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And here we remain. Again, Megan and I only linger in the room, Kevin has already left for the pool. Today is the early swim for the 13/14's, so we get to go over at 8:30. If Megan didn't have to do the 200 back, she could have gone at 11:30! But she does. Then she has the 100 free. We have an agreement. We agree that I don't want her to make it back for finals, so therefore she is going to try extra hard. It's always nice to be a motivator for your child.

The last two days have gone well. In finals in the 200, she bettered her time from the morning swim, but still not a best time, and she got 12th place overall. In the 500 yesterday, she again didn't get a personal best but went into finals seeded seventh and came out fifth, so that was a pretty good swim for her at this meet. Presumably this means that if she is able to swim these times here, she should be able to do even better in Florida when she is 'tapered.'

It's been exhausting, though. Getting up and leaving at 6:40, staying at the pool until early to mid-afternoon, and then coming home for a rushed lunch and nap, only to be back there again by early evening, then having a late dinner, and coming back to bed. There's been no time for homework either, and I know that she brought plenty of that here, and also she missed two important tests/quizzes on Friday (of course). That's the real reason I won't really be disappointed if she doesn't make finals tonight. Unless she was coming back as one of the top seeds, I think that the homework and rest should be taking priority at this point.

In other news, I met up with an old friend and her mother and sister yesterday for lunch. Then she came and watched Megan swim the 500, smashed by the throngs on the overcrowded bleachers. So that was very nice of her. It's strange to see people after 20 years or so and they look and sound the same. She lives not too far from here. Brian and E seem to be enjoying/surviving their weekends. E is hanging with the Doll and having plans pop up here and there just as always but they seemed to have a nice dinner together last night. I don't think anyone checked on the cats yesterday so I imagine I am coming home to a house that stinks like foul litterbox as well as four starving felines. Although Brian and E will probably have to face it first. :-)