Saturday 14 November 2009

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Awake: 7:15am Temp 37 sleep 6+58 mostly cloudy overnight @ Woodland, WA.

Casual morning for us; Kathy did a little house cleaning & I tried to get my computer desk looking more organized.

Around 2:50 pm, we motored across the river to Portland, OR &, using our GPS, found the Reynolds building where the Catholic Schools were having their swim meet today.

We had no idea what to expect when opening the door to the pool & then...WOW! There must have been several hundred + people, young, middle age & old, @ this swimming competition. Fortunately for us, we quickly spotted Rochelle in the bleachers... & she had saved us each a seat.

Rochelle reminded us that this is only the 2nd swim meet her kids have attended. (6) months ago, they really didn't know how to swim. I had brought my camera to get a few pictures of the kids swimming; ha! That was a joke! With all the swimmers, time keepers, coaches, organizers, moms, dads, etc, mulling around, I tried but did little picture taking.

When we arrived, all the swimmers from all the grade levels were practicing their routines so we did get to see Monica, Maggie, & Donavan start off & swim across the 1/2 Olympic sized pool.

Competition time had finally come & Monica & Donavan were quite excited to get the swimming meet moving along, but Maggie was having 2nd thoughts. In fact, during our time there, Rochelle left the bleachers (2 or 3) times or more, to calm Maggie down because she was crying & scared of not doing well. Finally Rochelle gave her an ultimatum just before her grade level came up: "after tonight," she said, "if you don't want to do this again, you don't have too."

@ 4:45pm, K & I left the exciting swimming session & motored to St. Anne's vigil Mass in Gresham, OR, about (3) miles away.We returned to the swimming meet just in time; Dean had arrived from work & joined in the excitement & the heat was on.

Well, what a sight to behold: Maggie was doing her backstroke & passing her competitors up like you wouldn't believe. Yep, Maggie had overcome her fear & won a blue ribbon.
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Of course we were also happy to see both Donavan & Monica having fun during their competition as well. The last race was a relay for Donavan. He did his part, but looked exhausted while finishing the swim, but he emerged from the pool with a great big smile.

From here, K & I motored over to Hazeldale in Vancouver, WA & joined Rochelle & Dean & the kids for a good dinner @ Izzy's. Tomorrow they will visit us in Woodland for a tour of our "home-on-wheels." Good thing I did some organizing of the computer desk.

Tonight's movie: "The Bigamist" with Edward O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmond, Gwenn, etc. Compassionate look at lonely man who finds himself married to (and in love with) two different women. Extremely well acted; one of Lupino's best directorial efforts and the only tine she ever directed herself. 1953. We both liked this sympathetic story & how gently it was handled.

Lights out: 12:43am.

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