I did it! I survived the Odyssey of the Mind competition without losing control. I was tense as all get out, but I held it together till the end...drum roll please. The team I coached in Stunt Mobiles, despite a rocky performance (and a bad case of nerves) held it together to finish fourth in their division. I was massively excited that they ended up with ribbons, because I know I worked hard for it! Okay, they did too. In fact they endured me, so they doubly deserve those ribbons. What I gave them, when it was over, was bubble wrap to pop. And God bless them, they were thrilled with it (well I did promise...).
The best news of the day at our house was Joshua's team's second place finish. They were awesome! They put together a terrific performance and saw it through with no hitches. And then, and this is most important, they also did well on their spontaneous! In fact that's the third thing to be thrilled about...After months of Thursday afternoon spontaneous practices the three St. Rita teams that got ribbons (top 5 finishers) also finished within the top 5 for spontaneous! So maybe practice really does help make perfect (well better anyway, even if not perfect).
As for me, after an hour in the Jacuzzi I was relaxed enough to finally sleep...and to dream about next year....
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