margaret and samuel had an out of town meet in College Station on saturday. it was at the Texas A&M Dale Watts Equestrian Center. if it had been twenty degrees cooler, the meet would've been the best one that they've run this year, or maybe ever. but it was sweltering hot, and eve the beautiful scenery couldn't make up for that. margaret ran in the varsity girls race and did very well, though not a PR. the judging is based on the top five finishing times for each team. because Vandegrift and Kingwood were tied for first after five runners, the time went down to Margaret, the Vipers 6th runner. she ended up being the tie breaker that earner the Vipers another win. they've dominated every XC meet they've participated in this season and are marching on to state. samuel ran well, though he was disappointed with his time. he was Vandegrift's fastest runner of the day, but as a team, the Viper men finished 15th out of 31 teams. this coming weekend they have a meet at Old Settler's Park in Round Rock, a course they're very familiar with, having both practiced on it and raced on it many times in the past. it also happens to be where both the district meet and the state meet are held.
yesterday morning Brian and i and samuel went down to town lake to run. Brian and i did the ten mile loop, although his garmin said it was more like 12.5. we'll say it was somewhere inbetween. it was rough as we had stayed up late the night before and every night before that for oh so long, but we somehow soldiered on through it. our downstairs a/c went out yesterday so brian stayed home from church while the repair man was there to fix it. the rest of us went on over to church. i am growing more and more comfortable at our new church. i miss the weekly communion and the liturgy, but worshipping together with our neighbors and not driving across town just feels right. we've always felt a conviction about passing up twenty churches to attend a church the "suits us", we just kinda ignored that conviction for many years.
brian and i napped in the afternoon, something we used to do every sunday but haven't in years. it was delicious. a cold front came in later in the afternoon and brought torrential rain. the house was so dark even without our minimal window coverings and lights on.
in the evening brian and i were out luifting weights together in the garage when we got a call from his dad saying theyd been in an accident and totaled their suv. miraculously they weren't injured, but needed us to come pick them up in Columbus, about two hours away. i didn't want brian to have to drive to columbus, then new braunfels, then back to austin alone, so i decided to go along. we gave instruction for margaret and samuel to make sure everyone got to bed on time and then we dashed out the door. we grabbed coffee and headed out of town. as improbable as it my seem, i still look for every opportunity to spend with brian, even if it means missing some precious hours of sleep. he's my dearest friend, my confidant, my biggest crush. we listened to 90s alternative rock all the way to Columbus, and relived where we were and what we were doing when we heard those songs first time around.
thankfully Ben and Linda weren't injured in the wreck. the car looked pretty bad, but the "what ifs" were even worse. they narrowly missed going over a concrete barrier and dropping thirty feet. we were all praising God for their safety and deliverance. we loaded up everything from their car and drove them home to new braunfels, and then we came on back to austin.
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