Florida

         I left my house bright an early, and got ready for my cheerleading trip in Florida. It was about time, I have been waiting for this day for a really long time. Nationals out in Florida where I could experience the fun and exciting life of cheerleading. I finally got to the airport, and the airplane took off. I looked outside the window and saw fluffy white clouds and bright blue skies. Three hours later we arrived in Orlando, Florida. The whole entire cheer team got off the plane one by one and we took a Disney Bus to the All Star Sports Resort. I looked around and saw palm trees and I could feel the beautiful warm air. The hot air felt amazing coming home from Minnesota, the place of cold that feels like crap. I couldn't imagine what I was going to experience but I knew it was going to be well worth it. We get to the hotel and start cheer practice right away. The whole time we were there all we did was cheer, and all around us was even more cheer going on. It was exactly like the movies. I couldn't believe my eyes seeing all the amazing teams practicing and hitting all their stunts, I was amazed. Later the next morning we woke up again, bright and early for practice. we practiced hard and strong so we could make hit all our stunts in our routine. After practice, we get ready and put on our Prior Lake Lakers uniform. We met everyone outside our rooms and started to feel the adrenaline. Once we got on the bus, I wanted to turn around and go back. I was frightened to perform in front of hundreds of people. It was the first time Prior Lake has made it to nationals and we wanted to make an outstanding first impression. We got to Indiana Johns Auditorium in Disney World and started to stretch and prepare ourselves for what was about the come. The team walked into the warm up tent and as soon as we stepped onto the mat the time began. We had exactly 4 minutes to full out warm up any tumbling or stunts and then run through our whole routine. Afterwards we walked into the cheer tunnel onto stage and waited, as the suspense built up. I could feel my heart pounding inside my chest and the adrenaline explode. Prior Lake was up next and I couldn't wait to show them what our team can do as a whole. We ran onto the mat clapping and cheering on the crowd and as soon as we knew it, the music started to roll. We ran through the whole thing perfectly and as soon as we were finished we were prod of what we accomplished. We walked on the mat and met our Coach, she was crying with happiness. She was so proud of us and how well we did out there, she was proud to call us her team. We watched outstanding teams perform from all over the world. Once awards came we couldn't be anymore excited. The team sat there with linked arms waiting to see if we made it to the finals. We waited and waited and they didn't call our name. We were okay with that though because we knew we were amazing for just making it there and bringing our all to the mat in Orlando, Florida.