I'm back from the Friday-Saturday swim meet adventure with Asher. We left around 2:30 on Friday. Traffic was okay. I'm not a mega fan of Chicago area traffic, though in fairness, it really wasn't overly heavy this time. There's just a lot of lanes and a lot of cars down that way. And a good… Continue reading Disappointments/ perseverance
Last night we went to the yearly Awards Banquet for Asher's swim team. (Well, due to covid, this was the first one in a few years.) It was held in an auditorium at a local middle school and the whole thing was just really, really nice. The Board members presented, as well as the coaches.… Continue reading What it’s all about- youth sports
THE MEET IS OVER. Yippee. We all survived all 3 days of the meet, everything went well, and it's done. THANK God. I am legit exhausted right now, though. It was just, obviously, a lot- both leading up to it, and also I think the nervous energy all weekend long of just making sure everything… Continue reading I survived
Yesterday was Asher's very first 5:30 a.m. swim workout. As part of the scheduling dance to fit everyone in throughout the week, his group is assigned the Wednesday 5:30 -6:45 a.m. slot. His other practices are always in the evening, so it's just one early day per week (and, it's optional.) But when the schedules… Continue reading Early morning workouts
This was the first weekend in a long time that we had a pretty wide open/ empty weekend. (Well, after Asher's Regional swim meet on Friday night, anyway.) I was almost giddy with excitement at the idea of just having large spans of time with NO plans again. Next weekend is Asher's State for swimming,… Continue reading Did/ Did Not List
GRATEFUL KAE 