Hi Everyone,
Today is Holly Shilling’s 15th birthday – Happy Birthday, Holly!!!!! And to Hannah, too!!!!
This morning we had the finals for the 500m races. Our girls took 3rd again, giving them matching medals in the 1000m and 500m K4 races. Sheaffer took 2nd place in both the 1000m and 500m K4 races. Stanton and Tanner each won a medal for the K4 500m race, but they were not in the same boat. Stanton’s boat took 1st and Tanner’s boat took 2nd. Blake and Ricky’s K4 in the 500m race placed 4th; Holly and Rebecca finished 4th in both K2 races – no medals, but still very good.
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After the races were done, the medal ceremony was held in the gym in front of the school. Sheaffer was asked to sit with the coaches, and he looked very natural sitting there among them. The various coaches gave the medals out and Coach Zebet invited Susan and I to also present medals, and we were very honored to do so. Claudiu will be so proud of the podium photos – our kids made sure that they had their track suits on. It was very warm in the gym, but each time one of them was called to the podium, they had their pants legs rolled back down and their jackets on. Given how nice Club Orsova looked in their suits, I am really glad our guys made the effort.
After the medal ceremony, the rest of the day was free time. The kids visited and explored the area while Susan and I recovered from the two race days. Later, Susan and Sheaffer took all the kids but Heather to the Spar Mart to pick up some essentials. Heather and I visited our favorite espresso place for a few minutes of Mom and Daughter time. Later, we all went for pizza in honor of Holly’s birthday. The pizza place sat right on the river, and we were serenaded by the most peculiar frog chorus any of us had ever heard.
The Romanian girls, Heather and Rebecca had planned a surprise for Holly’s birthday. Holly wants to tell everyone about it herself, but she told me I could say that it involved an icing fight and was the BEST birthday she ever had.
Tomorrow is a religious holiday here, so the Club Orsova athletes have the day off. Sheaffer and I decided that it would probably be best if our athletes took the opportunity to put in some extra training time. The jet lag last week really slowed them down, and they are anxious to regain any lost time. Too, y’all know what they say about idle hands being the devil’s playground? With the day Sheaffer has planned, the devil doesn’t stand a chance.
Hopefully, we will have internet sometime tomorrow. If not, y’all can expect some expensive collect calls as everyone is getting antsy about being out of touch with their family ( and Facebook pages) for so long.
Take care,
Marcy
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