Trin's last show.

Trialed both the Aussies girls this weekend, they were Aussome!


Java Q'd in Jumpers both days and bounced off the table in STD both days! ha! Here is one of her STD runs that I just LOVED. I made sure to be really vocal with her, she likes that. I had two strangers come up to me afterwards to tell me she was awesome, and... ask me about what kind of dog she was. Oh boy. Invitational is in town, that's for sure. :) It was so good to be running her though and I couldn't stop smiling during her runs. 





Trin was perfect. Duh. I attempted a blind cross in STD Saturday that I didn't want to try with Kate (needed that Q) and of course Trin doesn't know those quite yet, nor did I do it right. ;) Anyway that was our only fault all weekend. She looks slow to me in most of her runs, except the last run. Which was pretty special. I had been frustrated with Kate's run and Kate in general, Sunday. But this show wasn't about Kate. It wasn't about Java. 


It was about Trin. 


Her last local show, at Palmetto, where we practically "grew up" together. So many shows there. So many successes and failures there. We got our MACH there. As I got her out of the car for her last run, a sense of peace and wistfulness came over me. I was smiling. Calm. I didn't care if we qualified, as I have sooooo many times, on a STD Q in the morning. Oh, please 2Q. Trin's not getting a MACH2 or going to Nationals or Invitationals again. Just for fun, let's rock, girl.  




And so we did, and we didn't win the class, but that doesn't matter. We played together and Trin was perfect as she always is these days. It makes looking back on our struggles seem like it was easy to get her here. While I know it wasn't, I remember chasing her all over our college neighborhood trying to get her to come back at 2am, 5am, 3pm. LOL Pulling my single jump out to the courtyard and not really knowing what to do, but I was doing something. 


I got organized tonight for the Invitational. Made myself a Trin playlist for walkthroughs, started crying from nostalgia, realized I missed the opportunity to sign up for a banquet. Oops. Well $25 is a bit much for dinner anyway. I'm getting a hotel room now, but I'm kind of keen to that idea, just me and Trin. So relaxing. Haha, that means me and Christmas Kindle will have lots of bonding time. :) I'm so excited. I'm sad, wistful. I'm calm. I'm nervous with anticipation. 


Trin will be perfect, and I can't wait to try to be perfect for her. Our last show!