Unfinished Posts

So Teia and Ella both did this and I think that it's pretty brilliant.  Basically they shared some posts that they started to write and never finished.  Here are some posts that I started and never finished.

Things that piss me off
When people smell bad
I just...I think that the most repulsing thing ever is when people smell bad, like...put on some deodorant.   And especially at gymnastics, I mean...I get that were working out and you're not gonna smell like daisies, but come on, put on some deodorant ya nasties. Another thing that drives me crazy is when people try to cover their stink in loads of perfume...like...you just made the problem worse for yourself.

Things I'd rather do
So sometimes...I just have those days when I don't feel like going to gymnastics. Here are things I'd rather do...

1. Binge watch Pretty Little Liars
2. Eat an entire box of cheeze-its.
3. Cry every time Hannah chooses Jake
4. Wish Disney would bring back That's So Raven
5. Read Ella's Blog
6. Organize all my gymnastics medals
7. Listen to The Jonas Brothers
8. Wish Netflix would put Drake and Josh back on Netflix
9. Glue on fake nails (even though they would fall off on bars)
10. Take a bubble bath
11. Look at old pictures I took on photo booth in 6th grade
12. Binge watch Hannah Montana
13. Look at leos on GK
14. Wish I was Hannah Montana
15. Cry because I'm not Hannah Montana
16. Call Zia
17. Go to Hawaii
18. Take another Bubble Bath
19. Sleep
20. Make Brownies
21. Watch Christmas Movies
22. Be a Ninja Turtle
23. Cry because I'm not a Ninja Turtle
24. Be Beyonce
25. Doodle
26. Watch Miranda Sings
27. Watch High School Musical
28. Get my eyebrows done

Rules you should live by

1. Don't be afraid to fail
Never pass up the opportunity to do something amazing just because you are afraid of failing. Go to Africa, go whale watching.

"To me, Fearless is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death."

2. Live like Larry
Take risks, be bold.

Creds: Pintrest

So there you go...some posts that I started to write and then got bored with and never finished.  Sorry if this post was random and weird, but I just felt like sharing this and it's my blog so I can do whatever the heckity heck I want to.

Bye Felicia,
Maggie

6 Things Normal People Don't Understand About Gymnasts.

1. We spit on our grips.
So grips are those things that gymnasts wear on there hands during bars.

Photo Creds: inthecompanyofstrangers

<------those things

So in order to keep the chalk on our grips, we use water...or spit. So anyway, people think that it's weird that we spit on our grips.  I don't know why... I mean, we also use water on them and spit is stickier sooo...

2. We are OBSESSED with leotards

Nobody knows why, but at least in my team, we are OBSESSED with leos.  They are just so fun and colorful and YAHS! Whenever somebody on our team gets a new leo we all get super excited and it's like they're getting married or something.  Everybody crowds around them and tells them how cute they look in in and ask where they got it from.  So yeah...we love leos.

I'm getting better at the whole "drawing" thing

My Leo Collection. I have like...a lot

3.  The bond in our team

So our team has a family-like bond.  Now I only see my team at practice 2-3 times a week...not as much as the elite gymnasts...but still.  We basically see each other every weekend and practice 2 and a half hours together every day.  We laugh with each other.  Cry in front of each other.  Practically know everything about each other. Nobody but the people in the team can understand but basically my team is my second family.

4. DON'T BREAK THE CHALK BLOCKS!!!!

So on bars, we use chalk on our grips to help our grips grip to the bar better so that we don't fall off when we are up on the high bar.  The thing is, it's way easier to load your grips up with chalk when using a block because you can pretty much just rub it over your grips and BOOM...all chalked up.  It is much harder, however, to chalk up your grips with loose chalk because you have to rub it into your grips and it just takes longer.  Anywho, it really sucks when people crush up the chalk blocks because, then theres no more blocks left.  So if we catch somebody crushing up the chalk blocks...we get mad.

This is a chalk block.
(how cool are my zebra grips?!?)

5.  The floor is NOT a trampoline
If you were to actually jump on the floor, you would be surprised as to how un-bouncy it was. The reason everybody thinks that the floor is so bouncy is because when olympic gymnasts do floor the go super high because well...they're olympians.

6. We are super exited to learn our routines!
So one thing you should know is that over the summer we don't have routines, we pretty much just learn new skills and such, so it's really exciting to be able to learn a brand-new routine made specially for you right before the start of competition season.  It's fun to discover what skills you will be competing that season and it is especially exciting to hear your new floor music for the first time ever.  It's just super fun in general to learn new routines!

So yeah, those are some of the things that normal people don't understand about gymnasts/gymnastics. If you want, leave a comment telling me what I should post about next. Vote on my poll!! Ok that's all bye.
-Maggie