One class and one walk was all that I had time for this week. It was a jam-packed week of meetings, hair appointments, packing, and racing. Yes, I could have drug my sorry butt up early, but sleeping was not great this week, so any sleep I could get was needed.
Ollie update: Sigh. She's not only reacting to cars and birds now, but she is also eating poop. This little dog and her weird tendencies. Add that to Boom's weird peeing issues and Stella's 13-year-old senile brain and we have quite the mixture of crazy.
I also got my hair done and this time I had a significant amount chopped off and I got some color put in. I LOVE it! She didn't' go as dark as I wanted but she explained why, and it made so much sense. I have loved all of my hairdressers over the years, but she really explains the science behind things, and I appreciate that so much. She does amazing things with my very limp, very thin hair and makes me feel so much better about my hair. I am currently doing Nutrifol and Routine shampoo and conditioner to try and help with my thinning hair and I do feel like something is happening. To be continued.
Okay last but certainly not least, the race. I will try and not write a novel.
We drove up Thursday night late and didn't get to the hotel till almost 2. God bless my hubby for driving all night and God bless Josh Marshall for hauling our cars yet again. We truly have the best racing fam ever.
Friday was practice day. I hate practice day. We stay out there all day and change and change and change and then the race day dawns, and everything changes again. We ended the day with a cook out with our racing fam and then beers and pool at the hotel. Perfect end to the day but passed out fairly early thanks to the night before.
We raced both Saturday and Sunday. I could write a book about each day and the awesome things I saw out of Andrew. I need to start writing them down every day because I love all of the little things. On paper, it wasn't a great weekend other than a podium only because his teammates car broke again.
I know in the game of racing, luck is always a possibility towards a win but dang it, I wish Andrew's teammate's car would stop breaking right before the finish. He was smoking fast all weekend in both cars, and I was so glad Noah took two podiums this weekend on Sunday. He totally deserved it as hard as he drove. Back to my kiddo. Here are the things I am super proud of:
1. Starts. Amazing starts. Not backing down, driving two wide for multiple laps and getting down when he could to get in line. Even when he was on the outside he would battle for position. If you saw his starts in years past, you would know why I am SO excited about his starts.
2. Not letting anyone intimidate him. There are some awesome older drivers in heavy and he never lets them get to him. They are all super-duper nice to Andrew and for that I am thankful. They could be pissed he is so much younger, but they just let him be one of them. He even went toe to toe with the kid who wins every single race and didn't back down.
3. Driving on a track that was super hard. This track leveled the playing field for all drivers. Every driver had issues at one point or another and the track changed from the heat to the features every single day. He was fish tailing and sliding all over the place. Old Andrew would have been terrified and in tears. New Andrew thought it was fun and hit the wall several times and bounced right off. I am still shocked.
4. Learned what driving a lose car means. He tried so hard to keep it straight coming out of turns 3 and 4 and he would fishtail in his white car over and over. He never quit.
5. Held his line and didn't let slower cars pass even though they were being super aggressive. There was one car in heavy 160 that had a lot of confidence, but her car just didn't' have the speed. She tried several times to put a move on Andrew and he just wouldn't let her. The old Andrew would have given up and let the car go. The new Andrew battled.
6. He led several laps and even when he knew they were coming because we couldn't get enough speed out of the white car, he tried as hard as he could to stay ahead for as long as he could. He drove both cars as hard as he could.
Again, on paper, not successful but the old Andrew versus the new Andrew is so different and I am HERE FOR IT! I love everything we are seeing, and I want to see more! Andrew even mentioned he wants to travel more and go to more tracks, and I never thought I would see this day.
Ready for a week of peaceful and easy and no travel. Have a great week y'all!
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