There he is warming up swimming in the same pool all the US Olympic swimmers swam in just a week before. The mom who takes pictures asked him to smile. I am so grateful. This pic just warms my heart.
The Southeastern Long Course Championships were a few weekends ago in Knoxville, TN. This was only swim meet that we got to see him swim in this summer. He broke his finger trying to catch a football going off a diving board. It was a fluke. Who knew that little finger would really hurt when he tried to swim. Fortunately, it healed in time for the championships. Pumpkin had a great meet. It is hard to believe this might be his last long course meet (he might already be at school, this time next summer). I thought I'd be a bit more emotional, but I held it in check. I was just happy to see him improve his times. He, of course, just wanted a few more seconds...
Here he is waiting to swim. If I had to guess, I'd say he is exhaling from a deep breath getting his mind in the game.
Here he is swimming the breaststroke of the Medley relay. I love the expressions on his face.
We had a nice family trip to Knoxville. We drove two cars as the boys went white water rafting on the Ocoee River, the day after the meet. They had a good time. The only thing - about 100 miles from home, the a/c went out in the car. It was very hot! Needles to say, all of them were grumpy by the time they got home. We got it fixed and I am appealing the charges with Honda America. It seems like the car is too young to have some weird repairs. I am not sure I'll get anything, but figured it was worth a shot.
Pumpkin is on a two week break and then short course starts up. He's got some goals set for this season. Is a couple seconds too much to ask? It sounds like he is ready to put in the hard work required to make a few more qualifying times. We will see. School starts tomorrow! There will be lots of balls to juggle. I want to savor this senior year and enjoy the time we'll have together. But, something tells me we'll all be holding on for this "rollercoaster" ride!!
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That must be inspiring to swim in the same pool as the Olympians! I think that's really cool. You should really be proud! I feel like I've been following him for years now too (he has his own fan club here in Lancaster!). I hope you get the car situation straightened out. That doesn't seem right, unless they blame all this very hot weather!
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