06/08/2026
You guys have no idea... During the 4 days leading up to the meet, volunteers who had confirmed with me multiple times suddenly had unforeseen situations come up where they could not help with the meet anymore. Like something on the order of seven or eight people, a couple of whom I was counting on to work all day long Saturday and some on Friday. I thought, well I guess I'm going to run the meet, referee, and be a loader all at the same time unless something changes.
Even Coach Wade was running into situations. We felt like the universe was testing us!!
I cried for about 30 seconds, said a very expressive and colorful prayer to the good Lord, then kept telling myself what I have started telling myself before meets that I'm running whenever I get anxious: Shiny Happy people lifting weights! Shiny Happy people lifting weights!
Sure enough, as soon as I started asking people for extra help, they said sure I can take on an extra session! Or people like Leslee asking, what do you need me to do right now no matter what it is? Everyone stepped up and I feel like we put on a great event!
Much love to all our volunteers pictured here and all the ones that I don't have photos of, because there are many, especially Valerie who ran the merch table (and did 40 other things including towing one of the equipment trailers), Angie and Rusty who helped set up and tear down, and all the Ogre Compound teammates who jumped in to help 💜💜💜
🏋️♀️💪💜
We will see you again next year!
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