Around The House

Ericka has been keeping busy with the usual, skating and reading. She is helping Nate clean his room and I doubt it will be long before I hear bickering. They have been cooped up because of the rain and are getting on each other's nerves, as well as ours. We are going to session later for family night so that will hopefully burn off some energy. We bought new wheels for her the other night for her skates. The new ones are made from a harder compound so they roll faster on the wood floor. She is a little nervous to make a change but she'll get used to them before the next meet. She was pretty bummed when she realized this weekend was Vegas. We were going to go and even had our hotel booked but decided it wasn't the best choice financially. We figured it would be better to save that money in case she makes it to Nationals, they are more important. Nationals last a week and can be pretty expensive. Vegas sounds much more fun than Omaha (location of N's this yr :( ) but it would be sad for her to qualify and then not be able to go because of not saving enough. She wants to go really bad but it's tough so we'll see how she does. Her next meet is Federal Way at the end of next month. Then barely 3 weeks later we will be going to Portland for Regionals.