Quick update: summer training has started and we are dealing with an equipment issue but hope to resolve it soon.
The coaching has been very good, and the team recognizes all the hours my kid is putting into training. Most of the other athletes are highly advanced, so there won’t be the opportunity of quickly-made close friendships. But after years of being under-trained without proper instruction, it’s a huge honor and a great challenge to be at a facility that caters exclusively to my kid’s specific discipline.
Because she started the week after finishing school, she’s been taking it easy outside of training and binge-watching a couple of different TV shows. Some of what should happen this summer includes making art, sewing, cracking open her AP Physics and Bio texts to get a preview of the year ahead, and figuring out how to move forward with a prototype she’s been envisioning for the past couple of years.
Not a bad start, all things considered.