“And now, the 8 and under 1600 IM.”

The Girls now have two swim meets under their belts this year, and they seem to be doing fine. The first was on Saturday, and it was a purely intramural affair, just to get everyone back into the swing of things. In a great case of “right place, right time,” I got to volunteer to [...]

Yes, I’m still here

Having some more time on my hands, I’ve been spending the mornings biking the kids to swimming practice. Even though, collectively, they weigh more than 100 lbs, the trailer has been nice in not detaching from my mountain bike in the midst of the ride. On the one hand, I do appreciate the exercise of [...]

We don’t fool around

I’m pumped, and I can’t even swim that well.
“DO not think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm,” reads the Kenyon team banner at the diving well end of the Corwin M. Nixon Natatorium.
The men’s team has been ranked 3rd or 4th all season but, to mix metaphors, the chickens are coming home [...]

Thursday Grab Bag

Going out of town this weekend, so you’ll get a double burst of PQV-freshness today, though I think the “man biffle” post was as creative as I’m going to get this week.
Spring is in the air, and with it comes the intimation that I’m yet a year older. You know you’re middle-aged when you get [...]

File under LOSS, This Summer Not Being a Total

They put back the diving board in our subdivision’s swimming pool this year. Now, I hadn’t seen a diving board on a semi-public swimming pool in I-don’t-know-how-long, and I haven’t jumped off one in even longer. I understand the insurance reasons for depriving children of their God-given right to be stupid around water, and I [...]