Geeky Yet Waterproof

On Thursday we had our first high school swim meet of the season, against South Salem. I swam the 100 fly, the 500 free, the fly leg of the 200 medley relay, and the lead-off in the 400 free relay.
I won both my individual races, and we won both our relays. In fact, our boys won almost every event there was… But South still won the meet. How? Because while we were getting 1st, they were getting 2nd, 3rd, and 4th! Ahhh! It’s not fair, but they won because they had more people.
But regardless of which team won, this was a really fun high school meet. I broke the school record in the 500, although that’s not saying much because the record was a 5:17. Oh well, now it’s a 5:15 - even though I was 12 seconds off my best time. Gotta love high school swimming.

After the meet, I had plans to go over to Iza’s house just to hang out before I leave for the Philippines. But as soon as the meet was over, I got a text message saying to meet her at Applebee’s instead. So 10 minutes later, I showed up at Applebee’s, and BANG! I was amazed to see not just Iza, but Adam, Amber, Sammi, Tori, Hannah Braun, and Mihato. They had planned a surprise party/gathering since I’d be leaving in a few days. I might not see everyone until “next year” (since I’m coming back on the 28th), so this was a very welcome surprise. Thanks, y’all!

At the moment, we’re staying in Morton, WA with the grandparents for a day, before I’ll ride with them up to Seattle tomorrow night, where we’ll meet up with my cousin, and then fly to the Philippines at 1:00am.
I’ll be sure to blog a lot while I’m there. And if anyone really needs proof that palm trees exist even on Christmas, I’m bringing my iSight webcam along, so video chat me and I’ll show you myself. (Just remember the 16-hour time difference!)