Coming to an End...

For my last blog post I wanted to reflect on my time in rowing.  8 long years later and I am approaching my last and final spring season in this crazy sport.  It is exhilarating and sad and wonderful all at the same time. 

Reasons I am thankful it is over

-          -6am practices.  I don’t even have to explain this one

-         - The endless complaining from rowers.  “What are we doing today”  “Why are we doing that”  “blah blah blah” Stop complaining and just DO IT!!

-        -  LATENESS.  6am means ready to run at 5:45 people. 

-        -  Unset boats, rush, people not getting their catches, people who are early/late, people not rolling up in time, ect. 

-        -  Bad practices….where everything sucks and you hate the world

-        -  My time will finally be my own again!  I can go to sleep whenever I want to, I can wake up whenever I want to, and I can plan things for Friday night /Saturday all day. 

-       -   Losing sucks

Reasons I am thankful for having gotten into this sport

-          -Without rowing I would never be able to afford Drexel.  And without Drexel I don’t think I would have had the amazing internships that I have had and therefore I would not have the same job prospects I have. 

-         - Rowing has brought me some great friends.  Rowing friends have been pretty much my only friends throughout the years and I am forever grateful for every single one of them.

-        -  The great practices where everything goes right and you’re crushing the other boats and all your girls are working together and happy.  The effects of a good practice can last 24 hours. 

Overall I will be forever indebted to this sport.  It has brought me so many good things and brought me to so many places that I never would have gotten to like San Diego and Boston…but 8 years of rowing owning my life will soon be over and honestly I am excited for the next chapter in my life.