TODAY IS THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST

Thursday is behind us all.  Friday has joined us for the next twenty-four hours.  Actually, by the time I'm writing this, eight of those twenty-four hours have passed and there's roughly sixteen hours left on this wonderful delightful Friday.  I know this blog entry states that it has been posted on 5:06, but the time really is 8:06.  Gentle Reader, you'll have to take my word for it.  We made it through July without a scratch.  I'm excited to find out what August has in store for us all.  Life has a way of surprising us all.  It's our way of coping with the changes that life has to offer that really defines us.  And soon it will be time for me to eat breakfast.  Soon it will be time for me to embark on my quest for employment.  Soon, it will be time for me to get my life back on track again after going backwards out of my own private apartment back into my Mom's house when record breaking unemployment, relocating to a new city forced me to go backwards instead of forward.  And I will change and alter any and all bad behavior if that's what it takes to get employed again.  The luxury of bad habits is useless if such bad habits is scaring away potential employment possibilities.

Amy Yang of South Korea

Michelle Wie

Mika Miyazato of Japan

Na Yeon Choi of South Korea

Paula Creamer

Sandra Gal of Germany

Stacy Lewis

Vicky Hurst

 Noor Hussain Al-Malki of Qatar

LoLo Jones

Misty May

 Kerri Walsh

Jennie Finch

Dara Torres (Far Right) and her friends

Dara Torres

Amanda Beard

Dana Vollmer

Rebecca Soni

Alex Morgan

Sydney Leroux and Alex Morgan

Stephanie Rice

Jordan Wieber

Bridget Sloan

Mackenzie Caquatto

Victoria Komova of Russia

Mary Lou Retton, Gabby Douglas, Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin

Shawn Johnson, Martha Karolyi, Carly Patterson, Aly Raisman

Gabrielle Douglass

(Not necessarily in this order) Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Gabrielle Douglas and Kyla Ross

(Not necessarily in this order) Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Gabrielle Douglas and Kyla Ross hanging out with Kate Middleton

McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross and Nastia Liukin

Mary Lou Retton

Kerri Strug

 (from left) Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman, McKayla Maroney, Jordyn Wieber, Kyla Ross, Elizabeth Price, Anna Li and Sarah Finnegan

(L-R) Jordyn Wieber, Alexandra Raisman, Gabrielle Douglas and Kyla Ross

(L-R) Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, Alexandra Raisman, and Gabrielle Douglas receive their orders from Martha Karolyi

(L-R) Kyla Ross, Mc Kayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Gabrielle Douglas and Jordyn Wieber

(L-R) Mc Kayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, Alexandra Raisman and coach Jenny Zhang

Alexandra Raisman, Jordyn Wieber and Kyla Ross

Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Mc Kayla Maroney

Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, Mc Kayla Maroney and Kyla Ross

(L-R) Oksana Chusovitina of Germany, Mc Kayla Maroney of the USA and Thi Ha Thanh Phan of Vietnam

Sarah Finnegan

Kyla Ross and coach Jenny Zhang

 Kyla Ross

Anna Li

Nastia Liukin

Alicia Sacramone

McKayla Maroney

Rebecca Bross

Alexandra Raisman

Gabrielle Douglass

2010 world champion Kayla Harrison (R) and 2008 Olympian Travis Stevens (L)

Celine Lebrun, France, (in blue) fights against Kayla Harrison (in white)

Christal Ranson, left, Kayla Harrison, right

Kayla Harrison

Kayla Harrison of the U.S.(in white) fights against Hungary's Abigel Joo (blue)

Kayla Harrison of the United States (white) fights against Gemma Gibbons of England (Blue)

Kayla Harrison of U.S.A, (in blue) fights against Marhinde Verkerk of Netherlands (in white)

Kayla Harrison of the U.S. (blue) fights against Catherine Roberge of Canada (in white)

Kayla Harrison of the U.S. (in blue) fights against Brazil's Mayra Aguiar (white)