I have to brag a bit here, since it is my blog and I can do what I want! Alex, as I noted last week, decided she was ready to kick it up in her swimming. Just goes to show you mental attitude is as important as physical ability. . . she totally has rocked her swim times the last two weeks! The first week's swim after start of term she slashed 8 seconds, yes, 8! off her 25m butterfly time. She is only 2 seconds slower than she needs to be to make the 50 m swim! She cut 7 seconds off her breaststroke time this last Friday, and is also just a couple more seconds to go to make the 50m cut. WOW is all we could say! THEN that fish went in the pool for her 25 freestyle and took 4 seconds off that swim as well, now qualifying for the 50 m this week. No wonder she's tired! I asked her what her secret was. I got a big smile and, "I just figured out the rhythm of the strokes finally Mom!" SO, so proud of her! Her backstroke is steady at about 1:03 for the 50 m. Not bad for a kiddo who really just started swimming at this level this year!
Now for the other awesome, but a bit scary just so. We had a whopper of a storm crash through here yesterday just after 5pm. I was running Annika back to school for her aerofit class and the clouds were looking really dark and gloomy like. I parked the car, it started to drizzle, and I motioned Annika to run for it. I grabbed my stuff and just as we were at the door the skies opened up and dropped on our heads! Raining cats and dogs just does not describe it-more like sheep, pigs, goats, cows and horses! Water meters said about 50mm, which is about 3 inches, in 30 minutes. I was at the hall at school, to roof was leaking all along the main ridge line and with the metal roof it was so loud you could not hear anything other than the rain. Even the yelling kids! Lyle was at home with Ian and slamming windows as fast as they could. Said there was a lot of water to clean up, even after things were shut. The water came in through the frame tracks! Alex was over at the pool for swim training and she said the last lap before they evacuated the pool felt like hailstones hitting her back. They had the kids take shelter under the bleacher covers. Water was cascading down the steps like a waterfall and it was pretty scary for some of the little ones. Her backback got soaked so we were drying out her notebooks and such last night all over the table. She walked over to the hall once the rain passed, barefoot, as her shoes were dripping wet. Aussie! I was watching the car next to the curb-the water was going up over the wheel and I was wondering if we'd be getting water in the back of it! At least car insurance here covers flood damage! We got some water in the garage and a box or two got damp, but nothing serious. Thank goodness!
And it dawned beautiful, sunny, and clear this morning. Glad for the cooler temps as it was pretty warm and muggy last week. We all slept well last night, I was even chilly! So, grocery run, loads of towels from yesterday's clean up, and uniform load ready to go. Lyle will be traveling the next 3 weeks, lucky him, up to Gladstone for 2 of them. It's about a 7 hour drive north, but flying of course! So, warmer and more humid than here, which he just loves. . .
Time to get the kids to school! Love you all!
Now for the other awesome, but a bit scary just so. We had a whopper of a storm crash through here yesterday just after 5pm. I was running Annika back to school for her aerofit class and the clouds were looking really dark and gloomy like. I parked the car, it started to drizzle, and I motioned Annika to run for it. I grabbed my stuff and just as we were at the door the skies opened up and dropped on our heads! Raining cats and dogs just does not describe it-more like sheep, pigs, goats, cows and horses! Water meters said about 50mm, which is about 3 inches, in 30 minutes. I was at the hall at school, to roof was leaking all along the main ridge line and with the metal roof it was so loud you could not hear anything other than the rain. Even the yelling kids! Lyle was at home with Ian and slamming windows as fast as they could. Said there was a lot of water to clean up, even after things were shut. The water came in through the frame tracks! Alex was over at the pool for swim training and she said the last lap before they evacuated the pool felt like hailstones hitting her back. They had the kids take shelter under the bleacher covers. Water was cascading down the steps like a waterfall and it was pretty scary for some of the little ones. Her backback got soaked so we were drying out her notebooks and such last night all over the table. She walked over to the hall once the rain passed, barefoot, as her shoes were dripping wet. Aussie! I was watching the car next to the curb-the water was going up over the wheel and I was wondering if we'd be getting water in the back of it! At least car insurance here covers flood damage! We got some water in the garage and a box or two got damp, but nothing serious. Thank goodness!
And it dawned beautiful, sunny, and clear this morning. Glad for the cooler temps as it was pretty warm and muggy last week. We all slept well last night, I was even chilly! So, grocery run, loads of towels from yesterday's clean up, and uniform load ready to go. Lyle will be traveling the next 3 weeks, lucky him, up to Gladstone for 2 of them. It's about a 7 hour drive north, but flying of course! So, warmer and more humid than here, which he just loves. . .
Time to get the kids to school! Love you all!
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