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I’ve finally caught up on a few things. I’ve uploaded several groups of pictures to my Picasa site. One set is from the Stephenson Family Reunion, which was this past weekend. For those not “in the know”, that is my Mom’s side of the family. We went down to Kimberling City, MO (just SW of Branson). It was great fun. I got to see some cousins from California that I don’t get to see often.. or ever. The weekend was filled with plenty of boating, fishing, and card playing.

This past Tuesday I participated in my first swim meet. It was a basic meet setup just to get your times on races. There were no awards or anything. I was happy to not come in last in any of my races. Well… the 50 freestyle I was last in my heat, but there were several slower times in other heats. I also swam the 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, and somehow finished the 100 butterfly. 100m isn’t that far, but the butterfly is simply a difficult stroke. I hadn’t even finished 100 fly in practice once, so I was pumped just to finish the race… and not even in last place! And of course, I was scheduled to swim in a 200 Free Relay the race after the 100 Fly. Luckily I swam the last leg, which allowed me to catch my breath a bit. So… I’ve gotten my first taste of competitive swimming. It will help the nerves quite a bit for the Show-Me Games.

Update: My Results