Ahhh, the smell of chlorine in the summertime - it doesn't remind me of my childhood but it has definitely been a part of my kid's lives for the last 10 years. Swim teams are pretty big in Texas - much more so than in Canada. Alicia started out on the Cinco Ranch summer swim team when she was 8 and swam off and on until she was 14. Zoey and Noah joined her the second time we lived in Katy and swam for the Highland Park team. The first year we lived in McKinney (2007), all three swam for the McKinney Sea Lions and Zoey has continued on with them every summer since then. Noah took a few years off but is back this year, just not competing in meets.
Practices start in May after school and then move to early morning once school gets out. To her credit and I think because she loves to swim so much, Zoey never complains about the early morning practice times, which is awesome! Meets are usually on Saturdays and require being at the pool by 7 for warm-ups but in order to get a seat, you usually need to be there by 6:30 and they usually last at least 7 or 8 hours, depending on which events you are swimming. The nice thing about swimming with the Sea Lions are the indoor pools - in Katy, they were all outdoor meets and it was miserable sitting out in the hot, humid Texas weather all day. I'm glad that Zoey loves to swim so much and has even transitioned to the high school swim team (varsity) so she swims pretty much year round. Hopefully she will continue on when she goes to college.
On another note, John is struggling with kidney stones again. Last summer when they did a scan before he had his gall bladder removed, they said he had three small stones in his kidneys and they have finally decided to make their way out. The first two passed with minimal pain but this third one is causing some major distress - hopefully no hospital trips will be required!
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