Miles woke up feeling pretty rough. I heard him calling, so I jumped out of bed and started running. His nose was pretty swollen and he couldn't breath at all through it. We tried to do his sinus rinse, but it was unsuccessful, so I gave him some medicine and got him settled. Thankfully, he perked up a little as the day went on.
Mom and Dad came and picked me up at 3:30. We drove to Cedar City to watch Emma run in the Region 9 championships. She ran the preliminary race for the 400 meters. Emma has never made it to the finals for her race. We got ourselves settled and watched a few races before they called Emma's race. Mom and Dad and I were having a lovely conversation, the weather was sunny and cool, and the atmosphere at the track was exciting.
Emma went out on the first heat. You could tell she ran her very hardest and was beat by the end. She chased down the winners and took third in her heat. We had to sit through two more heats before we would know any results. I told Mom and Dad, unless they call Emma's name first (as the eighth qualifier) she will not make it to the finals (and I didn't think she really had a chance anyway!). The announcer started announcing the qualifiers, and the first name was not Emma, so I almost stopped listening until I heard him say, "Emma Jacobsen!" We all screamed and cheered!! She ran a 400 meters in 1:02.7. She had shaved off almost a second and a half from her personal best. We were so proud of her. Now she gets to run in the finals tomorrow. No matter what she does, she will at least earn a point for her team for being in the finals.
We stopped for dinner at The Teryaki Grill and then headed home. It was such a great day.
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