Swimming

Last night was the boys first swim meet. It wasn't an official meet, it was for fun, and everybody who competed got a ribbon. This was a great way to break in the newbies. Evan and Austin swam the 25 freestyle and 25 back. Luke swam only the freestyle, but he thought he should swim some others. Austin placed 3rd and 5th in his heat, and Evan placed 4th and 6th. Little Luey placed 6th in his heat, he didn't actually make it across the length of the pool without the assistance of a kick board that they had to throw to him, to keep him from drowning. He was never scared, he just couldn't go any farther than about 25ft. This was really an accomplishment for Luke and Evan, I am very proud of their effort. Evan couldn't swim across the length of the pool when we started 2 weeks ago, and Luke could only cling to the side of the pool. I don't know if any of them are going to be good swimmers, but I am so glad that they have this opportunity to learn how to swim, and even compete once in a while. I was actually a little nervous, but they seemed cool as a cucumber. I did let my imagination run away with me a little and I ended up getting teary eyed, when I imagined that we were at an olympic game and my boys were young men contending for the gold. If you know me at all, you will know that I have visions of granduer all the time, so this was nothing new. Usually I imagine myself doing something heroic or accomplishing some great feat, but now that I have children I can have vain imaginings about them instead of myself.

Cleansing

I forgot to update you on the cleansing process that Nate and I did. We are still doing it, because we were feeling so much better. After the third or fourth day I stopped vomitting in my mouth every time I had to drink the concoction. Nate has lost about 12 pounds, I have no idea how much I've lost, but I do think some. We have tons more energy, and have an overall better feeling. As to the details, we didn't find any friends, but we did have some strange occurrences, and if you want more details you will have to email me offline at catrinabrock@yahoo.com .

Hotlanta

I returned Sunday afternoon from a trip to Altanta, to meet up with my best friend in H.S and maid of honor. Jacque She and I haven't seen each other in 9 years, and when she called to say she was coming to Atlanta for a convention, and could I pop down to see her, I jumped at the chance. I left Saturday morning to pick her up at the airport, and then we headed over to the High musuem, where the photographer Annie Leibovitz (I butchered that) was showing her work. I immensely enjoyed the art museum, I haven't done anything cultural in a long time. Jacque is a web designer for the Holocaust museum in D.C. She has an art degree from a Va. college close to where we grew up. It was so great to hang out with her, we are so polar opposites, yet we have so much to talk about. She is contemporary, I am classic, she is freakishly cold (not temperment) and I am usually hot. She has had a career, and I've been at home, she is city, and I am so definitely country (now). She thinks about food more than I do, which was unbelievable to me. She took some cool pictures of us at the High with her camera so she will email them to me once she gets home, and I will show you the girl that was always assumed to be my sister. Not all the time, but often enough that it was funny. She is hoping to be moving to Raleigh NC, so hopefully our next reunion won't be in 10 years.