Wrestling in Full Swing!

 We are back to wrestling.  Pretty much.  There have been more cancellations and swaps in the schedule than ever before.  But there is wrestling going on.  It's a year with a lot of young talent for SW, read--we are young suffering many losses.  But we do have a few experienced wrestlers too.  

Libby has had 2 chances to wrestle since I last blogged.  And she is now 6-0 on the season.  She had to work quite a bit harder in the last two matches, one even went to the 3rd period.  But she won.  It's so stressful to watch as a mom.  Wow.  But she's really enjoying herself.  She was sad that the tournament yesterday ended up not having a girls' bracket because one team with 12 girls had to pull out due to COVID.  

Normally I'm on a trip for my birthday this weekend, but we had to cancel.  The JET trip (Jen, Emmi & Trish) is postponed because Emmi was mid move to Guam when we needed to be planning--and now Jen has some other obligations, so we might not get a trip in this year.   Happily, last year I added another birthday trip, so I was going to go to see Whitney with Maren.  But Maren had a trial coming up that was going to start this week.  And Libby had a drill comp originally scheduled for this weekend.  (Yes, Libby had 2 things cancelled this weekend.) So we cancelled that trip to AR as well.  I am enjoying the chance to stay home and get things done.  I need to get lots of work done in the next month because I'm going to have my hip worked on again (another arthroscopic hip surgery) in Feb.

Ben is also wrestling with Rhinos.  He can only go one day a week, and not a single tournament worked out in our schedule.  But he'll have some good experience going into next year when he can wrestle for Derek. 

I also went to the boys' match on Thursday (see how wrestling season is now so complicated?).  Derek is so funny when he's coaching.  The best line was, "Grab his leg...yes, the leg that is literally touching your face..."  It's much easier to hear with the tiny crowds that are coming out to matches.  haha. 

Sarah was sort of helping out as a manager, but she had to walk from the Middle School to the High School because there was no room on a bus for her.  So that has petered out.

Love this intensity! 

Ben drilling at a rhinos practice.  He's got a good little partner.  

SW hosted their first ever girls scramble.  Ben and his buddies (our neighbors) Juliet and Maddie were towel tappers.  

Libby and Izzy.  

In full gear. Embarrassed I'm taking her picture. 

Funny that I took Sarah and Libby to Target on Friday night.  She wore a red shirt and twice was mistaken for a Target employee.  She's getting so grown up!