Forum Friends are the best!

Great idea Alison- ooops- I meant "SwimShark"! I totally agree with Allen, because I hadn't a clue how to find some of you forumites! Finding me was easy! Not only did I provide my name, but I described my funky purple and white Speedo! That's how Ande found me... ...Which brings me to my best memory of meeting my fellow forumites at Nationals! See attached!! (Photos include me with Ande, me with Allen Stark, and SwimStud, The Fortress, and Jayhawk). The first (and favorite! :D ) forumite I met was Ande, who named me, "Elaine-iak", because of my enthusiasm. As a newbie (joined USMS in February 2010), he has been a great mentor! I was wandering around the booths and heard, "Elaine-iak!!!" I turned around and there was Ande with a big hug for me. He's the one who insisted we have our photo taken in front of the USMS background. :) I also really enjoyed meeting all the forumites I was fortunate to meet at my first Nationals swim meet. I'm just sorry I didn't have my camera when I met SwimShark and some of the others... And, I'm REALLY sorry I didn't have my camera ready when I met SwimStud and asked, "Your SwimStud?" He responded by turning his back to me, lowering his pants, and flashing his "SwimStud" prominately plastered across his butt (on his Speedo, that is)! :applaud::applaud::applaud: I thought about the lack of camera after we met, too. I wish we had a chance to take a picture. Sadly with me getting ready to warm-up, I didn't have one tucked in to my suit. That just means you'll have to come to Colony Zones so we can get a picture :)

Great idea Alison- ooops- I meant "SwimShark"! I totally agree with Allen, because I hadn't a clue how to find some of you forumites! Finding me was easy! Not only did I provide my name, but I described my funky purple and white Speedo! That's how Ande found me... ...Which brings me to my best memory of meeting my fellow forumites at Nationals! See attached!! (Photos include me with Ande, me with Allen Stark, and SwimStud, The Fortress, and Jayhawk). The first (and favorite! :D ) forumite I met was Ande, who named me, "Elaine-iak", because of my enthusiasm. As a newbie (joined USMS in February 2010), he has been a great mentor! I was wandering around the booths and heard, "Elaine-iak!!!" I turned around and there was Ande with a big hug for me. He's the one who insisted we have our photo taken in front of the USMS background. :) I also really enjoyed meeting all the forumites I was fortunate to meet at my first Nationals swim meet. I'm just sorry I didn't have my camera when I met SwimShark and some of the others... And, I'm REALLY sorry I didn't have my camera ready when I met SwimStud and asked, "Your SwimStud?" He responded by turning his back to me, lowering his pants, and flashing his "SwimStud" prominately plastered across his butt (on his Speedo, that is)! :applaud::applaud::applaud: I thought about the lack of camera after we met, too. I wish we had a chance to take a picture. Sadly with me getting ready to warm-up, I didn't have one tucked in to my suit. That just means you'll have to come to Colony Zones so we can get a picture :)