Soaked
Yesterday was the Pickering Regatta for dragonboat and it was interesting to say the least.
First and foremost, it was puking rain and it wouldn't stop. It went from heavy rain to even heavier rain. Luckily, a bunch of us brought tents so we could get some shelter but it didn't help us for the cold wind. The tents eventually got pretty wet on the inside too since we were all soaked from racing in the pouring rain.
Secondly, EVERYTHING got soaked. We tried to consolidate space by putting all of the bags into the closed tents so they wouldn't get wet and stay in the bigger tents that didn't have protection around the sides. We ended up standing outside anyways, I didn't do a lot of sitting at all at that regatta. My clean/dry clothes eventually got wet after I changed because it was still pouring rain and I (being me) forgot my umbrella.
After all that, we all went to eat at East Side Marios where I ended up eating $18 worth of food, where $5 of those dollars went to a huge bowl of strawberry ice cream.
On the good side of that day though, there was a lot of team bonding and I really love them all! We also did pretty well considering we only practice once a week on the water and we have never really done any weight training. I also got my uniform today which was great! I felt like we were all part of a awesome team since we all had awesome uniforms. Plus they're not big baggy tshirts that weight you down if they get drenched in water.
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My friend sent me this link to this video, go watch it!
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Kyle's coming in two weekends.
Yay!
First and foremost, it was puking rain and it wouldn't stop. It went from heavy rain to even heavier rain. Luckily, a bunch of us brought tents so we could get some shelter but it didn't help us for the cold wind. The tents eventually got pretty wet on the inside too since we were all soaked from racing in the pouring rain.
Secondly, EVERYTHING got soaked. We tried to consolidate space by putting all of the bags into the closed tents so they wouldn't get wet and stay in the bigger tents that didn't have protection around the sides. We ended up standing outside anyways, I didn't do a lot of sitting at all at that regatta. My clean/dry clothes eventually got wet after I changed because it was still pouring rain and I (being me) forgot my umbrella.
After all that, we all went to eat at East Side Marios where I ended up eating $18 worth of food, where $5 of those dollars went to a huge bowl of strawberry ice cream.
On the good side of that day though, there was a lot of team bonding and I really love them all! We also did pretty well considering we only practice once a week on the water and we have never really done any weight training. I also got my uniform today which was great! I felt like we were all part of a awesome team since we all had awesome uniforms. Plus they're not big baggy tshirts that weight you down if they get drenched in water.
***
My friend sent me this link to this video, go watch it!
***
Kyle's coming in two weekends.
Yay!
posted by barbara at 10:06 p.m.
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