2 Pins Down...

Tonight, I met Serena Williams.  Poor girl was being bombarded by people wanting to take pictures with her, but she was excited to see Mauritius!  Turns out, she will be vacationing in Mauritius soon so she asked for some of our pins.  I was the only one that had them so I gave her one (expecting a trade), but instead of giving me one back, she asked me for another one for her sister.  Ah well!  At least my pins will be in good hands!

Me and Serena Williams

Feelin' HOT HOT HOT

It's been a pretty sluggish day...

The weather has been getting REALLY hot lately and I'm not sure if there's no A/C or if it just doesn't work that well, but it's hot and stuffy inside, too.  Hopefully we'll be getting some fans tonight, because it's hard to sleep in this hot weather.

Just messing around on the balcony with Christianne - trying to get some fresh air.

Posing a Threat

Every time you go to practice, you have to take a bus to the pool (whether it's Eton Manor-the practice pool or the Aquatics Center-the competition pool).  And every time you go back to the village, you have the go through security.  This security is full-blown 'airport security', too.  You've got to put your bags through a scanner and walk through a metal detector.

Today, I was stopped.  The guard wanted to know if I had a sword in my swim bag........... um, no.  I'm in swimming, not jousting.  However, once the guard saw that I was an athlete, he just let me through without checking my bag.  I think it's because I gave him a pretty dirty look when he asked if I had a sword in my bag.  I didn't mean to, but I was just SO thoroughly confused by his question.