Cross Country

Coach Greve (left). Daughter Maria is second from right.

Yesterday the Mathews High School cross country teams

hosted their first meet against King William, West Point and Middlesex.

Because Daughter had a basketball meeting to attend immediately afterwards,

we were unable to stay long enough to see the boys' race or learn the overall results.
*Update: Both Mathews teams--boys and girls--won.

Emily B., Kate Van E., and Kelly N. are seniors. Emily is also playing  fall lacrosse and attends
Governor's School with Son.  I don't know how she finds time to do it all,
but she's a remarkable young lady. They all are.

Ellie G. is a freshman.  She's an excellent runner.

Daughter Maria.  Near the finish line, she gave this Middlesex girl a run for her money.
It was almost a photo finish!  In my version of the story, Maria beat her out.
Maria claims otherwise.  I guess she would know.  Still, it was exciting!

Maria and Logan H.

Kelly N. and Maria

Daughter ran her best ever yesterday, and she was pleased.  I am very proud of her.  Did I mention that before her first cross country practice a few weeks ago she had not ever run three miles without stopping?

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In other news, it's Thursday which usually means we share three things.  I forgot this until just now, my apologies. Therefore, the cross country portion of this blog post is now over.

Here are my three things.

1.  I'm running a 5K Saturday morning at 7:30.  Having to be awake anywhere at 7:30 on a Saturday pains me greatly, but this is a crab race (click here).  It is my civic duty to support any event that not only condones but encourages participants to wear crab hats.

2.  This weekend is Mathews Market Days.  I missed it last year due to Son's surgery, so I'm very much looking forward to attending this year.

3.  Yesterday I cooked a pot of kale seasoned with country ham, and it was absolutely outstanding if I do say so myself.

Now it's your turn to share three (or more) things.  Whatever happens to be on your mind.

Family Vacation 2013

These pictures were taken during previous summer camping trips to the Eastern Shore.  We haven't been camping in a long time, mostly because I am too afraid to tow a camper from Mathews through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and back by myself (never mind the setting up, although I can do it) in a vehicle that is seven years old.

One thing I'm not afraid to do by myself, though, is drive in a seven-year-old vehicle to Avon, North Carolina, with two teenagers.  No sirree, I am very much looking forward to it.

I put so much hope and expectation and anticipation into one week of the year, and it's finally here.

Click here for a 2011 post about one of the first times we all went to Avon, NC. We'd been before, but some years only one parent or one sister could come or some would only stay for part of the week, etc.

Click here for a 2008 post, where I tell of the very first time we ventured to the Outer Banks as a family.  It was in the off season, I recall, and CB Son was a toddler--not in 2008, but in the story.

Click here for a glance at Family Game Night on last year's vacation. My throat was raw from screaming.  And laughing.

Most of all, I hope your weekend and the days and nights that make up next week are fantastic.

I intend to make the most of every minute and second that I am away.