I'm writing this post from lovely Tennessee after the only slightly scarring trip that got us here.
Corny was barely beaten out of 1st at US Nationals by .01 seconds, but still won enough money to get him through the rest of the trip. Yay! I got to meet some really cool people as well as reconnect with old friends. Super cool. Less cool was the parents of the younger cubers. They are seriously psycho. Every one of the spectators in front of the stage was there because someone they love is competing. And you know what, even if they weren't, does that make it appropriate to elbow other people just to get one centimeter closer to your child to film them? NO, IT DOESN'T. I couldn't believe some of these parents and I a little bit couldn't believe myself...because of the violence I wanted to perform on them. But you know, not my fault. I was provoked.
After that, I was a huge dummy and tried to make it to TN that night. I don't know what happened, but I think I had a minor panic attack and couldn't do it. The best thing to do was stop, and we did. We stayed at a hotel for the night even though we had already paid for another night on Hilton Head Island as well. The loss of money there is hurting my insides, but if we hadn't, I'm sure we'd be dead right now. It would have taken FOREVER to get here at night because the roads were hard to navigate anyway because they were curve after curve after curve, and I would have had to do it half speed at night...we would have gotten here at 4 am if we were lucky. The sleepyheaddedness of me would have been only one problem if we'd have tried to make it. But hey, we made it here, and we're safe! Plus, mom forgot to put me on the insurance of the big huge rental van the family brought here, so I don't have to drive the whole rest of the trip! Super happy about that because I drove over 1,300 miles. Seriously, I just calculated it.
I've been having lots of fun here though. Being with my family is so nice especially when every one acted so happy to see us when we finally made it. Carl had to leave this morning unfortunately to go back to work, but I still have Mimi, Connor, Ava, Liv, Mom, and Nana. The cabin is so nice too! So big and homey! I'm sitting in this huge sun room writing this, and I'm looking out at the woods and hills and ah, so nice. It's so wonderful to finally be able to do nothing.
Side note: Life is Strange is finally out! I'm waiting for Liv to hurry up and wake up so we can finish the episode we started yesterday. Sooooooooooo good. I wasn't sure how they were gonna pick up from last episode, but kbwoiefoisdbfioöasf yisssss! Play it if you aren't already. Soooooooooooo gooooooooooooood.
PEACE OUT YA
Corny was barely beaten out of 1st at US Nationals by .01 seconds, but still won enough money to get him through the rest of the trip. Yay! I got to meet some really cool people as well as reconnect with old friends. Super cool. Less cool was the parents of the younger cubers. They are seriously psycho. Every one of the spectators in front of the stage was there because someone they love is competing. And you know what, even if they weren't, does that make it appropriate to elbow other people just to get one centimeter closer to your child to film them? NO, IT DOESN'T. I couldn't believe some of these parents and I a little bit couldn't believe myself...because of the violence I wanted to perform on them. But you know, not my fault. I was provoked.
After that, I was a huge dummy and tried to make it to TN that night. I don't know what happened, but I think I had a minor panic attack and couldn't do it. The best thing to do was stop, and we did. We stayed at a hotel for the night even though we had already paid for another night on Hilton Head Island as well. The loss of money there is hurting my insides, but if we hadn't, I'm sure we'd be dead right now. It would have taken FOREVER to get here at night because the roads were hard to navigate anyway because they were curve after curve after curve, and I would have had to do it half speed at night...we would have gotten here at 4 am if we were lucky. The sleepyheaddedness of me would have been only one problem if we'd have tried to make it. But hey, we made it here, and we're safe! Plus, mom forgot to put me on the insurance of the big huge rental van the family brought here, so I don't have to drive the whole rest of the trip! Super happy about that because I drove over 1,300 miles. Seriously, I just calculated it.
I've been having lots of fun here though. Being with my family is so nice especially when every one acted so happy to see us when we finally made it. Carl had to leave this morning unfortunately to go back to work, but I still have Mimi, Connor, Ava, Liv, Mom, and Nana. The cabin is so nice too! So big and homey! I'm sitting in this huge sun room writing this, and I'm looking out at the woods and hills and ah, so nice. It's so wonderful to finally be able to do nothing.
Side note: Life is Strange is finally out! I'm waiting for Liv to hurry up and wake up so we can finish the episode we started yesterday. Sooooooooooo good. I wasn't sure how they were gonna pick up from last episode, but kbwoiefoisdbfioöasf yisssss! Play it if you aren't already. Soooooooooooo gooooooooooooood.
PEACE OUT YA