As I was walking into a swim meet with my friend Paige last night we had a parent comment on how impressed she was that we show up to so many swim meets. She said she would have never trekked all around the city to attend these kind of things! We then had to recount to her our sad sad story of second quarter:
Every November a good chunk of my friends decide that they like to swim, so they try out for the school swim team, make the cut and disappear into a pool of chlorinated water for the next 9 weeks. We catch slight glimpses of each other at school every once and a while, but hard core hanging out is a no go during swim season that's for sure. After school and weekends turn into a time where I sit in my room and sulk in the fact that I have no athletic ability. Therefore, if I want any HINT of a social life over the weekends I gather my cash and my keys, hop in my car, and head on over to which ever rec center is hosting the amazing Patriots that Friday night. Believe it or not, crashing swimming events usually turns into a pretty grand time. (:
Last night was an especially special meet to be at; it seemed like the coaches really wanted to show off my friends speed and every time I looked up I knew at least one person in the pool (surprisingly I'm not friends with THAT many people on the team...it's huge). My favorite event to watch: Micheal in the 400. He was awesome - although he will likely deny that - and afterwards informed everyone that he would rather take a calculus test than ever have to swim another one of those races. I absolutely love spending my Friday nights cheering for my fish-like friends, and we've kind of made a little tradition of it. Hannah, Paige, and I come to the meets, we cheer our little hearts out and explore Twitter's funniest of the funny, then all the seniors head out for dinner and hang out after that. It's a Friday night tradition that I will dearly miss when college roles around. What kind of traditions do you share with your friends?
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