June 20, 2005

Photo Gallery From Lake House

Greetings Everyone! I trust that everyone's summer is filled with lots of fun in the sun, family and friends bonding time, and of course lots of naps that we all don't get a lot of during the year! I figured since there is so much down time that starting the diary sessions early wouldn't do any harm (I'm sure you Duke Fans out there don't mind!!!).

Summer School

Summer school started about four weeks ago and it's been great! The entire basketball team has rededicated themselves after our terrible loss in the Elite Eight. Right now we have Alison, Lindsey, Wanisha, Emily, Laura, Chante, Caitlin, Jess, and I are all on Duke's Campus right now either in classes, working, or basically living in Durham! Despite our hectic schedules, we have all come together to focus on our long term goal........a "NAT'L CHAMPIONSHIP." It's been great to see everyone getting better! It is almost scary to see how good we can be if everyone continues to work as hard as they are right now. Laura is getting stronger in the weight room and is constantly in the gym working on her game with Emily. Emily......well let's just put it this way, she's a worker. She is great. She constantly pushes herself to get better. She's on track to run 2-miles in 12:00. Chante is going to be a game player next year!!! She is focused to gaining some weight and building up her strength. She is beginning to understand what hard work is and is showing it every time she works out. Wanisha is strong! She's going to catch up with Monique in the lifting area, so she better watch out. Ha ha! You all know that Ali is on track to be on the USA team which is going to be great for her. Playing in that kind of atmosphere is going to give her a lot of confidence coming into her junior year! She is also one that is working really hard in the weight room. Jess, Lindsey, and I are seniors and we all know what it takes, and we also know this is our last chance, so you all know that we are taking care of business.

Coach G's Lake House

Every year we make a trip out to coach G's lake house, and we finally made it out there. It was wonderful. It was a great team bonding experience. In my opinion, it was one of the best times out of my three trips there. Chante, Wanisha, I all drove the jet-skis while, the rest did the tubing and hotdog. I'll have to share some of the funny moments. First of all, Wanisha and I were pulling the hotdog behind the jet-ski. The hotdog is like a tube but obviously in the shape of a hotdog. We were pulling Laura, Ali, and Emily. Besides the fact that they couldn't stay on the tube for more than two minutes, when they fell off a certain someone could not get back on. This was the funniest thing. If Emily and Ali got on, Laura would have them all falling off again in a matter of seconds. She couldn't get back on for anything. After the 8th time of trying to get on we finally thought she could get it, she flipped her left leg over, hit Emily in the face with her heel causing Emily to push back against Ali. Ali fell into the water, Emily followed suit, and what do you know Laura fell off to the other side. It could have been on America's Funniest Home Video's. Next, Chante and I were trying to get Wanisha into the water, so we started to do 360s on the jet-skis. Next thing I knew we flew of the jet-ski and landed head first into the water. This girl came up in agony. I was like what happened. Out of all possibilities, she got cut on her side. How is the possible when she has a shirt on and a life jacket? Beats me, but I'm getting a lot of crap for it. I truly am sorry Nish!!!!!!!!!!! It was a great day.

Until Next time! Take care.

Mistie Williams