I just got back from the competition and my vacation in Washington, D.C. The competition was a lot of fun and even though I had two falls, I am happy with some of the progress I made from last year. I am very happy with my bar routine even though I did not do the inside stalder. My beam routine was a little shaky and I had a fall on the dismount and I also had trouble on vault. Even though my floor tumbling was not upgraded, I was very happy with the routine. The audience was so great and I could hear loud cheering which made me really want to show it off. I thought I would feel a little lonely not having any teammates this year to compete with but all of the girls there were so sweet that I felt at home. I got to watch a few of the routines and there were some incredible ones. Morgan's bars WOW! Shayla's beam was perfect! Britney's vault was incredible and I love Shawn's floor music and routine! It was very exciting. Congratulations to everyone!!!

I am back in the gym now and working hard to clean up the mistakes that I made and be ready for Indianapolis in 7 days. I think the vacation was a good thing because I feel stronger than before. Thank you for all of your support! Hopefully when I write again it will start off something like "What a great competition..." and not "well, I don't know what happened..." Bye for now.

Aloha,
Tessa

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