application procrastination

must run in the family. we had a rerun of jake's run up to the deadline for applying to schools. i guess i understand the desire to prolong it, you don't have any control once you push that 'submit' button. now it's up to higher powers to decide his fate. will he be west, midwest, or south? his essays look good, but who knows what they're looking for?? counting on his stellar gpa and test scores to pave the way for him, and can't lie, crossing my fingers a little too. now, we wait. so think good thoughts people, think good thoughts.

misc.

christmas is officially over. the last one with brady living here. so weird. next year, they'll both be 'coming home' for the holidays. tried not to think of it too much, pretty easy given how busy we were. but now, it keeps creeping up on me...last one, last one, last one. just keep shoving it down. Brady's busy finishing up his college essays, finally, so i guess he's really going to go:) few more big meets to go, Roosevelt next - last year i really didn't even think about the possibility of winning it, this year's a different story - more pressure - hoping they'll all step up and make it one to remember.

roll rails roll

rails are on a roll. even without one of their key swimmers, they're undefeated. that is likely to end at their next meet - valley. but they've all been working really hard, showing up, and throwing down:) brady had an awesome come from behind anchor leg in the 400 free relay tonight, making up a two body length lead the other team had on him. WAY TO GO RAILS:)