Today was Michaela's first swim meet. Boy what an experience. It was exhausting, but a lot of fun. We had to leave the house by 6:30 because she had to be there by 7:30 a.m. We stopped to get money and breakfast and then we headed to Elsah, IL.
The sun was beautiful coming up this morning. We had a beautiful view as we came across the bridge into Alton. There is something peaceful about being out early in the morning before most other people are up and about, even if it is on a Saturday.
We got to the place where the swim meet was being held (Principia College) right on time. That is when I realized we were supposed to have brought chairs with us. Michaela forgot a towel (luckily I had one in the van) and her goggles. We bought goggles at the vender that was set up there. We also should have brought more than one towel, something warm for her to wear between events and maybe more food.
I ended up buying her flannel pants, a sweat shirt and two micro fiber towels between events. At least I've learned what all to pack for these things and will be more prepared next time around.
It was a whirlwind of activity today. By the time Michaela was out of the pool from her first event, they were calling for her second event to go to the staging area. She swam four events today. She got a DQ on her first but she finished it and it was 200 meters. She came in 5th out of 8 in her second and 15th out of 16 in her third. Not sure about her last event.
We were both really tired, but it she was done about 3 1/2 hours sooner than I had thought at first. This meant Michael and Caleb did not get to come see any of the activity. But, Caleb's game was over about the same time so we met them at Applebee's here in town for supper.
This evening we're just hanging out around here. I was able to get laundry started.
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