Corgi Cuteness

Eric saw this last night online, so I went searching for it today. And I found it on etsy. Someone makes them and sells them. I came across this page (click here) and had to laugh. No, it was not reserved for me, but there must be something about people named Amanda and crazy Corgi's!

The End

We are so over Tel Auc 2012. Phew!

A Track Meet and More Tel Auc Fun

Alex hasn't had a meet in awhile. Or at least it didn't seem like it to me. Today was the Chittenango Invitational. He only ran 1 event today, which he was happy about. He's feeling a little under the weather.

He ran the 800, this was the first lap, he was a little bit behind the guy in the lead.

He closed the gap quite a bit by the end. If he had been feeling 100%, I bet he would have caught him. He ended up just 3 tenths of a second behind. And a personal best time of 2:02.

Here were the results, as posted at the meet. A nice 2nd place finish for Alex.

Tonight is the last night that I have to work TelAuc. Which is very good news. I'm exhausted. I'm hoping I can keep my eyes open tonight. It's been a very long week.

Cookie Monster greets volunteers at Tel Auc.

These are some of the sweet volunteers in one of the call centers. They sign up new members and give bid numbers to callers.

Some of our "regular" hosts. Jim, Bill, Jon and Liz.

And these guys apparently used to host a radio show together a hundred (or so) years ago at WSYR radio. I don't remember who the guy in the middle is (maybe some of you know?) The gentleman on the left is Bill Baker, the man on on the right is Jim Reith. They both now work at WCNY. It was a nice reunion for them. I was the paparazzi.

It's Official!

Kelsey will be attending Boston University in the Fall. She has been accepted into the Pre-Med program and was given a very nice financial package. We're looking forward to many trips to Boston during the next 4 years!

TelAuc 2012

What's the best thing about working TelAuc? The food! Each night a different business caters the event for all of the employees and volunteers. This was "Gardenview Diner" night.

They're a favorite, always bringing chicken, biscuits and mashed potatoes.

Eric worked at his usual "warehouse" spot. I was working the "sells" area, where I input hundreds of credit cards numbers. And take lots of aspirin.

The calm before the storm. We have 4 more nights coming up starting Thursday, then we can relax for awhile.

Pinterest

Yep. I've done it. I've joined the craze. And it's true, it's addicting. Very addicting. If you're on Pinterest, let me know! I've got to go find more things to "pin"...

Triple Win

I know, y'all are probably getting bored with the track meet updates. But we don't seem to have too much else going on! So here goes another one! Today was a good day in the world of track. Alex not only got his first individual win, but he got 2. Plus a win in the relay. So that's 3 wins in one day!

Liverpool had a dual meet against Henninger today. Henninger has a very small team, so he was mostly competing against his own teammates. He was pushed a little bit in the 1600, he had the lead from the get-go and wasn't about to give it up. 

Here he was just getting ready to cross the finish in his first win.

And this is a relay hand-off in the 4x400 relay. They placed first in this event.

The other event Alex did was the 800 meter run. 2 of his teammates were supposed to run with him, but one was sick, and one went home early. So he was almost running the event alone, then a sweet boy stepped up and ran with him. His name was Ricky. Alex knew he wasn't going to be running his fastest, he took it slow and let Ricky keep up with him.

Alex's teammates on the sidelines were motioning for him to slow down... which he did. He didn't let Ricky win, but Ricky did come in a close second. I overheard Ricky's mom saying she was thankful that Ricky did well, but if he's going to win, he needs to earn the win, not just have it given to him. Ricky was just thrilled to score points in a varsity meet, he didn't need to win.