Luzern is great
I am back!!!! Small technical difficulties… My phone for some reason doesn’t work in Luzern, Switzerland. No one else is with an American phone has had a problem but me then we couldn’t figure out how to setup the internet in our hotel because the directions are in Swiss German. 
Luzern is GREAT!!!! by far one of the best meets and places i have ever been to. All 3 of the swiss meets (Lasuanne and Zurich) are well organized and in great location with great hospitality Switzerland in definitely my favorite country. I arrived here Monday after USA championships and competed Thursday the 28th. I put a good effort into over coming the jetlag but to no avail. 
there was a diamond as a jackpot item here worth about 16,000 US $ an I calculated i had to run about 22.5 to be able to win it. I figured that was a reasonable time for me to achieve without too much trouble. WRONG!!! I ran 23.06 and got second place to my training partner Debbie. she had a great meeting and is coming along well. It is one of those situations where if i had to be beat by someone I am glad it was her. she didn’t win the diamond either though it was won by Aarik Wilson a triple jumper who is having a great season. And knowing him personally and the path he has traveled to getting where is he is now he deserves it!! he had a personal best and broke the stadium record so I am happy for him.
I am staying here and training until Wednesday when I will take the train to Paris with my coach. Yesterday (Saturday) we took the tour of Luzern’s famous Mount Pilatus. It was really nice. I have attached some pics for you to see hopefully. … Also the view from my room is included in the pics. These are the things that remind me how blessed I am to have this job. I would like it more if I was winning and performing better but I have to step back when I am all pouty and remind myself that i am doing things some people only dream of.