Always evolving, Never Average
Since we had no school today I thought I was going to get a whole bunch of stuff done, but really all I did yesterday and today was drive kids to different play dates and swim practices. I got almost nothing done yesterday. Today was not looking much better, and at 9 a.m. I had …Read More
I first joined the swim team when I was ten years old. I wasn’t good — at all — but I loved it. By the time I got to high school, I was fairly decent. I was All-State my sophomore, junior, and senior year. I swam at Lehigh all four years. I was one of …Read More
On Thursday I was coaching swim practice and a mom of one of my swimmers who also happens to read the blog came up to me. And she said, “I just want to thank you. Your blog helps so many of us who are struggling.” She gave me a hug. A big, warm, strong …Read More
We had our first swim meet of the fall season today. And this year, Number 7 made her USS swimming debut and swam in her first serious, legit swim meet with Numbers 3, 4, and 5. She was the only 4 -year-old in the meet. She is just a couple days from her fifth birthday, …Read More
Yesterday was particularly crazy. After a shitty night’s sleep and the inability to get myself up and moving before the kids woke up, I started off my day feeling behind the ball. Frazzled. Disorganized. By 7:30 a.m. I was already short on patience. I had the typical chaotic rush to get everyone in the car …Read More
