I am getting SO excited for nationals!!!!! I start carb depletion tomorrow.....get ready for a cranky girl....hee hee hee. I feel like I am on the home stretch, so it is getting easier and easier everyday. I am sad to leave my family behind this time, but I will feel better once I am on the plane..... I am rooming with my best buddy Karen Patten, so we will probably get NO sleep because we'll be up giggling and talking all night. We only get to see each other at contests, so we have a lot of catching up to do! She is one of those friends that you can go months and months without seeing, and then right when you see each other- it's like no time has passed. I recently found out that a couple of past competitors of mine are coming to nationals also- excited to see them and have familiar faces back stage:)

Routine practice tonight was rock solid! I am really "feeling" it now. I am carrying about 3 more pounds of muscle into contest this time, which I can really see and feel. My cuts in my quads are starting to show, so a little carb depletion will pull those out nicely. Hopefully, the little bit of surface water in my butt will go away with carb depletion. Tomorrow is my "pretty" day. I have hair, nail, and wax appointments.....I love these pre contest days. It's fun to go all girlie! Well, I must go spend time with my little ones, I will write soon. Keep me in your prayers everyone. Love ya,

Tami