Pole Vault Family: New Adventures

Saturday, June 23, 2012

New Adventures

Liztowne is off to France in a few weeks, and then Germany, Pookie Junior is in Seattle, Grandpa Pooks is on a bike ride, Floydface just got back from Spain, Betsy's a race runner now, and I'm New York bound in the fall.

Which is all to say big things are happening to the fam, but once a pole vault family, always a pole vault family. Liztowne had the great idea of starting a blog to keep up with one another, and I followed through and made it happen. So here we go. Whatever's on your mind, whatever you're doing, whatever's new, post it.

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If you don't understand us, you probably don't belong here. It all started in January of 2010. I (Kate) thought Floyd was Matthew's first name, and that Liz's last name really was Towne. Chris was coming back from a wrist injury and Poetzl was really hoping we'd tell him a joke. We stuck together, and on spring break, we realized that we were a family. He got gas and I hung back as Floyd, Chris, and Liztowne all took a family photo in a McDonald's. From then on, the pole vault fam was born. Next year, we adopted Besty, who jumped in as though she'd never missed a beat. We all bonded over a little Avril Lavigne, wondering why you had to go and make things so complicated. Our beloved Pookie had left, but our teammate became our coach, showing up in sweater vests and tossing frisbees with Matt. At outdoor conference, Betsy met Pookie and true kinship was revealed. Betsy, Liztowne, and I formed the pvfam contingent of BCXC, and before long it was time for the pole vault family dinner. I had my first wine and we ate vegetarian lasagne and after that, everything changed. And nothing did. Although we no longer vault all together or even see each other on a regular basis, the pole vault fam will live on in our hearts, and on the internet. We love each other a whole lot and are sometimes creative about showing it. Whether it's manly black ghetto pole ties or super healthy nutella peanut butter cookies, we've got each others' backs. 4lyfe.