I am one with the force, the force is with me.

This morning was my final practice before the competition. At this point, I either know it or I don't. There is really nothing I can do today to make any major changes to either program so today was just a chill day. I worked on everything, sure, but I didn't fret about stuff. I don't want to feel incapable this close to the competition.

Movez - I worked some of them but not all. They are still okay.

Compulsoriez - This is fine. Even the spiral was acceptable. I made sure not to cheat any of my toe loops today. I would rather have small and proper toe loops than big and powerful cheated toe loops so I worked on slowing down my approach a bit to avoid rushing. Spins were meh.

Programz - Mostly, I focused on the footwork sequence (especially that damn twizzle) and the loop-loop combo. Everything was mostly okay. The best loop-loop combos I did were the ones where I was relaxed (of course). Nothing has me really panicked. I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm confident but I'm just really trying to stay calm and trust that my body knows what to do.

Miscellaneouz - During my last 15-20 minutes, I really just wanted to push the competition to the back of mind and work on stuff that I haven't touched in a while. I wanted to remind myself why I love skating and, I think when you work on the same thing over and over and over again, you lose sight of that. So, since I know I'm going to have to work on them pretty soon, I did some BO3 turns. My RBO is okay but I couldn't get my LBO to happen. And I didn't even touch the inside 3 turns but those will get drilled shortly after the competition. I also revisited the half lutz. I did one that was actually pretty high off the ice and it scared me a little. I was so concerned about getting on an outside edge right before I pick in that I didn't check how much power I was putting forth. Yikes. I stopped working on them after that because landing forward on my left toepick from that height didn't exactly feel awesome.

Pep Talkz - So, now the plan is to continue to relax in the days leading up my events. From experience, I know that I shouldn't drink coffee the day of, no "beast mode" music playing in my car on the way to the rink (just classical, maybe an audiobook), and DON'T OVERTHINK. I've done everything I can do to prepare for this and no amount of thinking or extra practice is going to change that. No matter what happens this weekend, I know that I worked my butt off this past year and have become an even stronger skater than I was before I broke my leg. If I win, that's nice. I'll keep moving forward. If I don't place well, then I know I have some more work to do and I'll keep moving forward. Either way, I'm moving in a positive direction with my skating. As long as I keep making progress, I'm happy :)