Quincy lands, Jacob takes off

Quincy arrived in Germany today and met up with her German host. She promises pictures soon. She left home yesterday morning at 3:10. Yikes.

This morning (2:30), Stu and Jake left for the El Paso airport (Are there NO flights that leave that stinking airport when the sun is up???????). His flight is longer; he lands in Seoul tomorrow then he heads for Bangkok, where the weather is 93 and humid. Have fun, son.

Stu made a most excellent dinner that featured no pasta. Since Jacob started swimming, meals about 6 times a week had to include pasta. There are just not that many ways for a vegetarian family to get enough calories into a swimmer...

Jacob was at a swim meet in Phoenix over the weekend where several people in his races were competing in time trials for the Olympics. In the 50 meter, one of Jacob's teammates was in a heat with 6 swimmers who qualified for the Olympic trials. Stu said they were huge, but without an ounce of fat.

District swim meet

Jake had another good weekend in the pool. He swam a 25.2 in the 50 and a 57.2 in the 100, both personal bests.

The meet was held in Carlsbad and is likely the next-to-the last in his high school swimming career (but he plans to swim on in college).

Stu takes these pictures and tells me they are Jacob. I think they could be almost any skinny kid at the pool, and there are certainly lots of them!

I hope he has a soft landing...

Jake's start in the 100 yard swim from last week... He scored a personal best and finished 6th in the race. Next weekend is the District race in Carlsbad.