PLATO'S RETREAT (PLATO)

[Dusty]

Well,New Years day,the trophy for "Diver of the Year", will be awarded.I have done my best,I pulled out all the stops this year.Plato knows what I had to go through this summer because of lost paper work.If I don't get it,I will shake hands with the person that wins and I will know I gave it all I had.I don't know how I can do better next year(if I don't win),but I'll find a way.I know this is a strange post but I really feel I have earned it but I am not going to expect it.The comp. is pretty good.I guess I am in a place I am not used to.The reason I am posting this is because I have to pretend it doesn't matter around my friends.My sons,between them have about 12 trophys,I have never won one.Am I nervous?Yes,if I don't win will I feel a little bad?Yes.But I won't be bitter.May the best person win.Thanks for letting me talk about this.It is hard to have friends tell me I am a lock.That is worse than waiting to see what your stock is going to do.When you think about it,going against 80 divers I can only hope that I got noticed.Thanks for letting me bend your ear,Happy New Year To All,Dusty