BLADES!!!!
WE DID IT!!! We bumped again today. Totally awesome. We did it before Donnington Bridge again. Never had to race past the bridge except on the first day when we weren’t chasing anybody. It was an amazing feeling. I don’t even know how to describe it. I think we’re all still in shock a little. So now we’ll get blades (second time in Regent’s history for the women’s crew to get blades), which we have to buy so it’s a heck of a lot of money, especially in dollars. I’ve considered not getting one, but then I think, how many times am I going to race for my school at Oxford and actually do the best possible? And what a great conversation starter a big blade in my house will be when I’m older. So I think I’ll just spend the money. This has been a totally awesome experience. Definitely worth all the hard work, ergs, pain, stress, everything. I’m so happy. We also got thrown in the river. That’s what you do at the end when you win, throw in the cox and the captain, only when we threw in Hannah, everybody else pushed the whole crew in behind her. And I lost my flip-flop in the river, which was very sad. My favorite pair. But I guess it’s worth it too. Okay, I’ll put up pictures later. Yay!!