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Reminders From The Universe

February 10, 2019 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: overscheduling, swim meets

Life Lessons For My Boy And For Me

December 10, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting Tagged With: life lessons, MIT, swim meets, swim team, swimming

What I Learned At The Swim Meet Today

July 27, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Funny Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: perseverance, swim meets, swimming

Chill The F*ck Out

May 26, 2018 by not your average mom 5 Comments

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. […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: baseball, little league, sports dads, sports moms, swim dads, swim meets, swim moms

Mom, Do You Need A Tampon?

March 29, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: periods, sex ed, swim meets, tampons

The Universal Birthday Party

October 19, 2012 by not your average mom 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: birthday, Chuck E. Cheese, gifts, goodie bag, party, presents, swim meets

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