Monthly Archives: August, 2012
Let’s all make a perfect circle
Tomorrow is the first day of school. My kids would not have a single school supply if it weren’t for my mother. She went to Wal-mart and bought all of the necessities. Me? I am in denial. I hate the first day of school. It means summer is over. I don’t need a calendar to …
The stupidest law ever.
When we travel I always stay at hotels with a big ole breakfast buffet. I like my kids to fill up. I am talking Thanksgiving kind of stuffed. I can throw them in the car and drive about an hour past when they start complaining that the are hungry. Like three-ish. Me, I like the …
I want to be a Gypsy
After a two-week swim meet turned vacation that involved 6 states and 3,000 miles you would think I would be happy to be home. I’m not. When the kids were younger I despised road trips. When Sophie (8) was just a baby, I would make the trek from Ohio to North Carolina alone – several …
What doesn’t kill you
Apparently Kelly Clarkson has it right. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Or so says Grace. Grace worked her ass off this year. She had one goal. Go to zones. Mission accomplished. The hard work didn’t kill her at all. It actually worked. Grace went to zones. She said it was the greatest thing …
The Underwater Window
Looking for a great end of summer read? Sad that Olympic Swimming is over? Look no further. An excerpt from THE UNDERWATER WINDOW A novel by Dan Stephenson From the author: In Chapter 6 of THE UNDERWATER WINDOW, we meet some of Doyle Wilson’s teammates, including the denizens of Team Jaguar’s “animal lane.” Almost every …
Guess who I get to see tomorrow?
Yes my cool friends, but also my good buddy: Sir, With All Due Respect He must have really annoyed me that day because I don’t normally use that kind of language. Okay, I totally do but I try to pretend like I don’t. I though about editing it but I really need to pack. I …
She has good taste in friends
Last Sunday at the Zones meeting Grace finally got to meet my friend Sherry’s daughter. Sherry lives in Virginia and her kids swim for a different swim club. We met a year and a half ago at…of all places a swim meet. We both had to endure 9-10 and 11-12 sessions and by the end of it …
Time to rewrite the goals
Last September I said these words to Grace: GET A GOAL. She did. She said she wanted to go to Zones. I knew instantly why. Grace wanted the sweat suit, t-shirts, cap, suit and swim bag. She likes crap that screams “I did something great”! Go ahead and judge me. I am fine with that. …
The running commentary of my children
“Michael Phelps needs to quit swimming and find a wife, he is too old to be swimming he needs to get a job” “Is diving safe?” “They wouldn’t get wedgies in beach volleyball if their bottoms weren’t so small” “Is swimming EVER going to come on?” “We would be British if the pilgrims didn’t run …
The downside of the Olympics
I love the Olympics. Especially the summer Olympics. My girls are at great ages to watch and have been glued to the TV. There has been an unexpected result though. All three of them have decided that dad and I basically ruined their lives when we opted for swimming as the chosen sport. Apparently they …
