Hi,
Michigan:My new job is with Johns Hopkins university, in the Department of Ophthalmology.
Good luck to all, and I hope I get a chance to see some of your great programs! It will be a fast trip, but I hope fun.
Patty: looks like we'll be in different groups!
Best of luck.

Hi Flo!

Yes, I'm in group A...for both programs. Are you just skating the one event this year? It looks like they made some attempt to group like programs together for the interp event. I decided to try comedy this year.

My goal is not to Zamboni the ice with my butt in the FS event like I did in final round last year.

PattyP

Good morning everyone. Thought id'e give you a quick weather update. I live about 2 hours from AN and we have at most an inch of snow on the ground so i think the weather man was wrong again although it is very very cold here. So make shure to dress warmly.
Good Luck to everyone competeing. I'll see you all later on in the week

Sorry, guys - the news is not too good here. It took me 1 1/2 hours to do my normal 1/2 hour commute around Ann Arbor this morning. Jack-knifed trucks, cars off the roads - I never once saw clear pavement, just snow and ice. Be very careful coming in, especially those of you who are not used to snow. It is supposed to stop by 3:00, I think. Just take it very easy and you will get where you are going!!! The snow trucks are starting to come out.

Lilpairsk8er - you must live north of 8 Mile - I hear it's not bad at all up there. Lucky you My husband's work in Macomb County had no snow when he called off at 7:00 a.m., while we were near white out in northeastern Washtenaw County.

Ok so i give the weather man some credit he was right. i posted around 6am and its now 10:30 and the roads are a mess we dont have a ton of snow but what there is of it is really blowing and making driving difficult. It took me 45 minutes to get to class instead of the normal half and hour and i almost ended up in a ditch. so please ne very careful if you are driving up today or tomorrw.

Also if anyone is there for early week practices could you please give us reports. I wish i could come earlier than thursday but i have a paper due that day that i still haven't written.

anyways best of luck to all of you competeing. Ill be cheering for you. dont worry i can yell REALLY loud.

good gravy 1964, I saw the weather report and was stunned at how perfectly the band of snowstorms stretched across the midsection of MI - from one lake to the other. My folks live in Jackson, my sis in Lansing and some friends in GR, I'd better check and make sure everyone is ok.

Too bad it didn't snow-out the Tigers season-opener, they need a redo of the last week...

Good luck again to everyone! I can't believe how many people I know are going to be there, and I'm not. I'm in charge of the caravan going to ISI Synchro CHampionships.

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Mel, i just wanted to put your mind somewhat at ease. I live an hour or so south of GR and the roads are pretty slippery but it's not to bad. at least i have power. I was in GR on fri and sat during the ice storm and that was bad. Although i think alot of people in GR are still without power.

If anyone sees any of the adult pairs practices can you tell me how Paul Mata and his partner from AN are doing. thanks so much

Paul is skating pairs now? Good for him! I haven't seen him in years. I'm going to be watching for Duane, Denise, Pam and a gal from my rink down here, Joyce.

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Weather update - the freeways are just fine now, and most of the major side streets are ok. The gal at the grocery store said she heard we could still get more, but right now all is calm.

Paul and Judy are skating really well together. I thought they had a really nice program at Sectionals - they had an unfortunate bobble at the end that probably cost them the gold.

Off topic - I ran my program clean for the first time ever today. Yipee! I thought I'd run it like it was really the competition, so I did my curtsy at the end, and nearly fell over on that!

Boy Mel it sure is a small world. It cracks me up that you know alot of the same people i know. Paul has been skating pairs for awhile. he and i skated together for a couple of years and i know he had at least i partner before me. I just wish i could compete now.

Skater 1964 thanks for the update.

I look forward to seeing all of you this week. Much luck to those competeing

I just have to wish Nancy good luck as she is competeing today and im not gonna be able to watch but i promise i will be there tomorrow.
Also good luck to everyone else who is competeing today go and kick some ice butt. see you all soon

***sending postive Karma to Denise, Nancy and Joyce***

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Champagne in 2005, 2008, 2009 - who's next out of the pre-bronze club...?

Wang chung!