Success.

This has been a long, long week. As I sit here, I can't believe it was less than a week ago that we put Lolo on plane and said cheerio. I think her p-day in the MTC is Wednesday, so I'm anxiously awaiting her first "official" email. I hope she sends some pics!

On Saturday, Mar had her division swim championships.

Oh, yes. I remember this pool (reminder here). Not a fan.

 Another crowded, hot day, with a 30+ minute delay to start us off.

But it was a good meet.

Mar was hoping to get an All-star time in her 200 and 50 free... check to the 200, .35 away from the 50Free qualifying time. I'm still supa proud of that girl - qualifying in two events for All-stars is still quite a feat!

 Here is her relay team for both the 200Medley and 200Free. They placed second in both events.

That evening was the swim team party... 

Mar and Tori had plans for a movie night with friends, so they bowed out a little early. The coach had told Mar she wasn't winning the high point award for her age group (I think they're a little scared of me since the fiasco back here, so wanted to let me her know in advance that she was "1 point away because she missed two meets"), so Mar collected her awards, ate some dinner, snapped a few pictures, then she and Tori headed off to the movie night.

 Coach Johnson will be Mar's high school swim coach, too. She's told me several times throughout the summer swim season that she is supa happy Mar will be on the team so she (and the team) can have more of my funeral sandwiches at team functions. Great {cheesy smile}. Good thing they are pretty simple to make - although it usually means hosting a team event. That would entail cleaning house. Ugh.

After the movie night I made Mar do the "Missy Franklin pose" with her medals - although I forgot to have her put both hands on her hips. Duh.  Don't look at my dying plant in the background... it just needed a little drink.

Swim success: 

2nd place in her two relays, and individually in the 200Free and 100Free. 

3rd place in the 50Free. Not too shabby!

This upcoming Saturday will find us at the All-star meet where Mar will swim the 200F and 100F. 

Good luck, baby!

Did I mention how long this week has been? Mar is updating this mission chart while Lolo serves. I snapped this a few days ago... she's actually on day 6 (really, day 7 in London time).

A friend of mine spotted this on fb and sent the link to me... can you see Sister Syddall?

I'm dying to hear from her and hoping that things are going swimmingly at the lovely England MTC.

That's all I have today.
Tomorrow is a long, long work day, which makes me highly anxious.
I'm tightly scheduled. My feet {already} hurt. Busy is good, right?