Last week I spent a week and change in California which provided me ample opportunity to visit most of the members of my immediate family. I count it a blessing any time my work carries me to their near vicinity. On the front side of the meet I went to the CA state track meet for recruiting purposes and after much thought realized that Cerritos is not too far from Irvine. Eric and my surfing excursion to Doheny merely proved that I am still not even a novice surfer. I was pleased; however, when I was mistaken for someone who looked they knew what they were doing (in the parking lot) by another newbie. That unfortunately was the finest surfing achievement of the day, well that and getting my wetsuit on.
Later on we relaxed at the house. Andrew and I got to hang out a little. What a kid. We had a blast. We piled into the Prius, went to Target, and Leslie found him an Andrew sized pool, perfect for splashing. A task he is more than proficient in.
Check him out After an extra day in LA I had to catch back up with the team headed to Sacramento for the NCAA national meet. The meet went well but could have gone better. We had a large group there, which is a start, but failed to get enough of them to finals. So going to the meet on the "final" day proved to be less exciting than it could have been. It was nice to be in Sacramento and to be able to see my dad, sister, Rhonda, and her parents all while "working." Yeah it's tough but truly Kelly has the hard part; during my stint as a Californian, she was back in Waco braving the 100 degree heat while teaching summer school. As if two track meets weren't enough Coach Harbour and I stayed after the team returned to go to one more HS meet in Folsom to keep an eye on some of the recruits we had spotted. After the meet we caught the red eye back to Waco where the heat greeted me like a blast furnace as I stepped off the plane. I must say free parking at the Waco airport is nice, but there is something to be said about the cool evenings in California.
