Friday Night Lights

Last night was so fun!!! It didn't start so well, we dropped Megan at the school at 7:30 and headed down to Wall for the 9pm swim meet, we were going to get something to eat first. We texted her to let us know when the bus got there and didn't hear from her for half an hour, so we called. There was a mixup with the bus company, and they hadn't sent a bus at all!

So I hopped back on the parkway and headed towards the school, in case no bus came. However, I was truly impressed when, at 8:15, they told the kids that a bus was on its way. So I got off the parkway and turned around again. $0.35 repeatedly starts to add up. Jon Corzine should be very happy today.

At the pool, one of the other parents came back and said, "they said the other team has NOTHING." So we were joking around, and said, "we heard that, too."

Well, I am afraid our team proved them more or less right, except for Megan and her one friend, who won everything they swam. But they would win, the other team would get 2, 3 and 4, and our other two entries - if they came to the blocks in time - would get 5th and 6th, with a few exceptions who might have taken third insome events. I don't know what the final score was, but it wasn't pretty.

Anyway, in the last relay, which is a 400 free, Megan and her friend were swimming third and fourth. I have no idea who went first and second, but they were so far behind. Her friend went and made up some ground. Perhaps our team was in last place, I don't even know. We were far behind. When Megan got in the pool she was at least a full length (25 meters) behind the girl in second place. First place was about a lap and a half ahead.

Megan dove in and lit up the whole pool!! She closed in on the girl, lap after lap. The girl, totally unaware that this was even possible, plodded on and on throughout her hundreds. Somewhere during the third lap, the crowd could see that it was going to be possible, and they started to go crazy. First place was too far ahead, they were already finishing, but just before the last turn, Megan caught the second place girl. You could tell when that girl realized it and tried to turn it on, and they raced neck and neck into the finish. It was so exciting!! But Megan touched first, and South got second place!! It was more exciting than if we had won the meet. She said she was so mad, they weren't doing anything, but they were beating us. So she went super fast.

As we left and I passed those other parents, I said to them, "well, I guess you were right. But that was my daughter!!!"

:P