The race has been run, but another one to come :)

The cross-country rain-date was today; unfortunately Claire was sick and had to miss school, and the regionals :(. Alison is positive Claire would have moved on to district (encompassing Prince Edward, Hastings, and Lennox/Addington Counties). Alison did make it to district, coming in 10th in her division.

While homeschooling, track and field was a big deal for us, and for quite a few years with Alison we've been working on her distance. She does not have a lot of initial speed, but has good staying power and a great end sprint, which wowed them today. The local newspaper took a photo of her final sprint, and she was told she might make it into the paper, although who knows. You'd think they'd put the winner in, not 10th place. She is also quite surefooted over uneven terrain (could that be because of all the time she has chased horses and sheep through pastures???) So she's quite excited ... except that she thought she'd be done today and now she has to run again on Thursday :).

Weird sleep night in our house last night; 3 of us couldn't sleep. I managed 4 hours, and got up at 2:30 a.m. and did some work and wrote e-mails, going back for another half an hour or so at 6. Someone remind me that I CANNOT do caffeine at 3 in the afternoon! Kevin also ended getting up at 2:30, and headed into work, only a couple of hours earlier than usual. We both hit the wall early in the day, but prior to that I managed to ...

... work for two hours for NLGH updating their website
... wash and fold two loads of laundry
... move the sheep to a new pasture, kicking myself that Kev had the camera at work. I would have loved to post video footage of them racing around, kicking up their heels with joy to see green pasture again.
... moved feeders, fences, etc.
... completely updated my flock records (required for governmental purposes by anyone raising livestock).
...burned all of the PEC 4H Sheep Club photos to a CD rom for taking to Walmart tomorrow. Alison was the secretary for two clubs this year (one too many) and she's hoping to submit the sheep club secretary's book for a competition.

... and then collapsed into a useless heap by about 2:00, when Claire and I decided to watch "Twister".

So the day ended lazily, but I felt it was justified :).