mattie g

I always enjoy 75F on Thanksgiving, though. I mean...I'm usually in South Carolina then, so it's not that much of a stretch.

We do IMs in the B Meets, too. Good thing is that it's another concessions revenue generator.

Meh...it's hot. It's always hot in July.

We're hosting our division's IM Carnival this evening, but my older daughter isn't swimming tonight. Of course, the wife is running concessions and we're looking at some storms that could delay the meet. Too bad, so sad, mrs g...

For sure. I had to extrapolate something hard to wishcast rain IMBY on Monday. Today is looking much more promising already.

It's our turn.

Yeah...free took an eternity, and the six heats of kickboards before that didn't help. And then we had some swimmers swim three individual heats because we were apparently trying to get them some team yards records, but we didn't coordinate with the hosts on that. Yeah...that didn't go over well. "Adult gatorade" is a brilliant idea. Filing that one away for next season...

Ouch. It was much worse at ours than expected. The pool is in a lower-lying area, so there was absolutely zero air movement. We left at 8:45. They were just starting IM, which last on the sheet. Thank God the little one fell asleep in the car on the way there - she would have been a disaster otherwise.

Was just about to say that. Wonder if it and the energy from that small cluster near Culpeper can make their way into MBY and drop a little something. There's hope in every weenie...

Don't die before you retire. Kids need that sweet, sweet pension. Ours is at a really wooded (yards) pool, so hopefully won't be too bad.

Harvested the first of our San Marzano Gigante tomatoes on Saturday. It had the slightest first blush of orange on it, so I picked it before the squirrels could possibly get at it (which is right when they've stolen them the last couple years). Grabbed another this morning. This is the earliest I've been able to harvest in quite a few years (maybe even the earliest ever), and I have a *ton* of others of all varieties that should be ready in the next week or two. Really psyched about it! My girls have been eating the occasional Orange Paruche Cherry tomato for the last week. Looking at the plant and knowing what generally happens with my cherry tomatoes, I fully expect they'll be sick of them by the end of this month and I'll be left with dozens of uneaten fruit by the end of the season.

Sounds like an awesome whirlwind day! I've been to each of those but Ardent. I'm a big fan of TC, but hitting The Answer is cool because they still don't can their beers (and they're damn good). I've had a couple Red Dragon crowlers...damn good, as well.

Moist

Lots of rumbling in Burke. That complex really fired up in the last 30 minutes.

Can you point to any guidance that shows there are supposed to be widespread storms right now?

Gotcha. Looking at CoCoRaHs, it seems that MBY got a little more than that after midnight (showing 0.8" or thereabouts around here). Also, looking at kids bins around the backyard, it also seems like we got a decent amount more than I'd assumed.

@MN Transplant...how did you end up after the overnight back-end stuff?

This storm sucks.

Not looking good.

Getting super fringed by some of these storms popping up. I can smell the rain like a mile away.

Pretty much the same here. There are some more cells firing a little to our south, so hopefully they stick around for a while.

Looking like a possible Burke split. I’m emerging from the basement now.

I'm in the crosshairs of the severe-warned cell. I'll let everyone know how it pans out, assuming I survive.

Yeah...that would be the rough thing about being involved at the official level. I used to be a timer when the older one was only a 6-year-old and wasn't swimming A Meets, so that wasn't an issue, but I'd have a hard time with her now swimming in each meet. Congrats to your girl on knocking it out on the fly! I absolutely love the story of how your encouragement (if "unprofessional") helped out your older one. If I saw my girl struggling a little, I'd hope that if she heard the same encouragement from the wife or I that she'd also do the same!