that awesome travel meet...

And so here it is: the swim meet in South Carolina aka YMCA Regional Meet.

Sorry for so few and such blurry pictures, but it's all Dad got since he wasn't there very long. (I don't know if I told y'all, but Mom and Dad actually drove all the way down to SC on Saturday to get us to Mass on Sunday morning...'cause no matter how you put it, Jesus always comes before swimming...)

The awesome thing was, we were ready to miss our first events on Sunday morning to get to Mass, but we didn't have to! We got there; we changed; and I got behind the blocks pretty much just as the heat in front of me was going. God rocks, doesn't he? :D

(you can't really see it, but I think I'm in a far lane swimming breast stroke...)

(Gab and one of our coaches talking...)

(Me and other people cheering...)

But...we left on Thursday, had a very long and loud bus trip, got to the hotel around 9, and went pretty much straight to bed.

The next few days were (1) wake up, (2) eat breakfast, (3) go to prelims, (4) eat lunch, (5) take a nap, (6) social time :P, (7) go back to the pool for finals, (8) eat dinner, (9) go to bed.

And then do it all over again.

Our team won out of 40-something teams! So that was awesome.

My best place was probably like 16th. But I improved in 6 out of my 7 events. (200 IM, 400 IM, 100 breast stroke, 200 breast stroke, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free...the 500 being the only thing I didn't improve in)

And, though the bus trips were long, it was still fun to travel as a team. :D

Overall, I had an awesome time that weekend. I would totally want to do it again...:D