Hello, friends!
This week has been Spring Break for me (my last real Spring Break ever!) and I have been back home in Austin spending time with family and desperately trying to get ahead on school for the final push to graduation. However, between practices and socializing, I did get to spend a day with two of my World Race squadmates, Ashli and Kennedy! They are a married couple from Houston, and we already met about a month ago when they came to watch me swim at a meet in College Station.
We really enjoy each other, so they planned a day trip to Austin so I could show them around my hometown. I made this video to help you all get to know them a little bit better, as well as tell you more about this incredible journey we will all be on together.
Also, while here my grandparents got me a sweet Anti-Gravity Osprey backpack, a sleeping bag and sleeping pad, and lots of other goodies. My aunts got me my tent and footprint, too. Once I got the majority of my gear, things started getting pretty real! Two backpacks for all my stuff and a tent for my home for the next year of my life…phew! It will be the journey of a lifetime, to say the least!
That being said, I mentioned earlier that since people were still wishing to help fund me, I was going to create a public Amazon Wishlist. Well, I did that and you can access it here! The Wishlist has all the rest of the things I need (not much!) for my equipment. If this is a way you would love to bless me, you can buy the item on Amazon and it should let you ship it straight to my address. Or you could always give it to me in person. I’ve never done the Amazon Wishlist before, so if there is something that isn’t working properly, please let me know. Also, I think it will notify me but please let me know if you get something so I can thank you properly! THANK YOU THANK YOU in advance if you choose to do this!!
***If you ordered a t-shirt: I picked up the t-shirts today and should have them all mailed out today or tomorrow. Once you get yours, please take a picture of you (or the group that got shirts together) in the shirt and either email or send the picture to me through text. I’m going to do something special with them. 🙂 Thanks!!
I think that is all for now. 🙂 I hope you enjoyed the video!
Only two and a half months until Training Camp!
Tera
