I've got to make it to write just my feelings about what has been going on each day!! "Private Diary": I do not know why, but I feel a little uneasy about until when it will last.  Riko Higashio

June 24.2007 Sunday

Wow, I just realized I haven’t made a blog entry for over a month! And I’ve gotten so many messages from everyone. First, just let me say thank you for your warm support.

I’ve seriously been wondering for the last month or two exactly when it was that I started to lose my game. It’s like going back to my high school, no, back to the same level I was in junior high. Even though I’m plugging away at practice every day, doing anything and everything I can, for some reason I just haven’t been seeing any improvement. I thought maybe my new coach could have had something to do with it, so I had my former coach take a look last week, only to be told that my technique was “completely off”. I was shown a new way to practice, and am planning to work on that during my time off over the next two weeks.

Since I unfortunately won’t be able to participate in the US Women’s Open this year, my next competition is going to be the Corning Classic in Ohio. The match doubles as the qualifying round for the Women’s British Open- and personal performance up to this point has no bearing- so I’m going to give it my best to be a part of this first-ever at St. Andrews. I?am a little concerned that I may get discouraged from playing so badly, but I know that’s not going to solve anything, so I’ll try to get it together and practice by setting one small goal for myself at a time!

There are times when I think, "I’m totally screwed!", but I also make a mental effort to not get discouraged when there are no results on a day to day basis, by thinking of it as being a way for me to be able to understand trying times we go through as humans. I suppose I am starting to grow up… To everyone reading this, take care of yourselves and go for the goals that you set for yourself, ok? I’ll do my best as well!