No Tears

Following yesterday's very-bad stressful day (no one reason in particular, just a bunch of little things all piled up), today was full of good news.

At the Prelim meet, Shilo decided to swim two of her three events:  100 Fly and 100 Back.  She had a respectable showing in both, and even placed 3rd (out of 5) in the Back.  She was glad she competed, and is going to try to improve her time and possibly her placement in both events on Saturday at the Championship meet.  There were no tears.

It also gave us hope that her leg is healing.  She has a physical therapy appointment tomorrow... we'll see how that goes.

Mauri was hoping for the chance to swim in the Championships, but fell a little short.  The great news is she did the best she has all season, and improved her time in every event.  We chatted about how next year will be her year... she will swim in the same age bracket as she did this year, and will have another year's growth and experience on her side.  We also found out that she wasn't (that's was not) DQed for her breaststroke on Saturday.  Go figure.  I was a little concerned about a DQ today because, as I was timing lane 4, the Stroke and Turn judge standing next to me was dishing them out left and right.  Sometimes two at a time.  Today, however, Mauri was near flawless in her stroke, kick and turn.  Phew!

And Mauri entertained herself as she waited for me to finish my timing shift:

(Self snapshot)

(Cute hairy legs)

I was just grateful to be done.  Standing for hours in 100 degree temps, sweat running in places I dare not say, is not my idea of a great time.