Triumphs...And Tribulations

This weekend went by way too fast! Chris got home on Friday around noon and the girls had the day off from school, which was nice. However, we were tied up all day long on Saturday at Brittany's track meet. She ran at 12:50 PM and, again, at 6:25 PM. Chris worked the shot put area from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM., so we didn't get to see each other much. Thankfully, Sunday proved to be a more relaxing day...we all needed it!

Brittany did very well in her races. She ended up beating her best friend, Alicia, again in the 1600m. Brittany finished in 13th place out of 45 girls with a time of 5:38...Alicia placed 16th with a time of 5:43. Her last race of the day was the 3200m. By that time (6:25 PM), it was really cold and the wind was howling! Brittany placed 12th out of 38 girls with a time of 11:58. Her coach was very happy with her performance. She continues to be the #1 distance runner!

Here she is before the start of the 3200m...adjusting her ponytail. A girl has to look good when she runs, you know? :)

And they're off!

I do have to tell you about something that happened on Friday night that got this momma's dander up. Well, remember Brittany's ex-boyfriend, Patrick? That boy is STILL in the picture! Here's how it all went down. Brittany shared with me that Patrick was texting her and asking her, repeatedly, who she was going out with on Friday night...he wanted to know if it was an actual "date". I told her that it was none of Patrick's business. This continued on for over an hour. Her plans ended up falling through, so Patrick asked her to meet him at Chili's for dessert. In a nutshell, I didn't give my stamp of approval. I reminded Brittany that Patrick didn't treat her very well when they were together, yet she's still allowing him to hang onto her. Oh, she knew exactly where I stood...and she wasn't happy about it, either! She can't understand why I don't want to welcome him back with open arms. I'm sorry, but I lost a lot of respect for him in the last month or so.

Thankfully, I ended up convincing Brittany that meeting Patrick at Chili's wasn't such a good idea. Well, on Saturday morning before we left for the meet, I checked my e-mail and found that Patrick had left me a message on Facebook. In it, he apologized to me for how he treated Brittany and informed me that he DID NOT want to get back together with her; he just wants to be her friend. Yeah, right! Not buying it! He asked for me to please consider giving their friendship my blessing. He said he encourages Brittany to date other boys. He even mentioned the prom and how he'd like for Brittany to go with him as friends. Well, I seized the opportunity to explain my position and I wrote him a reply and I told it exactly as I see it. In a nutshell, I explained to Patrick why I lost respect for him and that I didn't feel he treated Brittany the way she should be treated. Also, I told him that if he's so supportive of her dating other boys, why does he grill her for hours on end about what she's doing and who's she's going out with? I told him that he didn't have my blessing for their friendship to continue because I felt that he would never be satisfied with being JUST FRIENDS. I think there's too much history between them to go back.

Well, would you believe that after sending Patrick that message and him telling Brittany that he felt I talked to him like a 5 year old, he STILL had the nerve to come over on Saturday night to see her? They sat outside and talked. That was a very BOLD move on his part. It's almost like he was saying, "I could care less about what you think." Unfortunately, Brittany is now an adult and I can't dictate every choice she makes. She has to make her own calls...and be ready to face the consequences. Oh, and after he left, he sent me another message thanking me for writing him back and for opening his eyes to certain issues, even though he didn't necessarily agree with everything I said. I simply want the boy to GO AWAY! He's like a rash you can't get rid of! :) OK, I know that was bad, but it's how I feel! All of this teenage drama is about to get the best of me! Those of you who haven't been there yet...just you wait!

On another note, Abby about has us talked into heading down to Orlando in a couple of weeks for Spring Break! She's been doing all sorts of research on the computer...she's like my own personal travel agent, remember? Hope it all comes together! A little fun in the sun sounds like a winner to me! Somewhere FAR FAR AWAY from Patrick! :)