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nwhikerLinnea's club put on a scrimmage today, against Olympia Area Rowing, a team with the best acronym in rowing!
She was in a double with Sam. They just started rowing in a double two weeks ago, though Linnea had with Perry a few times already. They placed 4th in one race, and 2nd in the other, pretty cool (there were 7 boats). YAY! She's pleased with the results, as well she should be!
My big regret: she left the house with her hair in a pony tail, and often she ends up with it braided, but her boatmate decided to put it in a bun. End result is that I was not 100% much of the time if it was actually her and Sam, because, well, Linnea doesn't do buns. So I just had to watch all the boats, LOL. I did recognize her when she was in front of her, because I could see her rowing and that's my kiddo, bun or not.
The viewing was awesome for the viewing less awesome because it was a floating down which is always iffy for me (I can get seasick on one, especially when looking through binocs!). What was really less good: idiot parents, none of whom had masks, brought their damn dogs.
So. The dogs. OMG. One was a big black dog, probably little more than a puppy. It was ill-behaved and the owners didn't keep its leash short enough. It came behind me when they got there, and run into the back of my legs, and I almost fell into the freaking late. Then the German shepherd who was 200% well behaved and did not engage either the puppy or the other dog, whose owner said, and I'm quoting "She's a female and she is dominant on leash." I've read that expression before and what it translates to, now that I've seen it IRL, is nasty, ill-behaved, and ill-controlled. It got into an on-leash tussle with the black dog -German shepherd refused to engage, owners all making distressed sounds, me thinking oh fuck I am caught on a freaking floating dock in the middle of a dog fight.
Dh is at trains today, so I was alone. It's sad how many regattas and scrimmages he has had to miss over the years because of trains. For some reason, even though he doesn't go all that often, there seems to be a larger overlap on "his train days" and "regatta" than random Saturdays should dictate.
She was in a double with Sam. They just started rowing in a double two weeks ago, though Linnea had with Perry a few times already. They placed 4th in one race, and 2nd in the other, pretty cool (there were 7 boats). YAY! She's pleased with the results, as well she should be!
My big regret: she left the house with her hair in a pony tail, and often she ends up with it braided, but her boatmate decided to put it in a bun. End result is that I was not 100% much of the time if it was actually her and Sam, because, well, Linnea doesn't do buns. So I just had to watch all the boats, LOL. I did recognize her when she was in front of her, because I could see her rowing and that's my kiddo, bun or not.
The viewing was awesome for the viewing less awesome because it was a floating down which is always iffy for me (I can get seasick on one, especially when looking through binocs!). What was really less good: idiot parents, none of whom had masks, brought their damn dogs.
So. The dogs. OMG. One was a big black dog, probably little more than a puppy. It was ill-behaved and the owners didn't keep its leash short enough. It came behind me when they got there, and run into the back of my legs, and I almost fell into the freaking late. Then the German shepherd who was 200% well behaved and did not engage either the puppy or the other dog, whose owner said, and I'm quoting "She's a female and she is dominant on leash." I've read that expression before and what it translates to, now that I've seen it IRL, is nasty, ill-behaved, and ill-controlled. It got into an on-leash tussle with the black dog -German shepherd refused to engage, owners all making distressed sounds, me thinking oh fuck I am caught on a freaking floating dock in the middle of a dog fight.
Dh is at trains today, so I was alone. It's sad how many regattas and scrimmages he has had to miss over the years because of trains. For some reason, even though he doesn't go all that often, there seems to be a larger overlap on "his train days" and "regatta" than random Saturdays should dictate.
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