Mad Dog & A Win~Win

Very early in the morning...last Sunday morning, our alarms went off at 4:45. We arose in the dark, dressed and drove our girl to Madeira Beach for her first triathlon. She swam in open water for a 1/2 mile, biked 15 miles and ran a 5k in the Madeira Beach Mad Dog Triathlon.

Before it began...

The swim ~ She's the one in the white cap!

Transition from biking to running

Afterwards with Dad

With Mom

Saturday night we were sitting in the living room discussing our game plan for the Mad Dog Triathlon when this exchange ensued.

My husband: "Audra's built for triathlons."

Me: "What am I built for?"

Son: "Making sandwiches."

Wamp, wamp, wamp, waaaaaamp.

Sunday morning my husband left me with the car so he could help Audra set up her bike.

I had my first cup of coffee on the 25 minute drive. And I brought our giant Tervis tumbler filled with ice water.

I waited and waited, finished my coffee and sipped on the water.

And then I held it and held it. Know what I mean, Vern?

We were parked in a dentist's office parking lot. I got out to cross over to the Winn Dixie. Not open 'til 7:00. It was 6:15. CVS - not open 'til 8:00. I walked a little ways to the staging area for the triathlon in search of a porta potty. Desperation had set in. Ah....yes! Porta potties! Ah....no way. A long line of triathletes waiting their turn.

So I high tailed it (pun intended) back to our car. What to do? What to do? Bushes...too public. Knock on a stranger's door? Too embarassing. (Yes, more embarassing than the bushes!)

Look in the back seat for something. Anything. Another Tervis tumbler. But it was the regular size not a giant one. And I drank a lot of water.

Let's see. A tumbler and a beach towel. What would MacGyver do? Forget MacGyver. I didn't have a rubber band anyway. What does a desperate woman with a full bladder do?

A glance at my watch. 30 more minutes 'til the Winn Dixie opens.

I opened the back door of the car. If I scrunch down and cover up with the towel and...

"What are you doing?" My husband! Yes!

"Well, I was about to tee tee in a Tervis tumbler."

"Get in. There's a McDonald's around here."

So I didn't have to use the Tervis and I got a sausage biscuit for breakfast.

Win ~ Win