Michigan Open February 11 - 13, 2011 - Best Times and Some Impressions!

We need to have that relay challenge more often, don't we, Amy?  Sooner rather than later, I hope, you'll split your 100 back the same way.  Perhaps we need to have another Dairy Queen wager?

•  Amy Owens                   50 free                :27.02                           AA            time

 Hey, Isabella,      Retriever Meet :  first event -  500 free;  last event - 200 fly  

                                  Michigan Open:  first event- 1650 free;  last event - 400 I.M.

                                                                                                       Great first and last swims; what's happening in between?

• Isabella Rongione            1650 free            17:46.65

                                               400 I.M.              4:47.27   prelims

                                                                           4:43.15   finals

   Thanks for being my navigator, Elena.  Without you, I certainly would have gotten lost.

•   Elena Marsilii                    200 I.M.              2:14.02

                                                  400 I.M.              4:40.00

 Ian, nice touch calling your girlfriend right after midnight to wish her Happy Valentine's Day!

What a player!

•  Ian Russiello               200 free              1:55.15

  500 free              5:05.50

1000 free            10:40.31   split

                                        1650 free             17:37.56

                                            200 fly              2:06.34

                                          200 I.M.              2:10.97

                                           400 I.M.              4:28.76

 Emma, thanks for liking my music selection, even if you were the only one.  Perhaps with the roommates we picked out for you for next year ... you'll enjoy it a little more?

•  Emma Richer                          100 free                :59.23

Joanne, I've never seen someone so little order so much, or carry so much food around.  Ian should be jealous.

Megan, thanks for laughing at just about everything, even if it wasn't funny.  Perhaps your teammates learned something.  If not, here's an article for them; you've got it mastered!

How to Laugh about Anything

If you cannot laugh, you are in trouble. Life is not fun for you. You take things too seriously and build stress. 
                     If you cannot laugh, you set a negative example for others. People tend to dislike you. No one wants to help you get ahead.
                    If you cannot laugh, you may not sleep well.  You may have health problems.

              Fortunately, you can learn to laugh.

A New Laughter Tip

A good way to find joy and laughter in life is to make your problems MORE serious!  The trick is

to make it more and more and more serious until it becomes utterly and completely ridiculous and the  person will explode the whole thing off in laughter.

                    You exaggerate your troubles or expand your complaints to such hilarious levels that you and others end up laughing.

                   For example, you go into a bank to cash a check. The bank teller looks at you suspiciously and says, "May I see two forms of ID please?"
                   You say, "Sure. Here's my driver's license and my credit card."
                   The bank teller clerk examines your cards without comment. She seems unhappy and very serious.
                   So you pull out more cards and say, "And here's my library card, BlockBuster video rental card, Star Trek Junior Cadet Club card and my Yo-Yo Association card. My name is on all of them."
                   The teller tries, but can't stop laughing.