Five On Friday!

It's Friday again! I have to say I've had a pretty amazing week.

1. I was so freaked out about my CHA exam this week. I only got to study really Monday and Tuesday because of my brother coming home from AZ and spending time with him, my family, and working. I honestly thought I'd fail. It ended up being the EASIEST exam of the semester; my friend Josh and I literally got done in less than 10 minutes. I got a 96%!!! I was so so excited and it's been a few weeks since I've had a score like that to be proud of. This week is going to be just as insane but I'm using that grade as motivation to make sure I get in my study time wherever possible.

2. So if you refer back to my last Five On Friday, my number two was about one of my favorite gymnasts, Elise Ray. Well, Monday I just about died. I was studying honestly for like 11 hours that day, and in the middle of the afternoon I heard my email alert go off on my phone. Didn't think anything of it, and left it alone until I took a break from studying. I almost screamed when I saw the email in my inbox was from ELISE. As I said, she has emailed me two times in the past, always in responses to my emails. This time she just emailed me out of the blue!!! & LOOK AT THIS.

I could not even believe it. She is amazing. If I ever met her (which I plan to), I think I'd pass out. NO LIE. She is just perfect.

3. The Secret Classic is next Saturday!!! I'm so so so so super excited for the main events of 2013 to begin! I can't wait to see Kyla (& McKayla) for the first time since London, but most of all I'm SO EXCITED for all of the first year seniors! I can't wait to see what they have planned for routines! Mainly Lexie, Maddie, MyKayla, and Simone!!! And omg the JUNIORS! I'm too excited for too many of them. (Jordan, Norah, Amelia, Bailie, Lauren, Sydney!) Can't wait to freak out and obsess.

Oh and to add to my gymnastics love for the week, rumors that my princess Aliya is working on a TRIPLE TWISTING YURCHENKO!!! If she does it before McKayla/Simone ... just DEAD. Love that girl!

4. PKU Camp is less than a week away!! I went to PKU camp from the age of 12 to the age of 19. It was the highlight of my summer every year. I counted down the days as soon as school got out. It's not actually "camping". It's on the UW Madison campus and we stay in dorms (which was so cool when I was 12, lol), and we get to spend a weekend with other women who have PKU (many of whom I know and are friends with from the past.) We go out to dinner, go shopping on State Street, and always do some kind of activity like kickboxing, some like fitness thing. This year I think we're doing yoga. It is so much fun and I have the best time! This year will be especially beneficial for me because there will be friends there who already have children and have gone through PKU pregnancies and I'll be able to get advice from them. I was looking through old pictures and I found this. :)

5. I've decided to rewatch the entire series of Glee in remembrance of Cory Monteith. I'm 2 discs into season one. I decided that I really think the first season is my FAVORITE, mainly because of Lea Michele (Rachel) in the first season. She is just incredible, and she's so much more naive and innocent in season one. I love her in all seasons, but in the first she's just perfect. I really think sometimes this show was made for me/people like me who have such a huge passion for singing and performing.

Have a good Friday and weekend lovelies!