Scrabble & DC
Thanks for all your lovely well wishes, folks...
Cut to the chase: I came in 6th in my division, and won $70.
I also won the contest for Best Spring Word -- my word was PRIMROSES. It won some scrabble tiles and a book about scrabble.
I got to play a couple of nice words, including BADINAGE.
On the sad side, I lost a game because I didn't challenge STOAGIES. I think I was thinking of HOAGIES which is valid. Or maybe Hoagy Carmichael -- a piano player who only you old-timey people will remember.
And also on the said side, I did challenge UNBALES. I turned out to me good, so I lost my turn. UNBALES. What's up with that? Scarlet looks on as the slave unbales the cotton?
Back to the happy: The government seems to be opened for business tomorrow -- so my 14 y/o son will have attractions to see. Of course, he's in a huge fight with all the girls in his class because the girls were in a huge fight about who would room together and he interfered and told them to be nice to the girl who nobody wanted to room with.
I wouldn't be 14 years old again if you gave me all the tea in china.
Thanks to everybody who offered Plan-B's for DC -- I put the list together and gave it the chaperones. They were delighted and might use some of them anyway. Also, of course, the government still might close down mid-week, I hear....