Author Archive: flylikeagirl
Okay, I lied…
I said we were done with mini meets. Our club just hosted their annual “Welcome to summer mini-meet”. It is a 9 and under meet and as such Sophie was eligible to swim. It’s a fun meet, the event is held at an outdoor pool and is short course meters – as are our summer …
It’s about time
Literally. And figuratively. Sophie really wanted to make a JO cut before her 9th birthday. She gave it her all and fell short on 50 and 100 fly – the two events she felt she had a shot at. Our first a long course meet was two weeks after her 9th birthday. All three girls …
I think the pool grew
Grace swam 400 free tonight. It is the first long course meet of the season, this particular pool has short and long course options. As I am every year, I was shocked by how long the pool was. Grace is an old pro at Long Course, she is better at it than she is short …
Of COURSE it’s going to be LONG
Tomorrow night starts our first long course meet of the season. This will be Sophie’s first official meet as a 9-10. It will also be her first long course meet. Sarah too! She has always managed to have a broken body part during long course season. I’m sending her to school in bubble wrap tomorrow. …
Do they not have the internet?
Last evening after practice two of the coaches came upstairs to talk to parents. Our pool is actually downstairs from the main lobby and the club has wisely (very wisely) adopted no parents on deck policy. The coaches also wisely (extremely wisely) duck out a back door some evenings. They all have full-time jobs and …
What do you have to lose?
Almost two months has passed since we made a lifestyle change. We shifted our eating habits from those of convenience to habits that are more in line with the healthy lifestyle we are trying to lead. We weren’t trying to “lose weight” as a family. All of us are very physically active. It’s a blessing. …
Does Ryan know what Ryan would do?
I am a reality tv show junkie. Of course I watched “What would Ryan Lochte do?”. I was 30 minutes of my life I will never get back. I’m going to be honest with you. I know he went to the Olympics. More than once. I know he won medals. More than once. Beyond that I …
Make Sophie Stop!!!
It’s hard to believe it has been nine years since our family became three beautiful little girls. Sophie can’t possibly be nine. She agreed to be my baby forever. We are going to be old when she graduates from college, we tell her all the time that it will be a smooth transition, one day …
Just sleep on it
Thursday night I left the pool pretty fired up. I felt like Sophie was being caught in the crossfires of being good but not quite good enough. Friday rolled around. Sophie refused to go to the advanced juniors practice. The coach had not told her what practice to attend and being a quite literal kid …
It’s a rough life
This morning most of our community woke up early to participate in the annual 5K that is run through the neighborhoods. Those that don’t run make signs and cheer on their neighbors, friends and classmates. Grace expressed an interest in running it a few weeks ago. Start time? 8AM. Grace instead rose before the sun. …
