I know that I rarely post and yet when I do it almost always has something about swimming in it. Well, it's our life, Bailey's really. We are at the pool with her 6 to 7 days a week... practice, practice, practice, and... wait for it... more practice! Welcome to our world. :p
We had our big Thanksgiving Invitational this weekend. Bailey did such a great job!! She took time off in all but one event!! The most wonderful part about it was that she finally got some recognition for it! Our friend Mike who works for the local NBC station here came out to the pool this weekend and did a story with her! She was soooooo excited! She really did a great job! Was great recognition for the entire swim team too!
Alright, enough with the out of control exclamation points... on to her clip. Please ignore me, I'm a bumbling idiot.
There are a lot of things in my life I need to just "let go" of. Old relationships, old ways of thinking, old feelings, etc. One major thing I needed to let go of had to do with Bailey. No, I wasn't planning on letting my child go... but there are sometimes like when we are arguing that I need to just "let go." Most of our arguments aren't worth all the worry, pain, time, hurt, blah, blah, blah. Dan periodically has to remind me to pick my battles. I have a really hard time with that. Especially when he's not around to remind me. I also have a tendency to hold on to feelings when something angers me and they just fester inside me, seemingly poisoning everyone around. It's usually not them... it's me... and I NEED to "let go." There are so many things in life that might actually be better if we just "let go."
I learned something big that day sitting on the jetty. I am still learning. Everyday. I have a really long way to go with all this "let go" business. It's hard. And it can be difficult to remember. Now I have Frieda to remind me. She's cute, makes me smile and is definitely helping me keep a few things in perspective.
Is there anything that you should "let go" of?
Happy 35 years to me!!
The day started off quite shaky but it got sooooo much better! Especially this part...
Such great friends I have! Oh yah, we are dorks!
So, I think I'm having a bad day. I worked over 14 hours yesterday and barely got any sleep last night. That's not new, I rarely get much sleep on any given day. I'm just using it as an excuse I suppose. Anyway... I had to get up early today to take my car in to FINALLY get the broken window fixed. *Side note: It's 30 degrees or below here in the am these days and yes, I am missing a car window. BRRRR!* I get in the car to drop it off and I make it about 2 feet before it dies. Thought hey, it's chilly out... let it warm up a bit more and get movin'. Nope... two more feet... dead. Shit. I manage to make it around the corner before I decide this isn't working. Don't want to leave the car there so I choose to just hit reverse & get back to the house possibly. Lo and behold! The car works FINE in reverse. WTF? I call Dan and tell him I can't take the car in, he's already a bit pissy I waited this long to begin with. I inform him of why I can't take it and he's like "it can't be doing that." WHAT? It sure as hell can be doing THAT... cause THAT is exactly what is happening! I then proceed to yell at him cause he's really pissing me off which he ever so calmly says "Don't yell at me. I didn't do it." Like I did. I hang up the phone and burst into tears. Burst into tears?? WHAT? Why the hell am I crying? This is stupid. Then of course my mom tells me I am totally overreacting, which I of course say I know and I'm the one that told her that. Now I'm really losing it. Ok, seriously where did this girl come from? I don't know her. Quite frankly, I don't like her either. I should just go back to bed right? RIGHT???? You had better agree with me damnit!
Yah, I'd love to tell you all that we are so busy here doing fun stuff... but I have got to be honest. All we do is swim... 5 days a week for practice, 1 day with her trainer and 1 for lessons. Plus she's teaching lessons 1 day a week. Yah, I permanently reek of chlorine. That is all.
A comment about an article read HERE.
Now it's making sense to me...
What have you lost that you wish you could get back?
Submitted by, Witch Hazel
My best friend.
I certainly hope she does something about that mustache of hers before they get married!
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