It's All Here Now

Okay, I'm determined to get everything down in this one entry. To start off I wanted to say a little about our wedding. In my opinion, things went very very well. It was pretty windy that day, but we were blessed to have the rain stop while we took pictures. I've recently started reading about how Granddad Leithead courted Grandma Leithead and in there I never realized how it was only the two of them at their wedding because no family members, not even their parents could attend. In response to that thought, I am really appreciative and grateful for how much family I had that could come. I'm so happy that people could be there. The reception for me was even better than I had pictured in my mind. I loved how laid back it was and that Jordan and I had time to talk with everyone, eat dinner, walk around, etc. without having an agenda. That's my kind of reception.

Our honeymoon was a lot of fun. We went to Park City and stayed in the Marriott there on Main Street. We had basically a condo for a hotel room. It had a kitchen, dinning room, living room, washer dryer, a jet tub etc. So we were able to bring food and cook it there. We did, however, go out one night to a fancy dinner. Earlier that day Jordan had bought me a wedding gift of a complete set of pearls. So I wore the earrings, necklace, and bracelet with my nicest black dress. He wore his suit and tie and we headed to a place called Ches Betty. We had so much fun we wanted to do that every night! But obviously there's moderation in all things because if there weren't, we would be broke. The food was something words can't describe. It really was an explosion of taste in every bit. I have never had such flavor in my food before. This was the type of restaurant where they would scrap off the table after each course and bring out little specialty things made by the chef just to taste. Other things we did in Park City was take a tour at Olympic park. Due to the fact that we went in between seasons nobody was there which was nice, but also a lot of things were closed. We still though, had the most enjoyable time of our newly began life together.











To update on a things a little more recent....I placed third at the conference meet in Wyoming this last weekend. I came so terribly close to going to regionals. My last attempt at 5'9'' nobody including myself knew what hit it off. As I watch the film I just can't seem to see what hit it. I'm all the way over and on my way down the bar out of no where decides to drop - it's weird! But such is life. So I know I can clear 5'9'' and I consider it my new Personal Record because my old PR of 5'7'' I have been clearing consistently in practice every time we jumped. What I failed to mention though is the whole week before the meet I was basically injured. I didn't work out all week cause I was getting these pains in my hip when I walked and my SI joint was consistently tight or jammed out of place. After going to all the student trainers and finally to the chiropractor twice they nailed what it was. I strained my tensor fasciae latae. To those who don't know where that is it's basically my front/lateral hip muscle. I hurt it pretty bad cause I could barely walk. It got a little better each day, but when it came time to jump I just practiced mind over body. I was sore afterwards, but maybe it's a blessing in desguise that I didn't make it to regionals so it could heal.


I went in to see my coach today because he wanted to talk about my summer training. We talked for a while about how far I've come. He has been so nice to work so closely with me - a walk on. But he told me he is so proud of me and it's so enjoyable to him to see my progress. He really thinks I'm going to nail it next year because for some reason everything fell into place this year. My physical, mental, emotional, etc. Then without me saying anything he told me that he can't promise me anything yet, but once all the money is distributed to the certain athletes on scholarship, whatever is left over is going to me. He says no one deserves it better than I do and I've earned it. So there is no guarantee that there will be money, but I felt like it was such an honor. Jordan and I know are going to be praying and hoping for some money because we definitely could use the help. I feel looking back through all my struggles with this event, through all the tough hard times not understanding why I couldn't do what I wanted when I wanted, that every minute of the journey was worth it. I truly believe it's not the end result that your happy with, but the journey you took to get there.