthdays and there are more to come. I can't wait to go shopping for more presents. It is so much fun to do that. I got a lot of phone calls when I got hurt, that was a lot of fun to. I think that I will write to all the people who called me. I know that they like to get letters just like me. I am just so happy to be back at the gym and working hard again. Okay I am going to go write my letters.

February 9
Today I had a good day in the gym. I worked really hard on all my skills. I think that they look really good. I am happy about them all. I wrote a letter to Mama. I can't wait until she writes back. I had to say no to a director who wanted me to be Mary in The Secret Garden. I am pretty sad about that. I have really wanted to do that my whole life. He would not have made me audition or anything. I want to do more singing. I also want to do more acting. I hope there is a theater near here that I can do it in. I really miss it a lot. I miss my family a lot to. Jess said she would hang out with me but I think Moranda wants to go shopping with her. That is okay to because that will be fun for them. I want to work more on all my skills so I won't go shopping.

February 6
Today I had a pretty good day! I worked super hard on everything! I have been writing a lot of letters home. Sal called me the other day, he thinks I am very lonely. He is right. I am very lonely here. I miss my whole family a lot. I smile a lot in the gym because I love smiling. It makes me happy when other people are happy. I just like it that way. That is why I don't tell anyone what's wrong. I think that maybe Lindsey knows because I cry at night sometimes. I just miss my friends and my family so much. It makes me so sad that I can't be near them. I wish that they would come visit me sometime. All the girls here are so nice but it is a lot different then it used to be. People used to talk a lot more. That was more fun. I liked it when everyone was happy and was friends with everyone else. I wish that it was still that way but I don't think it will ever be that way again. I missed my best friend Christines birthday on 02-02. I think she was a! little sad I couldn't come. I was pretty sad to. I heard it was a really great party. I really wanted to be there because I have been at her birthday parties since I met her when we were really little. I hope she like the presents I got her anyway. I wanted it to be extra special since I coudn't be at the party. Anywas I have to go back to the gym.

February 2
TODAY IS A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just had the best day in the whole wide world and I don't think I can ever have a better day ever! Everything was perfect! I got to do everything I wanted to do and work on all my routines and I had so much fun! It was so great! I wish that every day was like today! I am so happy! I think that 02-02-02 is probably the best 02 that there ever was! I think that 2 should be my lucky number from now on! Don't you think so to? Look it is the number 2! Only in the word! This is just such a great day you just would not even believe! I can't wait until tomorow! I am so happy! I am also so tired! I really have to go to sleep now! It is super late! BYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYE!!!!!

February 1
Today I am having a great day! I worked so hard at the gym! I am doing great in everything! It is really cool! I'm going to be in a competition! Yeaha! I am so exited! We start training for it tomorrow! I hope we get our notes posted before then! I really want to know what to work on so I can do good. That would help a lot! I would be happy if they did that. Also I am working really hard on my new routines. I really am hoping Coach Lois has them. If she only has my old ones and I am only working on my new ones that would not be a good thing. I think that she has my new ones becuase I sent them in so many times! I am calling all my friends tonight! They are having a big party at Christines house because her birthday is tomorrow! I can't believe I have to miss it! She is even having 2 parties for her friends this year! That is so cool and I am missing both of them because New York is pretty far from here. I am sad but I sent her a really cool prese! nt I think she will like! I have to go now!

Jaunary 30
I had a pretty good day today in the gym. I am working super hard but I am not doing very good at my bars routine anymore. I will have to work even harder at it and have more private lessons I think! That will probably help me a lot! I am number three in the rankings right behind Sarah and Jessica. I am happy about that. I miss being number one but I am happy with number three because I am still working super hard on it. It has been really quiet at the gym. I hope that everything is okay with everyone. My computer is not working on and off in real life so that is why I keep missing days sometimes. I hope that it gets fixed so that it always works all the time soon! I am going to write home today. I really miss my family a lot. It is lonely here and it is hard to be away from home and then to not have anyone else who is talking a lot. It is weird because there is a lot of people at the gym but not so many anymore it seems. I don't know I think it is ve! ry weird maybe it is not. Well I have to go!

January 28
Today I had a really great day in the gym. I am kind of worried that coach didn't get my new routines. I hope she did! I have been working on them really hard and I am nice and happy about them! I have been doing super great on them. I think that they look very nice! I also have been working super hard on my school work. It is going very nice too. I think that I will do great and keep my A+ average! I am so hapyp about that! I was a little nervous after leaving my old school that I would do bad here but I am doing great! It is a lot of fun here! I am very happy that I get to workout with everyone. We had a intersquad and I did very bad. I just do so great in practice and then so bad in competition. I don't know how to train on that. I hope I will learn how to soon!

January 26
Today I had a great day in the gym! All of my routines are going super great! I am a little bit worried about people at home. I have not heard from them in a while but I think that they are probably all very busy. I still will call them today though. Mama and Pop aren't going skiing this year. I hope it isn't because of me. I don't think it is but I will miss going skiing a lot! I got a fourth place on the vault in the Canadian Cup and I got into the All Around to. Morgan got a gold medal on the floor! I was so happy for her! she had a really great routine and everything! I think that she will do really great at the next competition to! Our team didn't win a medal but that is okay I think that we will do better next time! I got my worst score on the beam a 9.3 I am a littl sad about that but not to sad. It mostly means that I have to work a ton harder on it and that's okay with me! I like the beam so working on it will be a lot of fun! Marissa is b! ack and she is doing so great! She made a team! I am so happy for her! She will do great in the competition I think! Well I want to go and call everyone! Bye!

January 24
Today I had a super great day at the gym! I worked super hard on all my routines and I thinkt that they are all going super great! I am so happy about that! I also worked super hard on all my dance! I got my 4 turn pirouette! I forgot what you call it! I know that 3 is triple and 2 is double! I think 5 is quinduble. Oh well I will remember it someday and write it down so I don't forget it again! We are going to find out who made the team tomorow and I can't wait to find out. I don't think that I made the team because I took a little break on yesterday but that is okay with me because I do think that I coul have a break from competing! But if I do make the team that would be great to because I love love love to compete! It is so much fun and I did so much better then ever before at the Springboard meet! I bet Marissa will make the team and it would be so great to get to compete with her! So I think that I do hope that I make the team. I think I am a li! ttle nervous about making the team. I have to go to bed now! Bye!

January 22
I had a very good day at the gym today! I worked super hard on all my routines! I think that they are all going super great! I am very happy about that! I also worked super hard on my dance! I also worked super hard on my school! I am working super hard on everything and it is all going great! I also am very happy to get the bronze at the Springboard Topopolilly meet! I was so suprised about that! I never thought that it would happen ever! I was just so happy! I will work harder on my beam I think. It needs more work because I got a low score on it! That is okay though because I like the beam a lot! I expecially like my new routine! I love all my new routines so much so I am glad I got them! I will just have to keep on working super hard on everything! I can't wait until the next competition!
January 21
Today was a bad day. That's all I really want to say. Maybe I will write more tomorrow.

January 20
Today I am so so so happy! I am also a little nervous! I am in a dual meet! I am happy that I am on a team with Sarah and Jess! They are fun to be on a team with! I think it will be fun to be on a team with Alyssa and Cameron! I don't think I have ever been to a competition with them! This will be a ton of fun I think! I also am very exited because I am still in first place from the 18th! It was so great to see that! I hope that we win the competition! I think that we will! I worked super hard and had 2 private lessons today. I really want to do great in this competition so that our team can win! I hope that my routines are good enough! I think that they are and I hope that the judges think so to! I also worked super hard on my bars routine in private lessons! It is going pretty good but you know I always get a little nervous about it. I don't know why. It is probably because of what happened when I was little. It is kind of funny now but it was ! a lot scarier then. I am not scared of it anymore though. I got lots of mail from Mama and Pop! I am so happy abotu that! I love it when I get mail! It was so great to see the mail and to know that they are going to come and see me compete! I love it when they are here it makes me so happy to see them! Also I am probably getting food sent to me. It will be frozen but it's okay because I can heat it up! My family makes the best food I think! I haven't cooked in a long time and I miss it! I can't wait until I get to cook some good food again! I like the food here but I still love to cook anyways! Mama said she thinks I am losing weight in her letter. I did not even notice if I am! I wonder if I really am. That would be good and bad at the same time I think. It would probably be good because then I could jump higher. But then it could be bad because losing to much weight is bad. Well I had better go and write some letters!

January 18
I had a great workout today! It was so much fun! I am working super hard on all my skills and all my routines and I think they are looking super great! I can't wait until I hear from Lisa again! I think I will write her a letter! She is one of my favorite cousins! I wonder when she is going to come and visit again? I hope it is soon! I miss my family tons. I can't wait to get more competitions in! They are so fun! Even if I don't do the best in them so far I am not the worsta nd that is good! I also worked super hard on my school. It is so easy! I can't wait until I get my grades!

January 17>
Marissa is coming back! Yeaha! I am so happy! I can't believe how bad that doctor is! I hope I never have him for my doctor! I am glad she isn't hurt! It will be so much more fun when she gets back! Write now it is pretty empty in the gym and I bet it is even emptier because 5 of us are at a competition! I can't wait until everyone gets better and we are all back in the gym! That will just be so great! I will just be so happy! I miss Lindsey at the gym a lot to! It is so fun having her as a roommate and I am so sad that she is hurt! I can't wait tunil she gets better! Then it will be great! I am so happy I get to compete! There are more results from the Olympics! Jess is in 5th in prelims! She is so good! I hope she gets a medal! I think she can win she is the best on the team I think! I bet the team gets a gold! We are the best team in the whole IFGA! I can't wait to see the whole restults! That will be great!

January 16
I am working super hard! I am so exited about the competition today! I think that we are going to do great and I hope I help us to do really great! I sent in my new routines today! I will show you them!

Layout Khorkina and Handspring 2 twists and Tsukahara 2 twists

hect vault to high bar-kip cast to handstand 1 1/2, Geinger with full turn-Ricna-Pak salto-stalder full-clear hip to handstand-Straddle Cut on LB to catch HB-kip cast to handstand, Kim pirouette-Markelov-kip cast to handstand, Tkatchev from stalder entry, giant-giant-double twisting double back salto

yurchenko 1/1 twist mount, back handspring to two feet-back handspring to two feet-layout to two feet, sissone, tinsica, swing to HS, lower back to russian lever, front handspring-pike front salto, switch leap-wolf jump full, Onodi, tuck jump full, hitch kick-side somi, aerial-Shushunova full, triple turn, free walkover-1/1 straight, ro-triple twist dismount

round off-back handspring-full in, round off-back handspring-back handspring-arabian double, gogean-Popa, triple turn, round off-back handspring-2 1/2 twist-punch front layout pike 1/1 salto forward, cat leap-double turn, split leap-stag leap-back walkover-dive roll, round off-back handspring-double pike-back handspring-layout-double double

Music-We Will Rock You/Proud To Be An American/America the Beautiful Mix

I really love my floor routine a lot! I think my most foavorite part is the music! I love it so much and so does everyone else who hears it! I can't wait until more people can see me do my routine to it! I think it is going to be one of my very best routines ever because I love every single part of it! I am so exited about competiing it yeaha!!!! I just want to scream I am so nervous though! We are going to get to compete tomorrow! I can't wait to get there and practice more! It will be so great!

January 15
I am in first again! Oh I am so happy! It was just so great to see that I was number one in the gym again! I am so happy that everything I have been doing and working so hard on is helping me! I am doing so great in the gym and I am going to another competition! I can't wait! I think that we will win! It will be me and Jess and Sarah and Morgan and Amanda! I am so exited! I can't wait to call my family and tell them! It is so great! Yeaha!

January 14 #2
I almost forgot to say that I am really wanting to make another team! There is a Illusion competition coming up and it is suposed to be announced today. It will probably be from the rankings. Right now I am still in third but that will change I think. I hope that it does not change to much! I am working super hard and I am really hoping to make another team! I really want to do better then I did at last competition! I know that I can do better for the team and that we can win more medals and I can help us! I hope that I get to show everyone and me that I can do it!

January 14
Today I had a really great day at practice. I am working super hard on all my skills. They are all going so great to! I am so happy about that! Marissa is still not here. I miss her so much! I hope that everything is going good for her! It is just not as much fun to practice without her because she makes me laugh in practice a lot! I hope her surgery is okay! I wonder if she got the bear yet? I hope so! I just thought it was so cute I had to get it!

January 12
Oh I am so sad! I did so bad in the meet! I got in 18 out of 31 people! It just makes me so upset! I tried really hard but I just did so bad and my best was on the bars. And since the bars was my worst event then you understand just how bad I did! I just want to cry so much but I know I have to work really hard to get better! I have to get my new routines! I don't have them yet and I know that it is really hurting me so much! I just don't know what to do! How do I get them without the coaches help? I hope that I can see her today and we can go over and do my routines! I really want them to be great for my next compeition! I really really want to compete again and show everyone how great I can do! I just know that I can do better then I did! I am so sure of it! I even did bad on the floor and I know I can do great on the floor! On the vault to and I am usually very good on the vault! Maybe I didn't do good because my family was there but that is alw! ays a good thing. I do not know maybe I just had a bad day. I have to go back to the gym and work a lot harder now! Bye!

January 11
Today is the day I compete! I am very exited but very nervous because I never got to talk to the coach about my routines! I don't think I will do well. I really wanted to but I guess I won't if I don't have new routines and that is sad for me but it it to late now. I will do better next time I hope. I hope that I helped my team at least a little and I hope Jess and Sarah do really great tomorow. That will make my feel better at least. I think that they will because they are both very good. I will pray very hard for them.

January 10 #2
I almost forgot! I am in a competition with Jess and sarah and it is here! U am so exited. Joe said everyone is coming! I can't wait to see them! It will be so great! I am very happy to e on a team with Jess and Sarah because they are so good. I hope I can be as good as them. I really want us to all do really great. That would be great. Then we fould all get medals and that would be fun! I would be so happy about that! I wonder if they will have a lot of fun to. I think so? I am happy!

January 10
I am not number 1 anymore now I am number 7 and it is making me a little sad but also that I haet o work a lot harder to be number one again because I want to be. I had a very good day. I sitll have to get my routines. I am working super hard in the gym. I am getting even more strong then I was before. It is super great. I still need a lot of help but I think that probably the vault is going the best for all of them. I am working ot is so hard. I am doing a Layout Khorkina now. I thought it was super hard before. It is not hard at all for my now though! Iam so happy it is so easy. Itis really great. I am very hpapy about it. It is probably one of the best vaults I ever did. Ia m always sticking the landing. I also am working super hard on my bars and my beam and my floor. They are all going good. Bars is still my worst but even my worst is good so that is good. I am just having a very good workout day today. I think that I will go and write home to Mama.

January 9
Wow I can't believe I acutally did it! I am first in the gym! It is really cool! I am so happy and I don't think I worked that hard so if I work super hard then maybe I will always be first. That would be really great. I will try and work that hard so that I will do really great in the gym. I am working super hard on all my routineeees but I still need a lot of help on them. I have to ask the coach for more helppp I am wokring inreally hard on my Layout KArhookina and I think it is going great and that I am doing it geeerat and I am so happy about that because it is great. I am also really happy that my other vaults are doing so good because I wokred so hard on them. I am working super hard. I can't wait to finish my new routines.

January 8
Today I had a really great day! It was a ton og fun working out! I work super hard on all my routines and I think that they are all going super well! Sorry I didn't write for so long but I will write more now I hope! I am really exited about new routines. I am thinking about doing a Layout Khorkina for a new vault. It is so easy I think I know why she does it that is so great! It is really wasy! I am also working super hard on my other routines. They are going pretty great to but my bars routine is still my harest routine. I think that it will get a lot better pretty soon. I can't wait until competitions again.

January 4
Today I had the best workout! It was so great! I worked super hard on all my skills and they are just going great! I am so happy about that! I am having some problems on making my new routines for the code! I am very exited about making new ones! I can't wait until I get help on them and then when I get to compete them because I really want to use new routines! I am just really wanting to do better! I also worked super hard on my conditioning though and I am getting so good at weights! It is so great! I am getting so strong that you would not even believe! I am so happy about that!

January 3
It is 2002! Yeaha! I love 2002! It is a great year it would be just like 1001! expecially because in real life my birthday will be 02-02-02!!!!! THAT IS THE BEST!!!! I had a really great day in practice today and guess what I got my secret santa present from Alie! It was great! She gave me a lot of candy that I don't think I can eat because I am training but I love it anyway because candy is nice to look at and if you melt it you can make art with it! That is one of the best parts of candy I think! Also I am number 3 in the gym! I am so exited about that! I have been working extra super hard in the gym lately and I think that maybe with the Olympics maybe other people are not working so hard so that is a little sad for them but it still makes me happy to know that I am doing great!

December 28
It is almost 2002! I cannot believe it has been a whole year already! I am so ahppy! It is almost time for the Olympics to! I think that we are going to win! I bet everyone is really happy about it to! I can't wait to see them! I really want to be there cheering them on! I am having really great training today! I worked super hard on everything! Yeaha!!!! I hope it snows in New York soon though because I know everyone back home really wants it to! Even though it is snowing in some parts I think that they should share it with us!

December 11
Today I had a great day! Everything is just so great at gym right now! I am so happy! I am working really hard and I joined a conditioning contest! I hope I do well! I am really great at conditioning and I love it a lot so I always do a ton of it! I moved up in rankings! Yeaha!! I am so happy! I have worked so hard to do that! I have a lot of homework though and it is already 9pm!!!!

December 8
Today I had a really great workout! I am still pretty sad about my friends dad but I am getting better about it. I had such a great day at the gym today! I worked super hard on everything and it is all looking really great! I am so happy about that! I also worked super hard on dance today. I think that I am getting a lot better at everything and that is the best thing ever! I am working on a new vault! I really want it to look great! I think it will! Right now it only looks good! I stuck some of the landings though so that was really cool! I also worked super hard at my routines! I am so nervous and happy about the competition coming up! I can't wait!! It will be so great!

December 2
The Olympics Team got decided and I'm not on it. That's okay. It isn't my big news. My best friend back homes dad died. She is really upset about it and so am I. He was such a nice man and he always used to take us wherever we wanted to go! He even took us out once when it was snowing really hard! There aren't a lot of dads who would do that. I think I will really miss him and I wish that I was home when it happened so I could talk to my friend about it. She is calling me all the time to talk. I really hope that everything will be okay.

November 27 #3
Okay I also want to talk about what happened here. It makes me so mad! I don't understand why everyone had to fight!! I stayed away from it mostly because it isn't right to fight. We are all suposed to be friends. It just makes me really sad when everyone is fighting. I hope that they all make up really soon.

November 27 #2
I also wanted to talk about my family! I think that we are getting a puppy! I am so exited about it! It will be so great! I have always wanted a puppy and now I will finally get to have one! I hope I get to help pick it out! I really want to name it Oly or Shadow! Oly is after the Olympics! That is still my goal even though it won't happen now it will happen sometime I know! I am also really exited to see my brothers again! I miss them so much! I hope that they will write me letters! I should write to them! I think I will do that tomorrow because it is really late right now and I have to get off the computer! Maybe I can call them! That would probably be okay because I can do that from in my bed!

November 27
Today I had a pretty good day in the gym. I worked really hard on all my events and I feel really good about them. I am having a little trouble on bars like always though. I am really happy with beam though. It is one of my favorite events and I am doing so great at it! I am kind of nervous about trials. I am very sure that I won't make the team because of when I was sick. Oh well. That makes me a little mad but I will still try really hard! Marissa is in first place now! I am really happy for her! She is doing so great! I think she will make the team! I have not talked to Lara in a while I wonder where she is!

October 27
Today I am having a really great day! Caitlin and Madison got medals! It is so cool! I am very happy for them! I am also third in the whole gym! I am so happy about that! Lindsey got hurt though. That isn't very good so I am sorry for her. I worked really hard on everything today and wrote a few people at home!

October 25
Today I had a pretty good workout. It was a great day though! I found out Lara is going to be on the team! I am so happy about that! Now almost everyone is together again! That is so great!

October 22
Today I had a really great day at the gym! Everything is going so great for me! I hope that I get letters back soon! I wonder how cousin Lisa is? I hope she is good! I miss her so much! She is one of my favorite little cousins! I hope I do well at my next competition! I have been working so hard and then my ranking just went down. That makes me so sad. I don't understand why it happened. Well I guess it is because I couldn't work out for a couple days. I am so upset about that! I wish I could have! I will have to work out extra hard to catch up with everyone! I will try!

October 18

Today I had such an amazing workout! I am really proud of myself! I am working really hard to get better! I am really exited to find out about how everyone did in the all around! I hope they won all the medals!!! I am working really hard on my website! Everyone has told me how great it looks! I am so happy about that! I wish I knew how to do html better! It seems really hard! I am so glad that there is page builder! Yeaha for page builder! I am going to show my parents my site! I hope they like it!


October 15
Today I had a super great workout! I am working really hard at the gym! I think that it is paying off for me! I am so happy about it! I also worked really hard in dance! I think that I will go and do more dance because I love it so much! I also wrote a few letters home! I miss home a lot and I think that it makes me a little bit sad but not to sad. I am still really happy! We are the World Champions! Isn't that great? I am so happy about that? You would not believe how happy everyone is here! I hope that we win gold in the all around to! That would be so cool! I will pray really hard for it to happen! I had a competition. I actually had 2 competitions. One of them was at Vega Twisters. It is a cool gym. We didn't win but a lot of us got medals including me! I am really happy about that! I also had a meet called squads alive. We lost there. I am pretty sad about it. I didn't really understand it. Next tim I will ask the coach. I think that pr! obably that would be a good thing to do. I want to make my routines better! I am really exited about the new code! I just need a lot of help on it because the only thing that I understand is vault. That is not a whole lot. I hope that one of my friends here will help me! :) I bet they will! Everyone is really nice here!

October 11
Today I had a great day at pratice! I didn't do very well at the Vega meet. I am upset about that a little. It made me sad that my family couldn't be there but I understand! It makes up for it because they are coming to watch the meet this weekend whether I am in it or not! I think that is really cool! I am really exited about the Opilly Lilly squad meet! I think it will be a lot of fun! I hope we win! I think that we will all do really great! I have been working really hard at the gym and I know everyone else has to! I am so exited about it!

October 9
Today I had a really great day in the gym! Sorry that I haven't been writing a whole lot! I have been really busy! I am trying to watch a lot about America on the News and that is really hard! There is a lot more homework then I thought there would be! I am doing really great though! I even get to go to a competition! I am so exited about it! I am working really hard in the gym on all my routines! I think that they are looking a lot better!

September 25
Today I got my first piece of hate mail ever and I don't like it. It made me really sad because I don't like it when people are mad at me. It also made me scared because I didn't know anyone was mad at me. Also because I didn't know anyone was that mean. I don't like hate mail. I don't think I will ever write it my whole life because it hurts a lot! It is not fair! Why did someone write that to me? I don't understand? I wish that they didn't write it to me and that I never made them mad. I hope I can make it better! I wonder who it was? I hope they will just say who they were because then I won't feel so bad. Then I can make it better.

September 20
Today I had such a great workout! I am still really worried about my family! I know that they are all okay but it is still really far for them all to be but back to my workout! It was so great! I think that it was the absolutely best workout I have ever had in my whole entire life as a gymnast! I am so incredibley happy with it! I worked really hard on all my events and I even had a great bars day and I almost never have a great bars day! I am really really happy today Yeaha!

September 8
Today I had the absolute best day in the history of best days!!! I got all my routines down! I stuck everything and I didn't fall off anything! I didn't even fall off the bars!! I am so happy about that! I can't wait until I get to compete! I wonder when that will be? I think that my raiting dropped because I didn't get to practice a lot! I am still happy with my day today though! It was so fun!!!

September 7
Today I had such a great day at the gym! I worked really hard on everything and I just know that everything is getting a whole lot better! I am very worried about the new code because I really want my routines to be good! I don't know how they will score now!!

September 4
Today I had a really bad day on the bars! I kept falling off! It hurt a lot! I got very frusterated! The only thing that I did not fall off on at all was my pak salto and that is what I fall off on the most! I just had a really hard day and I have not heard from my mama or my pop or my brothers or anyone at all for a while so I am a little sad! I did have a great day at school though!

August 15
I am so nervous and excited about Nationals! I worked really hard in practice today! I think that all of my routines are going really well! It is so fun being here! I can't wait until all my friends from KP get to be here too! I love it! I got a email from my brothers! They said that my whole family is coming! I am so excited! They are going to be here tomorrow so I get to see them all again! I don't know how I will do in the competition. I told them that I will not win because I don't have the experience like the other girls do, but that I will do my best! I really am going to do my best and I think that is great for me! My family thinks that if I do my best then that is all that matters! I am so happy!

August 14
Last night I got interviewed by the press! It was so exciting for me! They asked me all kinds of questions and I was kind of nervous but it was a lot of fun! I worked really hard in practice today! I really want to do my best at Nationals so I have to keep working really hard! I am really excited about being here! Everyone is so nice!

August 13
I can't believe I made it here! I am so very happy! I worked so hard and even though I messed up in the competition the coaches let me move here anyways! I can't wait until I get to meet all of the girls on the team! I am so happy! I had a really great workout today! The gym here is so much bigger! There were a lot of people here and I am very excited to get to practice with everyone! I called my family and they said they would tell everybody! I am so happy!!