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I just can't think of a title. So whatever.

Practice was really fun and easy today..... which was nice.

On the way home though..... we ran into some stand-still traffic and that went on for about 2 miles.... creeping along. Then actually stopping. Then creeping along some more..... when we finally arrived at the problem, we discovered ---- a cop car, parked in the left-most lane. Another cop car was on the shoulder, and a barely damaged and completely empty blue car was sitting on the shoulder also. I guess we were supposed to assume that there was a wreck?? It look pretty bad for the cop who was parked IN THE ROAD and causing a huge traffic issue though. He was on his laptop... I hope he wasn't surfing YouTube.

I feel like there was something else I was going to say, but I can't think of what it was.... Oh, yeah. Something about enjoying today and not rushing time. Time will sometimes go too slow, and sometimes too fast, just remember to live in the moment that you're in. I think kids spend too much time straining forwards, and adults have a tendency to look back. Us young adults.... well, we're caught in the middle, looking forwards and backwards. Now is the time that you looked forward to when you were little, and the time that you'll look back on when you're older. Enjoy it, and live it to the fullest. I'm not crazy about Steven Curtis Chapman, but I really like some of his songs, and this is the chorus of one:

Breathe it in, breathe it out
Listen to your heartbeat
There's a wonder in the here and now
It's right there in front of you, and
I don't want you to miss
The miracle of the moment

~Lizzie

First meet of the summer!

We won!!! 277 to 183. It was pretty cool, since last year we lost to them by 57 points. We got a great start to our season, and it was so much fun! The pool was absolutely terrible though. The water's already gotten warm and the water is salty and murky, you can't see 2 feet in front of your face. At the turn the wall just appears and you're like, "Ahh!" It's a really slow shallow pool (feels really slow after swimming in 7-12 feet water) and the blocks AREN'T ATTACHED TO THE WALL! For backstroke races, the starter had to actually say, "Someone hold the blocks, please" otherwise the blocks would just fall in (on top of you!) when you tried to start.

Here's some pics my mom took with my camera (since I was kinda busy).

Before a swim.

Sean and Joel after an event.

Me with my Indiana-Jones'-alien-imitation swim cap and mad breastroke skillz.

Rachel and Hannah interviewing Maryn with Jessica's voice recorder.

Joel winning butterfly. This has an interesting story. Butterfly is the last of the individual events, and it was the only one that Sean didn't swim. The 13-14 boys on the other team got 2nd and 3rd to Sean in all the other events, and beat Joel (mostly because Joel doesn't do flip turns... a REALLY bad idea). So before this race (in Joel's hearing) the 2 boys in question were saying "Ooh, I feel a first coming" and the other boy says, "Yeah, I feel a second!" And then Joel is so far ahead in this pic that you can't even see them. He beat them pretty bad.

Our 13-14 boys relay team (with 2 11-12's swimming up [yes, that's legal]).

Doing the hand motions to a song from "Annie."

Abby and Hannah smiling... and Rachel F's hand. *shakes finger*

When we heard the score, we pushed Coach in.

And Mr. Y.

Then we played until we were commanded to get out.

On the way home, we were stopped at a red light and a sheriff pulled up next to us. He had a laptop on a swivel arm right next to the steering wheel, and we could see what he was doing..... browsing videos on YouTube. We couldn't quite tell what he was watching though. Good thing no one ran the red light, because he never would have noticed.

~Lizzie