Friday, October 3 - Monday, October 6

Friday, October 3

Big day in the Littell house, with Taylor Swift's new release dropping at midnight Thursday night. The kids stayed up for it, making friendship bracelets and listening to the new album in the basement (I was asleep). Friday night, the girls and I drove to the Waterfront to see the Life of a Showgirl behind-the-scenes documentary. We had dinner at Bravo then went to the theater, where they traded a couple of friendship bracelets--they were so excited at this tiny nod back to the Eras Tour. 

My life was an absolute horror show during that concert, and most of that weekend is a blur that I've pretty much repressed, but I will always be glad we made that concert happen despite it all. Just one of many experiences that I will not let this curse take away from us.

Saturday, October 4

Lucia caught a bus at school at 7am to go out to Ohio for the Legends XC meet, and Greta and I hit the road not long after. This was an enormous meet at a big fairgrounds in Cortland, about an hour and a half away. Everyone was excited about a booth selling Chickenlegs running shorts. Lucia got dinosaur chicken nuggets, and Greta got jack-o-lanterns. 

The meet was blazing, blazing, blazing hot. This endless October-summer is brutal. Lots of tears, two girls on our team vomited, Lucia sobbed at the finish when she didn't beat her PR. Just a hot, miserable race. 

Andrew had returned from Peru by the time we got home from Ohio, but we didn't get to see him much because he came back with a bad cold/flu and sequestered himself in the guest room.

Sunday, October 5

Greta had a meet this afternoon at Schenley, part of the East End series, and medaled! She came in 15th. The WT girls' team came in first. It was, again, blazingly hot, but at least there were pockets of shade.

I took a final swim later in the afternoon--the last day the pool is open for the season. It's time to move fully into fall. 

Lucia went to see the Taylor Swift movie again with two friends. 

Monday, October 6

Lucia and Greta both had a meet after school at Frick--a very very casual meet against one school--and then the team's seniors were celebrated for Senior Night. This is the last week of Greta's XC, a wild week of four racces.