This morning was Corwin’s first swim meet (there was one last Saturday, but because Corwin missed all of the practices due to being in Vacation Bible School, we didn’t know about it until too late). Unfortunately it clouded over and thundered on and off. Every time there was a peal of thunder, they’d make all the kids get out of the pool. After a couple of hours of that, the opposing coach (their team was hosting) announced that if things hadn’t cleared up by 10 AM (from a 7 AM start1) they’d just bag it rather than make every one wait the whole day. Right at 9:58, a downpour started. The poor coach didn’t even get to make the final announcement as everyone packed up and left spontaneously at that point.
The funniest bit was all the squealing kids as the rain came down. I can see that normally, but these kids were swimmers at a swim meet wearing swim suits — surely getting wet shouldn’t be traumatic!
1 We were almost early, getting there just before 7, but Corwin had forgotten his goggles so we had to go back. It turned out not to matter, at least. Corwin has already had to buy a new pair out of his own money because he lost his parentally supplied pair somewhere at some practice. I should set up a pool for when he’ll have to buy the next pair.