Quite possibly the funnest math trip ever.
Well, I think Alex hit all the highlights, but I may as well just add my two cents here.
First off, the competition. In stat Christine did really well- got a 67- which was eight points from placing. I got a 62 and had three disputes...two ended up going through, but not my two, haha, and my score dropped to a 52, two points ahead of Geordie with a 50, so the three of us did pretty well overall. On team Geordie wrote on the answer sheet left handed and me right handed so we filled out the pages really fast. In other divisions, the sophomores and freshmen did really well, but no one older than that placed. Natalie and Thomas did well on the Interschool and we got second on that, so props to them. Manhar and Sarah were really close to placing, too.
Ok, now that that's out of the way, time to get to the fun stuff: Busch Gardens. In our group it was Alex, Geordie, Joe, Nick, Ben, Chris, and me, and we had a bunch of fun. We started out by going on the Montu a couple times, and then on to the Shiekra, which I must say, is quite the intimidating ride. First time I just hopped on the back row, and second time I got to sit in the front. You get lifted up at near 80 degrees and then it holds you from falling for about six seconds. Then it drops you at 90 degrees, you go really fast, drop again, and it's over. Second run Chris and I played rock paper scissors for the camera and it was pretty cool, we looked calm except for the skin on our cheeks being pulled back, haha. Kumba was awesome, we hit up the bumper cars and log ride (amazing story, Geordie and I didn't get wet at all...not a drop...it was astounding...screw Erfurt saying it's the worst story he's ever heard) and then we sprinted from store to store looking for cool hats, and we finally got some- I think Alex summed that part up pretty well.
I borrowed some shorts to go swimming at the nice pool at the hotel. At first it was just David, Alex, and me, but at night like 8 of us got in the hot tub. When I took a shower my clothes got stolen and I got pantsed pretty bad. I finally got a pair of jeans back and that was it, so that's how I went around for awhile and slept. David and I had a massive war over the bed, and I clearly won (I had David in a really good head-lock) until he resorted to some gross tactics, but I pranked him back and took over part of Thomas's bed so it was all good.
On the bus I got 150 pages read of good 'ol Dark Tower, and Freddie Couples is only 4 shots off the lead at the Nissan open right now. Definitely gotta tape that, he's my favorite athlete of all time. I think my ideal role model is some kind of cross between Freddie and MacGyver; now there would be someone to look up to. Alright, time to go play golf and then watch the recording and watch the recording of our New York trip, too. Still haven't had a chance to sit down as a family and watch that.
First off, the competition. In stat Christine did really well- got a 67- which was eight points from placing. I got a 62 and had three disputes...two ended up going through, but not my two, haha, and my score dropped to a 52, two points ahead of Geordie with a 50, so the three of us did pretty well overall. On team Geordie wrote on the answer sheet left handed and me right handed so we filled out the pages really fast. In other divisions, the sophomores and freshmen did really well, but no one older than that placed. Natalie and Thomas did well on the Interschool and we got second on that, so props to them. Manhar and Sarah were really close to placing, too.
Ok, now that that's out of the way, time to get to the fun stuff: Busch Gardens. In our group it was Alex, Geordie, Joe, Nick, Ben, Chris, and me, and we had a bunch of fun. We started out by going on the Montu a couple times, and then on to the Shiekra, which I must say, is quite the intimidating ride. First time I just hopped on the back row, and second time I got to sit in the front. You get lifted up at near 80 degrees and then it holds you from falling for about six seconds. Then it drops you at 90 degrees, you go really fast, drop again, and it's over. Second run Chris and I played rock paper scissors for the camera and it was pretty cool, we looked calm except for the skin on our cheeks being pulled back, haha. Kumba was awesome, we hit up the bumper cars and log ride (amazing story, Geordie and I didn't get wet at all...not a drop...it was astounding...screw Erfurt saying it's the worst story he's ever heard) and then we sprinted from store to store looking for cool hats, and we finally got some- I think Alex summed that part up pretty well.
I borrowed some shorts to go swimming at the nice pool at the hotel. At first it was just David, Alex, and me, but at night like 8 of us got in the hot tub. When I took a shower my clothes got stolen and I got pantsed pretty bad. I finally got a pair of jeans back and that was it, so that's how I went around for awhile and slept. David and I had a massive war over the bed, and I clearly won (I had David in a really good head-lock) until he resorted to some gross tactics, but I pranked him back and took over part of Thomas's bed so it was all good.
On the bus I got 150 pages read of good 'ol Dark Tower, and Freddie Couples is only 4 shots off the lead at the Nissan open right now. Definitely gotta tape that, he's my favorite athlete of all time. I think my ideal role model is some kind of cross between Freddie and MacGyver; now there would be someone to look up to. Alright, time to go play golf and then watch the recording and watch the recording of our New York trip, too. Still haven't had a chance to sit down as a family and watch that.