Signa's Post: Ostia Day 6

So far you have heard stories from everyone in the family. But now you get to see it from the athlete/reason why we were in Ostia's point of view. Today was the last day of the competition. It was both solo and team finals. Since only Cassie has a solo the rest of the team got to sleep in till 8:45 (THANK GOD!). We had a really laid back morning in which we got to take our time eating a semi-decent breakfast, but since we came to the food late it was mostly gone except for some warm milk and yogurt. Our fab coach Jen told us to have some Nutella because it was at least some kind of food, so I just grabbed a spoon and started eating. After our SUPER healthy breakfast we had to back to the rooms so we could get ready to go to the pool. As most of you know, the pool is literally 5 steps outside of our dorms so it doesn't take us very long to get there. While Cassie was getting ready for solo we had to do some really hard team stuff in which I felt like I was going to drown (but I didn't so I guess that's cool). After all that we had to get out and start gelling our hair, which is obviously my favourite part of synchro. We only had a little while to do our hair because we had to make sure that we were out there to cheer Cassie on for her runthrough. The people at the competition all know how INCREDIBLY hot it is there, which made gelling sort of interesting. This time I made really nice gel and I was super excited that it wasn't going to drip down my face like before.... At least that's what I thought. But since it is so hot it actually started to melt my perfect gel and make my face all sticky (thank you but I'd rather not have gel in my eyebrows). The coaches let us go back to the dorms so that our gel wouldn't melt and so we could cool down to a temperature that isn't fire. After all of that exciting stuff we had to head back to the pool once again. This time we went back to do our official warm up, where they played the music and we did the parts of the routine that the coaches told us to do. And even though it was only warm up the moms in the stands were cheering a ridiculous amount (of course). We were all really excited to be finishing the competition/the routine (mostly the people that have done the routine for 2 years). We did our swim and the crowd was very loud. Even France was cheering. And then we were done!! We almost came 3rd but fourth in the world is pretty awesome and we were all happy with the swim. Afterwards we had to get ready for the banquet at 9pm and start packing for the next day (or that night in my case). The banquet was mostly people running around trying to trade with the different countries. We got some pretty cool stuff. For example, I got suits from both the Italian and Swiss teams. Emily snaked her way into getting a RUSSIAN SUIT by trading a "Canada" suit. This was not an authentic national team suit, rather she ironed on a maple leaf that she got from the dollar store in Calgary and pretended it was the real thing. When Dad was there to get me, most of my teammates walked me downstairs to say goodbye. I said goodbye to all of the coaches and to my teammates, and then headed to my family's apartment where they were staying so I could go to bed right away. Sadly that's not what happened. When we got to the apartment I had to pack all of my things that I had just shoved into my swim bag, and I had to make sure that my suitcase was still under the weight limit (this was around 11:45pm). When I was packing I started to feel kinda hungry. That's when I realized that I hadn't had a meal since lunch at 12. We were going to have the "Hulk" for dinner (the lobster that the coaches bought at the restaurant... It was HUGE) but I was leaving when they were coming back, and all of the food at the banquet had been eaten and I was too busy trading competition gear and packing to eat. So I had to wait for Mom to come home so I could head out and get something to eat. I ended up getting gelato and some pizza (in that order) at 12:30am. So I guess it was a midnight snack, but it was DELICIOUS. By the time we got home and got ready for bed it was 1:30am, which was followed by a 4am wake up. But the day was finally over and I could finally sleep which was pretty swaggin'.