Friday, March 18, 2011

highs and lows at the ncaa's so far

high...my dog comes and sits by me when i say his name
low....my dog runs to rc and sits by him when i say his name
high....watching many many swimmer girls participate and cheer for their friends/teammates
low....watching many many swimmer girls leave the pool wishing the clock said something else
high....eating gingerbread pancakes
low.......waiting for the too cool for my table waitress to bring me my check
high......seeing so many of my swimmer girls' friends write/show up to cheer her on
low....seeing us all age so suddenly...it did happen suddenly
high...sleeping through the night because it is spring break
low....spring break is ending
high....seeing college girl every day in my town
low.....seeing college girl leave town in 2 days
high....watching my loved rc make a new  friend every time i turn around
low.....i still believe in stranger danger
high...seeing our swimmer girl fly up the bleachers to see her Aubrey after her 50 free
low...seeing our swimmer girl climb out of the pool sad after her 100 back
high..saving  mucho parking dollars by buying the parking card for 30 dollars
low....spending mucho  parking dollars un-booting our car so we could drive home fri.night (don't ask)
high....new assigned seats rock
low...original seats behind wooden platform and no view of end of pool
high....naps in the afternoon
low...i need a nap to stay up until 9pm
high....the girl got the shirt she wanted
low...i had to stand in line to pay for it
high.....sunny skies, warm breezes
low.....zyrtec d and tissues
high...the meet is half over
low...the meet is half over
high....our Missouri diver placed second
low...we  just had one diver come to Austin
high....the coaches are nice and make her laugh
low....i think all coaches think parents are pests (i'm especially not a pest but they'll never know because they lump us all together in the pest pile)
high....seeing the familiar faces
low....don't remember anyone's name...but that wouldn't matter because i rarely talk to strangers
high...seeing brendan hansen and remembering swim girl was 'in love' when she was 13
low...texting swim girl to remind her he was here ...left out the text to  "do not stalk the olympian" thinking she was old enough now to know better
high...eating lunch with swim girl and her team at whole foods on tues.
low...spent 60 dollars on books while passing the time @bookpeople waiting for slow pokes from missouri
high....taking doggies to the hotel to see the girl
low...thinking 8:30 was too late to get out of the house to take dogs to hotel to see the girl
high...my dog is sleeping at my feet
low...he's only here because rc put up the baby gate and blocked him
high....i love the dogs most
low....they love him most
high...everyone in the buidling is a success because you helped someone else get there
low....everyone in the building has had to help someone recover from a disappointment
high....we have 3 more sessions to view this world of ncaa swimming
low...it will be another year before we meet again
maybe more later


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