disclaimer, of sorts

I feel a little silly sometimes, still writing this blog for the lenovo summer games site when I am, in actuality, not at the summer games. I'm torn. I don't mean for this blog to sound like a pity party at all - i hope it doesn't. On the other hand... If I'm to write about the journey, then this is part of it, too. Not the fun part, and probably not the part that people really want to read about, but still, it's the journey. The aftermath, good or bad, is still part of the experience.  In a way, it's I guess it goes back to my original reasons for writing (As it says on my profile page on the summergames.lenovo.com site):

One of the reasons I read other peoples’ blogs is to experience and understand things that I don’t see in my own life. I’m hoping that my blog will give other people a sense of what I do, and what it means to be an elite level diver training to compete on the biggest stage in the world. I’m very grateful for the chance to spend my time doing what I love, and I appreciate the chance to share my experiences with others.

That hasn't really changed.  So I write on...