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Summers Were Not Made for Blogging

Let's face it, nice weather, kid's activities, family plans, friends, work, and just trying to get out take time away from the all important blog. So, this will be a short update on the fabulous job Izzy did last night at her swim meet. Now, you have to understand what I remember from my own swim team days is not wanting to take part because the water was too cold. (I love water but have never been a big fan of being in the pool). So last night, in a weird way, was special.

While Izzy isn't certainly the world's strongest swimmer she swam in three races; freestyle, backstroke and breast stroke. Each race was 25m (one length of the pool). Izzy struggled in her first event (I was the timekeeper at the other end of the pool and the Mom who was supposed to 'help' Izzy out didn't really do that at all) stopping to breath, hanging on the ropes once and finishing well behind her opponents. But that was okay, you know. I was just so proud that she didn't give up. She pushed herself to get through the race and to me, that was as good as first place. In her next two races she certainly did better and the last race, the breast stroke, she didn't grab on to the ropes once and finished in under a minute. If you'd seen my reaction you'd thought she'd just won the gold. That's the great thing about being a parent. It's the littlest things that make you proud of your kids and being competitive about it I think just takes the fun out of it and makes it a job, and at this age, she doesn't need that. That's not to say I wouldn't want her to practice and get better, but I know that she's learned to stick things out even when she isn't winning or being the 'best'. And I think that life lesson is far more important than all the gold medals in the entire world. Gotta love that kid. What a heart.

Okay, enough sappy Daddy stories. Those of you wondering (all three of you) about my 'interview' status, last week's little event got postponed and the phones have been quiet this week. But I've also been extremely busy and haven't had time for my little search. That's the latest. Oh, the sun is out today. Much nicer than the rain and gray skies we've had for the past four days.