Ben had a great weekend of wrestling.
He took 2 forfeits for the team, helping us win 2 dual meets. Then we had 3 more dual meets (we went to a dual tournament--and I got to go since the girls were taking a week off). He got 3 wins!
He also finished off his first semester of high school with an ALMOST 4.0. He did a great job on his health advocacy project. Super proud of this young man. His hair is getting curly too! Love all my curly haired kiddos.
Crazy! I feel like I've been ancient and decrepit in many ways since my injury at 37....so I guess I don't really feel older.
I did allergy testing on my skin this week. I'm allergic to fragrances. Lots of them. But that doesn't really seem to explain my SUPER sensitive skin & eyes. So trying to eliminate some of my supplements. Sadly one of them REALLY helps with my reflux.
Anyway, I could go on. So yeah, this body is aging.
But I'm still getting a lot done! I'm still kicking (you know, low kicks)!
I was really really thankful for a lighter week of wrestling and 2 days off of school. (One teacher work day where I got a lot done!). The other day off was my birthday where I tried to get a lot done and was kinda unsuccessful. It was irritating. But anyway, I'm thankful to be 49--as opposed to the alternative.
I'm ready to get finish this wrestling season strong--so we can start middle school wrestling. Ha.
But I feel like I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. (Maybe I already posted this?). But happy birthday!
This has been a rollercoaster of a season. Ben's stitches meant that he was out for a couple of weeks. He got a chin cup headgear and has been back at it, but has taken a bunch of forfeits.
Since I last blogged we had 2 big girls tournaments, Girls Gut Check and Kelso and a big boys tournament called Gut Check (The boys also had NW Duals, where Ben didn't wrestle due to the stitches). We also had the Woodinville Girls Wrecking Ball Tournament. (You can see why I haven't had time to blog obviously.)
Summary. For Sarah, Gut Check was barfing in a trash can during both her matches and a medical forfeit. Ugh. Trying to figure out what's happening here. We've made two med adjustments. Kelso was better. She went 2 and 2--and ALMOST had that 3rd win. Very happy she made it to day 2.
Then this week the barfing started again. She only wrestled one match at our dual on Wed due to barfing (and didn't win). But she got a good win on Monday (37 second pin) (and took a forfeit.)
Yesterday in Woodinville, we tried out dramamine and she was able to wrestle--sort of. She still felt nausea and was slow/tired. (They only have "less drowsy" dramamine.) I can't even. So we're working on connecting with her doctor again ASAP and seeing what else we can do. We are battling opponents on and off the mat!
For Ben: He went 2 and 2 at Gut Check (super proud of that!), took a forfeit for Edmonds Woodway match and for the Shorecrest match. He then also won an exhibition against a Shorecrest 113.
We have 3 weeks left until districts. I am exhausted. Deeply. But, also excited to try to wrap this season up strong. With less vomiting. Ugh.
We had a great turnout for the SW v. SC match. It was a "Blackout" night--where you wear black. People really got into it! I've put a lot of energy into making matches fun this year as a way to *hopefully* get more girls to turn out next year. We'll see.
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| Kelso weigh in on day 1. Before we knew that one of these kids was going to fail skin checks. We haven't successfully had the whole team wrestle at a single event yet. |
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| Kelso in in a SUPER hot cafeteria. |
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| This match was SO close. She almost had it. |
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| Rhinos at Kelso. 3 of them won championships. Maybe next year? Haha. Look at those huge brackets. We were super proud of Finley, the first ever SW Kelso champ. |
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| Ben getting a FF at Edway |
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| Love this pic of Ben pinning the SC kid. |
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| Winning the SPARTAN CUP! |
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| Sarah with a Woodinville win! |
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| I think also at Woodinville |
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| And a bloody nose too! |
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| Libby also got to take a FF for her team this week, and wrestle in a tough tournament where she went 1-2. Then she coached her littles at a club tournament today. |
Okay world. I screwed up the chocolate fountain...again. For real. You'd think I would remember not to add cream. But I forget every time. Next year I'm just buying the chocolate fountain stuff in a carton. Over it.
But we had a fun night at Maren's. I made homemade pizzas. I ruined the aforementioned many pounds of chocolate. We played different games, I enjoyed learning a new game with Alayne and Brett that included bandits on trains. I was just getting the hang of it when we rang in the new year (it was closer to 10 pm this year...wow we pushed it.)
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| Before it went crazy foamy. |
