Well, my DD is annoying me today.
She has exactly 5 more swim meets left and then she's a "swammer": 4 duel meets and then the championship All City Meet (the largest outdoor swim meet in the nation). She's been swimming since she was 5. She told me toady that she'll go to Saturday's meet but she's not going to go to any more meets until the Championship meet because the Saturday morning duel meets "Ruin my whole weekend!". She went out at 11:00 PM last Friday (home by 2:00 am when I checked in on her) and had to leave home for warm-ups by 6:30 am. She swam like crap and I did not hide my disappointment. Now she says that going out on Friday night is more important than going to the remaining duel meets (even just to make me happy). I know it's silly, but I'm not ready for her to be a "swammer" and I was hoping to enjoy more meets
. In addition, the team that we meet on Saturday is coached by her horrible coaches from high school. I help score the meet and I won't be able to avoid them *and* I have to be polite
. So, her last duel meet (ever) will be more stressful and less bittersweet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can talk her into 1-2 more meets later on ...