The rest of my visit went very well. I had a very nice time upon returning to the house where I was able to spend some time with my friend and her family. It’s the kind of family where you smile inside because they’re so delightful to be around. I slept through the night for nine straight hours. They have a beautiful finished basement where they kick out their teenage son whenever guests come to stay.

In the morning we visited for a little while longer before I said goodbye around 9AM. I drove over to campus to see what Ethan was doing and to figure out my plan for the morning. He was getting ready to go eat breakfast but didn’t recommend it because it’s never that great. I drove to McDonalds figuring I would find something there but there was no longer a McDonalds where there used to be one. I ended up at Subway.

The Subway there opens at 9 which I’d never heard of. I had a regular chicken wrap like you’d have for lunch with a bag of chips. After that I drove across the street to a gas station to pick up a medium coffee. I told Ethan I’d be in the campus center until it was time to head to the track for his meet. If he had time I told him to stop by and visit but if he didn’t that was okay too. He came by for a while after noon after lunch.

He left to go back and get ready. Because of weather they were only doing distance events and several of the teams had decided not to come. It was cold and windy but clear as day. I hung out on the stands for a while until it was too cold so I went back to the car. I watched the men’s 1500 then left during the women’s 5k. I came back in the middle of the men’s 5k in time to see Trey and Vaughn and the others. Trey won.

Vaughn isn’t running as fast these days. Ethan says the team will sometimes call him King Vaughn because he’s the fastest. I think Trey got tired of a freshman beating him because it doesn’t seem to happen as much anymore. This time Ethan was running the 800 and was ranked last in the fast heat. He’s been doing pretty well and I was happy to see he’d worn his long sleeves and tights under his regular running uniform.

I filmed his race. I was alone in my part of the bleachers and whenever you’ve filming a race you somewhat are not able to fully watch. But for the last lap I was able to see him better and saw he was third when the pack opened up. I thought “Oh my gosh, he’s running great”. The teammates were running back and forth across the field shouting at the Concordia runners so I did not have to worry about raising my voice for that.

He was passed at the end and finished 4th which I thought was really good. I waited for the score board to show what the times were and saw he’d officially set a new outdoor PR. I was excited for him and yet wasn’t surprised. I texted Dad who was in the car driving and Elianna who was home. I walked to the other side of the stands, him down there, I saw, looking. I gave him a thumbs up and he raised his thumb back to me.