If you have been trying to contact me lately, I have been underwater.  I am still underwater.  I will be underwater until at least July 18th.  Why July 18th?  Because that is the last day of the Long Course State Swim Championship.  That meet will end a stretch of 8 swim meets in about 7 [...]

It’s Father’s Day, so I figured I would relay a few things I learned from my dad. There are many levels of having patience.  Some levels wear thin quicker than others. Wake up early.  Get the job done.  Provide for your family. You can be mad at someone and still walk through fire to help [...]

I will save you the suspense of wondering whether I qualified for the Boston Marathon or not.  That would be a very big not.  It has taken two days to put things in perspective and  a lot of talking with friends for me to come to grips with what happened.  I still don’t have all [...]

I am not sure where I left off, but it doesn’t really matter.  I got back yesterday from 4 days at the beach in Orange Beach, Alabama with my family and the Cornejo’s.  And I was able to spend time thinking about……..nothing.  No work.  No hurry up and get somewhere.  No running the kids to [...]