Perfect?

No. Nothing can ever be perfect. Its just a true fact of life. Like it or not its true. Ask Hannah Montana. Kidding! But really, if you listen just to the title, No body's Perfect, its true. My favorite quote of all time is...

I'm not a perfect girl,

my hair doesn't always stay in place,

I spill things a lot,

I'm pretty clumsy,

and sometimes I have a broken heart,

my friends and I sometimes fight,

and maybe some days nothing goes right,

but when I think about it,

and take a step back,

I remember how amazing life truly is,

and that maybe,

I like being,

UNPERFECT.

It's just me. So like it or not, I am me. Don't like it? I don't care. Wanna give me drama? Save it. Need to say something bad about me? Say it to my face. Thanks. [:

Xoxo, Hannah

You just got your butt kicked by a 12 year old.

Region 1's had to be the biggest meet of my life so far. Some good races. Some bad races.

Bad races-

1650 free...ugh. My worst event at this meet, but my best event. Added 13 seconds.

400 IM...another of my best events. Added 3 seconds.

Blah... Happens to everyone. Nothing you can do about it.

Good races-

1000 free- Dropped 4 seconds. Good race for me. Happy with it. Yay!

500 free- Dropped 1 second. Could have been faster. My 1000 split was a second faster. Oh well.

Officially my best event. The 200 fly. I've never really been a "flyer" or whatever labels people put on themselves. Dropped 2 seconds in prelims. Came back for finals after the MILE. Dropped another 6 seconds. GREAT race. VERY VERY VERY happy with that event. I love fly!!!!!!

I said people put "labels" on themselves. This can go for anything, not just swimming. People at school label themselves as "preppy" "weird" "girly" "tomboy" or whatever they want to call themselves. Well labels are not a good thing. You can label people by how they look or what people make up about them. It can be funny but then its just ridiculous.

But for swimming its different. It shows. You can say your an "IMer", or a "flyer." But really, your just a swimmer. You may be better at one thing than another, but that isn't the only thing you swim good at. I mean, I am good at fly, not backstroke, and I'm good at distance, not sprints. But if you think you can swim it, you can. It shows. If you get mad because you don't want to swim something again it shows in how you swim the event. You won't perform. If you focus, you will. I took off 8 seconds on my fly. I focused. I didn't say "oh well I'm not good at fly I'm only good at breaststroke so i don't care about this." I said "this is fly. kick some butt. show them that your 12 and you can kick their butt." Don't label yourself. It will show. Ask a swimmer or just anyone.

Xoxo, Hannah

Valentines Day

A lot of people think Valentines day is a day for romance and lovey-lovey stuff. I don't think so. It's time to love your friends and family, no matter how close they are to you. I'm going to make this post out to a bunch of people. I make it out to my mom, dad, and two brothers first. They are a huge part of my life. Ya, me and my brothers fight, but its what siblings do, but what can you do about that? My parents have pushed me to come as far as I am in swimming and I love them for that. I couldn't have made it to this huge meet without them. Without my mom and dad ratting on my with my bad parts of my swim but then about the great parts, even in a great race. I would like to thank them for loving me no matter what.

Next I would like to make this out to my best friend ever. She is there for me, even the 5,000 miles away we are. I love her so much and miss her insanely. We've been best friends since as long as I can remember. Becca Lelles. My best friend, sister, and practically part of my family. I love and miss you Bec. Congrats on your accomplishments, your pride, and everything you've done. I love you girl.

Now to Katie Baker. Katie is a life saver. She is also my best friend. I don't know what I would do without you Katie. Jon thanks you for letting me use your warm ups and so do me and my parents. I love you. See you Tuesday!

Kelly Lajoie. My best friend. My sister. One of my first friends here. She is funny, sweet, and cute. I love her so much for just being her. Its like we were meant to be best friends. She is there with me and follows me through my swimming life. I love you and thank you for being here and loving me too.

I would like to say congratulations to Katelyn for being a big sister again. I love and miss you.

So obviously, Valentines day isn't all the lovey-gooey-yucky stuff. You don't need that "special someone" to be happy on this day. Thank your friends and family and make sure they know they love you. Thank you everyone that has been with me.

Xoxo, Hannah

i talk to random people and i LIKE it

This has to be my best comeback in a while. I am a huge fan of the colts, duh! My friend Bryce is too. His status was how ahh-mazing the colts are so i commented. As usual, some random person said the saints were better. This random person and i were arguing over who was better. I said the Colts were and he asked, "WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING?" I with my amazing arguing skills go, "chlorine. so ha. be afraid of the swimmer because i can kick your butt in the water! so yeah!" my friend Katie baker and i can't get over it. it was just amazing the way i said it i guess.

You know when you get those annoying calls from "anonymous" or "restricted" or "unknown number"? I love answering those calls. My last time I answered they asked me all these questions and I kept saying no. They finally ask, "wait a second, am i speaking with someone 18 or older?" I say "NOPE! Do you wanna be my best friend?" Yup, they hung up. My latest call that i answered had called 10 times before my mom would let me answer. I answer screaming HOLA! HOLA! She asked for my parents so I scream "NO HABLO ENGLES!" (i don't speak English) and she says "you don't speak English?" i start laughing and had to hang up. Otherwise, that conversation would have gone on a little while longer. They haven't called since.

My favorite word is anonymous. I talk to random people and i love it. It's fun, you should try it.

xoxo, Hannah

swim, swim, swim

this weekend is the weekend I've been working for. I'm swimming in region 1 championships. this is a huge meet for me and the bears. only a few people are going. i am one of them. I've worked for this since i came to this team. me, being a great distance swimmer, has a killer weekend. swimming the mile, thousand, four i.m., two fly, and five free, I'm excited. i have been swimming great since i got here and i feel great in the water. i need to do this meet. I'm ready for this, and i can't wait much longer. I'll keep updating this weekend when i swim.

xoxo, Hannah