Always evolving, Never Average
(If you missed the Road Trip, Part I, you can read that here) After three days in the car and over 1230 miles of traveling, we were happy to get to our hotel. We stayed in a Homewood Suites about 10 miles from the North Shore Aquatic Center where the swim meet was. Originally …Read More
Last year after looking at five million spring break pictures my friends were posting on Facebook, I vowed that this year I would go somewhere warm and tropical, too. I used to take a yearly vacation to Puerto Rico every spring break. Then I got married and had kids and that came to a screeching …Read More
This is a rough time of year for swimming families. Most Championship meets for the winter swim season are in February and March, and that means that in the weeks leading up to those championships, there are a bunch of other swim meets for kids to swim in and hopefully get the qualifying times to …Read More
I love swimming. I LOVE IT. I love it for so many reasons. I love it for the friends it has given me and for the places it has taken me. I love it for helping me discover what my strengths are — and also my weaknesses. I love it for teaching me to just …Read More
I have been at this pool since 6:15 this morning. It is now 6:15 p.m. I have been here for 12 hours, and I have (hopefully only) 2 more hours to go. I’ll do the same thing tomorrow. And again on Sunday. It’s a three day meet, it’s trials in the morning and finals at …Read More
One of the things I love the most about quitting coaching is that I don’t have to worry about anything I say anymore. I can have the pottiest of potty mouths if I want, and I don’t have to be politically correct. I can say whatever I want without fear of being reprimanded or fired. …Read More
When you are at a three or four day swim meet, you spend a lot of time in close quarters with your kid(s). You are tired and you are experiencing a range of emotions at the pool and you are in a hotel room together and you are sharing a bed and you are in …Read More
If you have a child in elementary school, then you have most likely just entered birthday party hell. Between Numbers 5, 6, and 7, I know that for the next 10 months, we will be at Chuck E. Cheese, or Fun Factor, or Gymnastics Spectrum, or a bowling alley or some other germ-ridden hell hole …Read More
