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Wednesday, January 26, 2000
Hi Everyone! Welcome back to my Journal! I've been very busy since Easterns. You know, school mid-terms, getting ready for nationals and all that jazz. So I'll just tell you all what I've been up to.

After Easterns, I went right back into training. I've been working very hard and now I feel a lot more consistent with my triple axel and my triple triple combinations. Also, every Friday I've been driving into Philadelphia for a choreography lesson with Yuri. So now I hope my presentation marks will be better than they were last year. My goals for Nationals are simply to skate clean, or close to it, and win a medal. And then hopefully secure a spot on the Junior World Team. I also really want to be able to skate in the Exhibition at Nationals.

School has been tough, getting caught up, mid-terms, and whatnot, but I think I'm doing well enough to stay above a 3.0 for this marking period. Hopefully I'll be higher than last marking period which was a 3.71.

Last Sunday I performed in the University of Delaware National Send-Off Show. I had a great time. I skated to Ricky Martin's "She's All I Ever Had". I skated very well for it being the third time through the entire program. I landed 5 triples. Two triple toes, a triple lutz, a triple axel, and a triple salchow. My coach Priscilla, wanted to make sure that I had another opportunity to try the Triple Axel before Nationals.

That's all that's really going on in my life right now. Oh, for Christmas I did get a Chihuahua puppy which I named Bon-Bon. He's adorable. I'll send in a photo or two of him so you all can see him!

Thanks for visiting the website!

-Johnny