Nationals

Today is the first day of National Champs for Tim.

He's the one wearing the hat in fourth seat.
(Photo courtesy of Stephanie Palethorpe.)


I'm excited about this for two reasons: 
The first is that I think he's really good, and have high hopes that they'll make it to finals and win a medal (because how cool would that be?!).
The second, and more important - for me anyway - is that FINALLY, he will no longer have to get up at 5:30am every morning. Admittedly, the last couple of weeks he hasn't had many morning trainings, so we've been lucky enough to have him home. He and Elijah have loved hanging out for a while before Tim has to go to work. He will no longer have to go straight to training after work, meaning he will get home before 8:30pm, and he'll be able to give Elijah his dinner and a bath! For a while there, with morning and night trainings, Tim was only getting to see Eli during his lunch break, for about half an hour... (wears a bit thin after a while!).


I'm so proud of Tim for joining a rowing team - he's really enjoyed learning something new, getting fit, making new friends etc. But we'll be very glad to have him back.


Until next season...