What a beautiful Saturday! I just returned from Birmingham where I got to enjoy the Green girls, including our soon-to-be-mother, Paris. I was delighted to spend time with these terrific ladies and I am getting excited about another baby in our family. That Andie is adorable!!!!
Our news:
This past Thursday Catherine ran in the Cross Country Sectional meet in Auburn. She is always surrounded by drama so it was no surprise to us when her team Montgomery Academy and T.R. Miller tied for first place. In this predicament they look to the 6th runner (who is often overlooked) to break the tie. Yes, indeed, it was our own Catherine Adams. Her time of 21:30 (or so) moved MA ahead of TR Miller and put Catherine's name in the newspaper. Things have a funny way of working out. During the race, Catherine was trying to pass MA's 5th place runner near the finish line. This athlete, who happens to be a senior,thought Catherine- a mere freshman- should mind her manners and stay behind. Seniority rules or something?? So she helped Catherine stay behind her with a sharp elbow to Catherine's chest. After the race, Catherine was fuming mad and near tears. But when the drama began about the tie-breaker and Catherine heard her name all over as "the TIE-BREAKER" the pain disappeared and we had a celebrity on our hands.
Her name made it into a short article on the front of the Sports page of Friday's Montgomery Advertiser. I noticed a smile creep across her face as she read and discovered the 5th place senior's name did not make the paper!
Caroline took the SAT today and we hope did her very best. It is so nerve-wracking for those "perfectionist first-borns" to do these things. But, hopefully she will be through with these test until college is over!
John is studying hard, eating lots of Halloween candy and enjoying Alabama football. I am loving these fall days and trying to get in as much tennis as possible! Jeff is working hard and enjoying this Alabama football season - for a nice change.
Take care and keep the posts coming.
Love,
Amanda
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4 comments:
ingsasFascinating race analysis! Who knew? :-)
I am so pleased to see how Catherine has grown stronger as a runner...and that she has stuck with it! ("Drama"? Surely you jest....)
How did I get to your message? I have "Montgomery Academy" as a 'Google Alert,' which means that anytime those words appear - like that - anywhere on the web, the piece in which they occur is sent to me. (AD is less likely to be surprised that way, and also gets to read all sorts of unlikely pieces!)
And yes it was a great day - hope it was a great SAT day for Caroline, too.
--Archie
Congratulations, Catherine! :)
Good for Catherine-helping the team win and getting lots of publicity was hopefully worth the hit she took!
Thanks for coming today, Amanda, it was great to see you and as usual, you and Mom were very entertaining:)
Love, Cathy
ps-I'm eating M&M's right now but have not spilled any so far....
If I had to guess, Catherine did something to deserve the elbow. If she's anything like her mother her mouth got her into trouble. Congratulations on the doing your best! I do not understand running just to be running, but that's a topic for another day. Sorry, Pam and Emma missed the shower. Late breaking events kept them from attending. See y'all soon. James
p.s. It was good to hear from Archie!
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