Day 11: Hot and Cold

 If yesterday was busy, today was almost busier. 

Almost.

As things always work, the boys both had sports at the exact same time today.

Of course they do. 

It was a divide and conquer day. I drove to the pool first, tossed Calen and Brad out of the car, and then drove down the hill to the ice rink for Cam's hockey game. Cam's game went great, was super exciting and ended in a tie. Then we hauled balls as fast as we could up the hill to the pool, where Calen's swim meet had already started. 

The difference here, is that the rink was probably 30 degrees, and the pool, in contrast, was probably 130 degrees. 

Or at least it felt like, as we desperately stripped off our jackets, hats, hoodies, wool socks, battery-heated socks, and hockey gear. 

Can't like, they have fans or something? Crack a window? Open a door? It was a stuffy as a windowless attic in death valley and I was pretty convinced I was going to melt into a puddle of mush on the floor. 

I went from hypothermia to heat stroke in 5.6 minutes. 

The things we do for our kids. 

As for Calen, this is his second all time swim meet, and he did so. much. better. His confidence is growing and he accomplished a Personal Record (PR) on each of his three events. He even got first place in his 100 Freestyle heat!

He's built for swimming!

Calen (under the 2 flag), gaining confidence to start the race from the platform today

I'm learning that photographing swim meets is impossible. Calen (top) midway through the race. He held the lead the entire race

As for Cam, he stripped the top half of his hockey gear and hung out in the lobby near the front door where the cold air come wafting in, happily playing Nintendo and not-for-one-second walking into the actual sauna of the pool deck. 

Good for him. 

The post hockey/swim meet march to the car. 

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