A "State"ment!!!

Yesterday marked the fourth and final year that Dee has worked hard and made it to the state finals in track and field (Friday was the preliminaries and Sat. the finals).  For the last three years he has only made it in team events, but this was the first year he made it in an open event (the 400m).  Now, it was a fluke all the prior years that he didn't make it because he is a dynamic runner, so making it this year was truly a gift for him.  He had his usual cheerleaders there cheering him on (mom, dad, (1)sis and (1)grandparent).  Other family members wanted to come, but were unfortunately not able to make it.  They did however send their prayer and well wishes.  He and his teammates ran a great 4x200m relay taking home a medal for third place.  Roughly, about 40 minutes later (which I thought was too close), it was time for him to run his open event.  The runners lined up, the gun went off the race began.  It was a great race and after the dust settled, Dee brought home a 5th place medal.  He was heart broken, because he has worked so hard to get to state and the guy who got first is really not better than Dee.  Yesterday was just his day.  Anyway, his mom and I had to reassure him that he is and always will be a winner in our book and to no look at it as 5th in that meet, but 5th in the entire state of Missouri and that is a great accomplishment.  We also reminded him of all the athletes that have run track all four years and never made it as far as has.  Dee will be running summer track this and the same guy who got him at state will be running as well.  I told him to take that loss at state and use it as the fuel to beat the sleeves off him during the summer.  My son will be victorious because he is and has what it take to be a winner!!!

I saw you...running in the rain

So it's Saturday morning and Dee has a track meet.  I though it started at 9, but I am so glad that he called and informed me that it didn't start until 11.  My mom was going to the meet with me so got to the house at around 9, she ate some yogurt, watched some UFO show on the history channel and then we headed out to the meet.  Before we actually headed to the meet, we had to do a little shopping.  Much to our dismay, it was cold and rainy that morning so we need to get some gear.  I brought us a trash bag from home to sit on so that our butts wouldn't get wet, but I couldn't find my rain poncho and mom did have on enough clothing.  Now mind you, it is May in St. Louis, but he temperature was probably only like 50 degrees and when you are sitting still at a track meet in the rain....IT IS REALLY FREAKIN COLD!!!!  Once we got our $1.49 ponchos, a sweat shirt for mom and some snacks, we headed back to the school to watch Dee participate in the district track meet.  He was in three events (4x200, 400, 4x400) and he made in to sectionals in two of them (4x200 and 400)!!!  He looked great out there as usual and I can't wait to see him run this coming Saturday!!!

RUN DEE!! RUN!!

Got up yesterday and tinkered around online looking for work and updating my blogs and websites in an attempt to wait for the temperature to rise.  I had breaks to put on the Bentley (our 1995 Cutlass Cierra) that I have been trying to install for about two weeks or so.  Dee had the car for about a week and then when  he brought it back the weather was (and still is) up and down.  Anyway, I finally got it done and now the Bentley is back on the road!!  Once I got that done, I did a quick wardrobe change and headed over to Berkly Mccluer South for Dee's track meet.  Now when I left home it was like 65 degrees and kinda overcast, but it wasn't really cold.  By the time I drove the whole 10 minutes to the high school and got out of the car, IT WAS FREEZING and I had no jacket with me!!  Normally when I attend his meets, I record Dee, his girlfriend and his other teammates, but yesterday I only recorded Dee!!  Despite the cold and sometimes rainy weather, he did great!!  He was first in the open 400m (which is his race) and second in the 200m.  He and his team took 2nd in the 4x400m as well as second (I think) in the 4x200m ( I was just getting there when that race started).  For the third year in a row he was awarded the title of Conference champ in the 400m!!!  THAT BOY GOOD AND I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM!!!!  After the last event the sky opened up and the rain poured...I'm glad they were all done and everyone did a great job!!

The video of our weekend...

Brown Family Breakin!!