Here we are at the end of June already. Pausing to reflect on the blessings of the week with Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story helps slow time just a bit--or at least it helps us enjoy the good things a bit longer.
1. A fairly quiet week after two busy ones.
2. A routine dentist's visit. Though the dentist's office is not my favorite place to be, even just for a cleaning, this appointment was about as non-problematic as it could be.
3. Rain has been much needed around here, and we got a bit this week, with more forecast for the weekend.
4. Visiting with CA relatives. All of my husband's extended family lives on the west side of the country. We learned that the husband and son of his niece in CA were going to be about two hours away from us here in TN last week. Both our nephew-in-law and great nephew have been involved with the high school robotics team for several years and were going to be in TN for a MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education) ROV competition. The teams built their own robots and had them perform underwater tasks based on real-life scenarios.
I had thought we'd only have a brief time with our family members, since they'd be busy with the competition. But as it turned out, only six members of the team could be on the floor during the competition, minus their coach. So not only were we able to visit, but Mike, our nephew-in-law and also the coach, was able to give us a play-by-play commentary during the team's turn--which was very helpful, as I did not know what was going on. 🙂
None of these is my great nephew's team, but it gives you an idea of the setting. The robot had to go in and out of the water from the white square.
Split screens in the bleachers showed the activity from a live feed from underwater cameras. Again, these were not for the team we were rooting for, but it showed two teams at a time, side by side.
My great-nephew's team was one of only a couple of high school teams: the rest were college teams from all over the world. And his team had one the last three years! They came in second this year, but that's still a record to be proud of.
Jason, Mittu, and Timothy came as well. I think Timothy had a different kind of robot in mind before we went. He asked if they were going to do battle bots. 🙂 But I think he enjoyed the experience, especially some little dolphins our great nephew made for his team's display table.
5. Baby birds in my front flower arrangement.
Happy Friday!
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