It’s gonna be a while before I am able to post any more photo updates from Santa Clara…

During the flight out to Cali for the Santa Clara meet, my external hard drive was severely damaged. I did not realize this until I was transferring the Santa Clara pics from kiwi’s computer to my drive. The end result was the corruption of the disk and the loss of ALL of the swimming photos I’ve taken at meets over the past year. Yes, all of them. Words cannot express how upset I am right now.

In any case, I called tech support, they came to my house to check out the situation and were unable to recover the pics. So I am currently out the door to purchase a new external hard drive and shortly thereafter having another panic attack; my 5th of the day.

All that is left of my pics from the past year of my swim travels are now the Santa Clara pics, which are currently on kiwi’s computer. So until she is able to burn them to DVD and mail them to me, there will be no photo updates from Santa Clara. Sorry guys! It seems as if the computer gods are against me this year, as my desktop computer, DVD burner, and printer have all died within the past month. Thank goodness I happen to own a laptop as well.

I am writing this post from comfy and humble abode of my dear friend, kiwi. (You all should know her by now)

I would just like to say that it is extremely hot out here. As a matter of fact, there is a heat advisory in effect for the Bay Area. So if you’re planning on attending the International this weekend, dress light, be sure to slather on the sunblock, and keep yourself hydrated!

The men’s 800 free and women’s 1500 free heats and timed finals took place tonight. Kate Ziegler, of the FISH, won the women’s event while Ricardo Monasterio, of Gator Swim Club, won the men’s event this evening.

I’ll try to update with as often as I can here! The meet looks like it’ll be fast and exciting!